Eastern Shore Local Living Guide
New to Eastern Shore, or still weighing it? Start here. What each town is actually like, what homes really cost, and what's going on this week.
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The towns
They're not interchangeable. Open any one for what you'd pay, how the schools rate, and what it's like to live there day to day.
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Accomack County
The Shore's northern county and most of its population. Chincoteague's beaches and pony swim, the NASA Wallops Flight Facility launch site, and harbor towns like Onancock and Wachapreague.
Northampton County
The Shore's southern county, at the far end of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. Cape Charles with its public beach and the Bay Creek golf community, Eastville's colonial-era court records, and clam and oyster aquaculture on both bayside and seaside.
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