Poquoson
Poquoson, informally known as Bull Island, is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,460.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Chrisfortier, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Poquoson High School and Lunar Landing Research Facility.
Poquoson High School
School building
Poquoson High School is a public secondary school, located in Poquoson, Virginia and serves as the sole public secondary school for students in the city.
Lunar Landing Research Facility
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
The Lunar Landing Research Facility was an area at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia that was used to simulate Apollo Moon landings with a mock Lunar Module powered by a small rocket motor suspended from a crane over a simulated lunar landscape. Lunar Landing Research Facility is situated 1½ miles south of Poquoson.
Tabb High School
School
Tabb High School is a public high school located in Tabb, an unincorporated community in southern York County, Virginia, United States. It is part of the York County School Division. Tabb High School is situated 2½ miles west of Poquoson.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bethel Manor and Tabb.
Bethel Manor
Village
Bethel Manor is a census-designated place in York County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 3,792. Bethel Manor is a Military Family Community for Joint Base Langley-Eustis. Bethel Manor is situated 2½ miles southwest of Poquoson.
Tabb
Suburb
Tabb is an unincorporated community in York County, Virginia, United States, on the Virginia Peninsula. Major roads include U.S. Route 17 and State Route 134. Tabb is situated 3½ miles west of Poquoson.
Dare
Quarter
Dare is an unincorporated community in York County, Virginia, United States, on the Virginia Peninsula. There is a shop called "Dare Deli". Dare is situated 4 miles northwest of Poquoson.
Poquoson
- Categories: independent city in the United States and locality
- Location: Poquoson, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.12419° or 37° 7′ 27″ northLongitude
-76.39215° or 76° 23′ 32″ westPopulation
12,500Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)United Nations Location Code
US QOSOpen location code
87954JF5+M4OpenStreetMap ID
node 317004691OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Poquoson” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بوكيوسون”
- Basque: “Poquoson city konderria”
- Bavarian: “Poquoson”
- Cebuano: “Poquoson”
- Chechen: “Покосон”
- Chinese: “普库森市”
- Chinese: “普庫森市”
- Dutch: “Poquoson”
- Finnish: “Poquoson”
- French: “Municipalité de Poquoson”
- French: “Poquoson”
- German: “Poquoson”
- Gilaki: “پوکوسون (ويرجينيا)”
- Gilaki: “پوکوسون”
- Haitian: “Poquoson, Vijini”
- Haitian: “Poquoson”
- Indonesian: “Poquoson, Virginia”
- Indonesian: “Poquoson”
- Irish: “Poquoson”
- Italian: “Poquoson”
- Japanese: “ポコソン”
- Ladin: “Poquoson”
- Low German: “Poquoson”
- Malagasy: “Poquoson, Virginia”
- Malagasy: “Poquoson”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Poquoson”
- Norwegian: “Poquoson”
- Persian: “پاکوسن، ویرجینیا”
- Persian: “پاکوسن”
- Polish: “Poquoson”
- Portuguese: “Poquoson”
- Russian: “Покосон”
- Serbian: “Покосон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Poquoson, Virginia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Poquoson”
- South Azerbaijani: “پوکووزون، ویرجینیا”
- Spanish: “Poquoson (Virginia)”
- Spanish: “Poquoson”
- Swedish: “Poquoson”
- Talysh: “Pokoson”
- Tatar: “Покосон”
- Turkish: “Poquoson, Virginia”
- Turkish: “Poquoson”
- Ukrainian: “Покосон”
- Urdu: “پوکوئسون، ورجینیا”
- Urdu: “پوکوئسون”
- Vietnamese: “Poquoson, Virginia”
- Vietnamese: “Poquoson”
- Volapük: “Poquoson”
- Waray (Philippines): “Poquoson, Virginia”
- Waray (Philippines): “Poquoson”
- Welsh: “Poquoson”
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