Pungoteague

Pungoteague Creek is a creek in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. Pungoteague Creek Light and Pungoteague, Virginia are named after this creek.

The Tobacco Inspection Act of 1730 declared that a tobacco inspection warehouse should be placed "On the head of Pungoteague, at Addison's landing; at Pitt's landing, upon Pokomoke; at Guilford, at Mr. Andrew's warehouse landing, in the county of Accomack, under one inspection".[1]

During the War of 1812, on 30 May 1814, Rear Admiral George Cockburn's British forces invaded Pungoteague Creek from the Chesapeake Bay.[2] The Corps of Colonial Marines battled from Onancock Creek to Pungoteague Creek.[3] The troops later retreated to their base at Tangier Island[2]

During the American Civil War, blockade runners used Pungoteague Creek and other nearby waterways to get supplies to the Confederacy despite the Union blockade at Hampton Roads.[4]

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