37°56′34″N 75°26′45″W / 37.942757°N 75.445861°W / 37.942757; -75.445861

Mosquito Creek
Mosquito Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationCockle Creek
Mouth 
  location
Chincoteague Bay
Length2 mi (3.2 km)

Mosquito Creek is a stream in Chincoteague, Virginia that connects with Cockle Creek to the south and a mouth at Chincoteague Bay to the North.[1]

History

The name of the creek first appeared in the Decisions of the United States Board on Geographical Names in 1943.[2]

See also

References

  1. GMCO Maps & Charts. GMCO's Fishing & Recreation Map of Chincoteague-Assateague, Virginia, 2003.
  2. Topping, Mary, comp., Approved Place Names in Virginia: An Index to Virginia Names Approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names through 1969 (Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 1971), 105.



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