Pungo, Virginia

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Pungo
— Unincorporated community —
Pungo Location within the state of Virginia
Coordinates: 36°43′25″N 76°1′4″WCoordinates: 36°43′25″N 76°1′4″W
Country	United States
State	Virginia
Independent city	Virginia Beach
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes	23456
Area code(s)	757
FIPS code
GNIS feature ID

Pungo is a rural community located in the southern part of the independent city of Virginia Beach, Virginia and was one of the seven original boroughs when the City of Virginia Beach was created in 1963. The area derives its name from a local Indian tribe, the Machipungo, a branch of the Chesapeake tribe.^[1] It was named for a local Indian chief, Machiopungo. Because the community is located in an independent city, there has been no individual census for the unincorporated town, which was originally part of Princess Anne County until 1963, when the entire county became part of Virginia Beach.^[2] Like much of southern Virginia Beach, the area is surrounded by farmland.
Pungo is known for its Pungo Strawberry Festival, which is held there every spring. Also well-known is the story of Grace Sherwood, the so-called "Witch of Pungo". Notable features of the area include the historic downtown intersection, United States Coast Guard communications master station, Verizon Communications transmitter site adjacent to the Coast Guard site, cut-your-own Christmas tree farms, pick-your-own fruit farms, roadside fruit and vegetable stands, and the Pungo Ferry Bridge. Nearby is Nimmo United Methodist Church (Nim-o), which was built in 1791 and expanded in the early 1990s. It is the oldest church with the original foundation in the area. Bishop Francis Asbury preached there.^[3]

^{This is Pungo, a different world from Back Bay at Lagomar your typical suburban, cookie cutter 'hood yet only a mere 10 minutes south........}
^{Strawberry Fields}