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Modest Town, Virginia

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Modest Town (Sometimes spelled Modestown) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 149.

The origin of the name "Modest Town" is obscure.^[1] In the mid-19th century, it was a point along the stagecoach route between Wilmington, Delaware and Eastville, Virginia.^[2]

References

1. ^{{cite book|last1=Moyer|first1=Armond|last2=Moyer|first2=Winifred|title=The origins of unusual place-names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89058322223;view=1up;seq=146|year=1958|publisher=Keystone Pub. Associates|pages=141–142}}
2. ^{{cite book|last=Smith|first=John Calvin|title=The Illustrated Hand-book, a New Guide for travelers through the United States of America|date=1847|publisher=Sherman & Smith|location=New York City|pages=127–128|url=https://archive.org/details/illustratedhandb00smitrich}}

[https://archive.is/20120711160933/http://mcdc.missouri.edu/webrepts/pl94trends/Virginia_stplace2.html Virginia Trend Report 2: State and Complete Places (Sub-state 2010 Census Data)]
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2 : Census-designated places in Accomack County, Virginia|Census-designated places in Virginia

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