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Mosquito Creek (Virginia)

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

River in the United States
Mosquito Creek
Mosquito Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationCockle Creek
Mouth 
 • locationChincoteague 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.

History

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

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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