Middle Peninsula
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The Middle Peninsula is, as its name implies, the middle of three major peninsulas on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay in Virginia, between the Northern Neck and the Virginia Peninsula. This peninsula is bounded by the Rappahannock River on the north and the York River on the south. It encompasses six Virginia counties: Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen, King William, Mathews, and Middlesex. The Middle Peninsula is known for its quiet rural life, vegetable truck farming, and fishing. Before modern highways, many passenger and freight steamboat routes linked the entire Chesapeake Bay region.
There are no cities on the Middle Peninsula. Among the towns found here, West Point has a pulp and paper mill and Deltaville is a popular boating spot for metropolitan residents seeking a weekend on the bay. Tappahannock is a thriving community on the Rappahannock River and Urbanna has a small but prosperous tourism industry.
There are two tiny reservations, home to the Pamunkey and Mattaponi Indian tribe.
The primary highway on the peninsula is U.S. Route 17, which connects Fredericksburg with the Hampton Roads area.
The two southernmost counties, Gloucester and Mathews, are now part of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. Gloucester County is connected to the Virginia Peninsula by the George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge over the York River.
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