Chesapeake often refers to: * Chesapeake people, a Native American tribe also known as the Chesepian * The Chesapeake, a.k.a. Chesapeake Bay * Delmarva Peninsula, also known as the Chesapeake Peninsula Chesapeake may also refer to:

Populated places

In Virginia

Chesapeake, Virginia Chesapeake is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 249,422, it is the second-most populous independent city in Virginia, tenth-largest in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 90th ...

, city * Chesapeake City, a.k.a. Phoebus, Virginia * Chesapeake, Northampton County, Virginia, unincorporated community * Chesapeake colony, a.k.a.

Jamestown, Virginia The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James (Powhatan) River about southwest of the center of modern Williamsburg. It was ...

In other U.S. states

* Chesapeake, Indiana, defunct *

Chesapeake, Missouri Chesapeake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lawrence County, Missouri, Lawrence County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Route 174 (Missouri), Route 174, approximately five miles east of Mount Vernon, Missour ...

* Chesapeake, Ohio * Chesapeake, Tennessee, a neighborhood of

Nashville Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and the ...

* Chesapeake, West Virginia

Schools

Chesapeake High School, Anne Arundel County Chesapeake Senior High School (CHS) is one of two high schools in Maryland by that name. The other is the Chesapeake High School of Baltimore County. It is one of two public high schools in Pasadena, the other being Northeast High School, Chesa ...

, Maryland *

Chesapeake High School, Baltimore Chesapeake High School (CHS), is a four-year public high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. About the school Chesapeake High School is one of two high schools in Maryland by that name, the other being Chesapeake High School, Ann ...

, Maryland * Chesapeake College, public community college based in Wye Mills, Maryland

Ships

* United States lightship ''Chesapeake'' (LV-116), a lightvessel * USS ''Chesapeake'' (1799), an American frigate captured by HMS ''Shannon'' in 1813 * USS ''Patapsco'' (1799), a sloop originally named USS ''Chesapeake'' but renamed in 1799 while still under construction * USS ''Chesapeake'' (1898), a training ship renamed USS ''Severn'' on 15 June 1905 * USS ''Chesapeake'' (ID-3395), a freighter * USS ''Chesapeake'' (AOT-5084) * HMS ''Chesapeake'' (1855), a Royal Navy frigate * ''Chesapeake'' was a British ship launched in 1799 that in 1840 was sold to an American trading house at Canton, which named her ''Chesapeake'', and then sold her to the Qing Dynasty, which purchased her for the Imperial Chinese Navy. The British Royal Navy destroyed her on 27 February 1841 during the Battle of First Bar at the onset of the

First Opium War The First Opium War (), also known as the Opium War or the Anglo-Sino War was a series of military engagements fought between Britain and the Qing dynasty of China between 1839 and 1842. The immediate issue was the Chinese enforcement of the ...

Music, entertainment, and books

*Chesapeake (band), a folk-rock/progressive bluegrass band from Maryland *Chesapeake (novel), ''Chesapeake'' (novel), a novel published in 1978 by James Michener *Chesapeake (album), ''Chesapeake'' (album), the third full-length album by Rachael Yamagata *''Chesapeake Shores'', Canadian/American television drama *''Chesapeake Shores'', novel series written by Sherryl Woods#Chesapeake Shores, Sherryl Woods

Transportation

*Chesapeake (train), ''Chesapeake'' (train), an Amtrak commuter service between Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. *Chesapeake (train, 1994–1995), ''Chesapeake'' (train, 1994–1995), an Amtrak service between New York City and Richmond, Virginia *Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, a former American railroad, operating from 1869 to 1972 in the state of Virginia *Chesapeake and Ohio Canal *Chesapeake Bay Bridge, also known as the Bay Bridge, a bridge crossing the Chesapeake Bay *Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel, bridge-tunnel crossing the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay

Other

*Chesapeake Bay Retriever, a breed of dog *Chesapeake Corporation, a historical holding company associated with Van Sweringen railroad holdings *Chesapeake Energy, an American publicly held producer of natural gas *Chesapeake Energy Arena, a multi-purpose arena located in downtown Oklahoma City *Chesapeake Utilities, an American energy services company focusing on distribution of natural gas and propane *Chesapeake Mill, in Wickham, Hampshire, England, a building constructed from the timbers of the USS Chesapeake *The Vought ''Chesapeake'', British name for the United States built dive bomber, the Vought SB2U Vindicator * Hemoglobin Chesapeake, a special form of hemoglobin that causes Polycythemia#Secondary polycythemia, polycythemia