Middle Peninsula · VA
Deltaville
A boatbuilding town on the point where John Smith was stung.
- Population
- 1,057 (2020 census)
- Renamed
- 1909, from Sandy Bottom
- Stingray Point
- Named July 17, 1608
Then
- 1608
On July 17, John Smith is stung by a stingray here. Sure he is dying, his crew digs a grave; he recovers and eats the fish for dinner.
- 1909
Sandy Bottom renames itself Deltaville, for its shape.
- 2002
The Deltaville Maritime Museum opens to preserve the watermen's workboats.
Now
Deltaville grew up building boats for Chesapeake watermen. Today its marinas make it a sailing and fishing town, bordered by the Rappahannock, the Piankatank and the bay.
9 tide stations around Deltaville
- Jackson Creek, Deltaville0.5 mi
- Mill Creek (Grey Point)4.9 mi
- Windmill Point4.9 mi
- Dixie5.5 mi
- Windmill Point Light6.2 mi
- Millenbeck, Corrotoman River11.4 mi
- Urbanna14.6 mi
- Glebe Point, Great Wicomico River20.3 mi
- Bayport23.0 mi