Middle Peninsula

[3] Developed for tobacco plantations in the colonial era, in the 21st century the Middle Peninsula is known for its quiet rural life, vegetable truck-farming, and fishing industry.

Tappahannock is a thriving community on the Rappahannock River, and Urbanna has a small but prosperous tourism industry.

Before modern highways existed, passenger ferries and steam freighters linked the entire Chesapeake Bay region.

The two southernmost counties on the Middle Peninsula, Gloucester and Mathews, are now considered to be part of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area.

Gloucester County is connected to the Virginia Peninsula by the George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge, which spans the York River.