Onancock Guide: Onancock, Virginia The Gem of the Eastern Shore of Virginia

Onancock Guide Historic waterfront Onancock, Virginia on the Eastern Shore of Virginia offers warm and friendly bed and breakfast accommodations, great restaurants, antique and collectible shops and a life style that is long sought after by many today. The Town of Onancock is unique in its location as Onancock is encompassed by the curving, protecting arms of a deep water creek on the Chesapeake Bay. Activities around Onancock include sailing, kayaking, fishing, crabbing, skiing, arrowheading, and a variety of other water sports. History abounds in Onancock. I would like information regarding Onancock Virginia and/or the Eastern Shore of Virginia
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Onancock, Virginia

The Gem of the Eastern Shore
Onancock has a rich heritage of over 300 years.........
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Its rich heritage of over 300 years is clearly denoted as you stroll through town; a walking tour of historic Onancock speaks for itself as the pride in its heritage is shared by all. Those who visit enjoy Onancock tree-lined streets along with its beautiful 19th century homes. Stately Victorian homes are throughout town. There are a collection of homes that retain their wraparound porches and decorative trim as well as earlier styles of architecture including the vernacular Eastern Shore “big house, little house, colonnade and kitchen” style.

Historic Kerr Place , Home of the Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society and Hopkins Bros. Store & Restaurant which is located at Onancock wharf are among the historical locations in Onancock that are visited by many each year.

Onancock, even in the splendor of winter, is beautiful. Snow is rare on the Eastern Shore; but when it does, Onancock becomes a winter wonderland as shown in this picturesque shot of one of . Christmas in Onancock brings out the best in its residents for the beauty of small town living glows.

You are checking your calendar to make sure you have all events listed: there is caroling twice a week for three weeks around town in the evenings, luminaries and the progressive dinner are always the first Saturday in December; there are special events for the children at the town square, and everyone looks forward to the town's Christmas parade, the Onancock Ecumenical Service, and more. Christmas is special in Onancock and visitors and vacationers, alike, are always welcome to join in the activities during this special time of year.

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Around Town in Onancock and Directions to Onancock

Kerr Place & Onancock History
North Street Playhouse
Historic Cokesbury Church
Onancock Churches
Onancock Businesses
Onancock Real Estate
Onancock Artist

Onancock Marina and Wharf: Boat Docking on Onancock Creek at the Wharf

Onancock Wharf: & Marina Boat Dockage
Onancock Wharf & Marina Facilities
Onancock Directions from the Chesapeake Bay
Tangier Island Transportation
Directions to Onancock by Boat
Charter Fishing on the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic

Onancock takes pride in its community and its residents all join in to help keep Onancock neat and clean. Just check in with Maphis Oswald: Onancock Business and Civic Association President. Picture left: Pepsi break during the 1998 September clean up with Pat Thornton, left; Bill Thornton, center; and Mike Carpenter, right.

The Town of Onancock, its residents, and the merchants, year round, continuously strive to enhance the beauty of Onancock; local businesses take pride in their town as shown above. Onancock's main street, Market Street continues through town from US #13 at Onley, Virginia to Onancock Wharf. Its makes for a wonderful stroll through Onancock down to Onancock Wharf. Take a Walking tour of Onancock, Click Here

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Tom Thumb Workshops
Location: Centrally located in Onancock
at 59 Market Street
For more information: Click Here Stop by Tom Thumbs Workshops for herbs, oils, and a variety of gifts for family, friends, and love-ones. For a great treat do not leave before stopping by the Corner Bakery for homemade donuts and the famous Eastern Shore of Virginia sweet potato biscuits.

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Shirley Zamora (Left) and TTW Owner, Mary Clements (Right)

Onancock Area Bed and Breakfasts

Creekside Inn Bed and Breakfast
Colonial Manor Inn Bed and Breakfasts
Montrose House
76 Market Street Bed and Breakfast
Wynne Tref Bed and Breakfast

Onancock Restaurants
Armando's Restaurant
Bizzotto's Gallery and Cafe
Pepper's
Stella's

Directions to Onancock and the Eastern Shore of Virginia

Directions to Onancock via Passenger Vehicle
Onancock Virginia is only one hour
from Virginia Beach, Virginia and
one hour south of Salisbury, Maryland
Onancock History - Historic Walking Tour

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Visit Onancock Business & Civic Association's web portal www.onancock.org
Click on Welcome to Onancock, then look to the left and click on Onancock News.

Onancock, with its tree line streets whether summer, fall, winter, or spring like other Eastern Shore of Virginia communities, is a unique place to visit, a great place to vacation, and a wonderful place to live. Vacationing is enjoyable when you have the option of making reservations at several Onancock area 18th and 19th century bed and breakfasts and restaurants. There is historic Kerr Place, North Street Playhouse, antique shops, studio and art galleries, and Onancock Wharf. The historic waterfront community of Onancock and the Chesapeake Bay offer an array of activities for all ages. Enjoy Charter fishing with B W James, travel to Tangier Island via the Capt. Eulice, attend a production at the North Street Playhouse, or visit historic Kerr Place. It is never a dull moment while visiting Onancock, Virginia.
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And as the future becomes the past, we look back to Onancock city fathers and long time residents to mention a few: Ridgway Dunton, I.W. Bagwell III, Ben Askew, Carrie Carter, the Wescotts, the Scotts, the Custis', the Fosques, the Lilleston's, and others to say, "Thank You" for having the insight to hold true to Onancocks' history, and its Chesapeake Bay heritage..............

The web page is in memory of the late
Starr Mason
March 22, 1917 to March 14, 1999

She dedicated nineteen years of her life to the Town of Onancock serving as Council-person from 1978 to 1986. She became Mayor in 1986 and served until she retired in 1998. She left a legacy of many accomplishments and because of Starr Mason, Onancock is a better place for today and tomorrow.

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