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

Chesapeake Bay The Chesapeake Bay ( ) is the largest estuary in the United States. The Bay is located in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region and is primarily separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Delmarva Peninsula (including the parts: the ...

* 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 Phoebus (known as Chesapeake City from 1871-1899) is a formerly incorporated town located in Elizabeth City County on the Virginia Peninsula in eastern Virginia. Upon incorporation in 1900, it was named in honor of local businessman Harrison Phoebu ...

* 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 is a village in Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The population was 691 at the 2020 census. It lies across the Ohio River from Huntington, West Virginia, at the mouth of Symmes Creek. A bridge across the Ohio River connects Che ...

* 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, Maryland *

Chesapeake College Chesapeake College is a public community college with its main campus in Wye Mills, Maryland and a satellite campus in Cambridge. It was the first regional community college in the state and serves the five Mid-Shore counties: Caroline, Dorche ...

, 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 The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...

, which purchased her for the Imperial Chinese Navy. The British

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...

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), a novel published in 1978 by James Michener * ''Chesapeake'' (album), the third full-length album by Rachael Yamagata *'' Chesapeake Shores'', Canadian/American television drama *''Chesapeake Shores'', novel series written by

Sherryl Woods Sherryl Woods (born July 23, 1944 in Arlington, Virginia, United States) is an American writer of over 110 romance and mystery novels since 1982. She also signed her novels as "Alexandra Kirk" and "Suzanne Sherrill". She splits her time between ...

Transportation

* ''Chesapeake'' (train), an Amtrak commuter service between Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. * ''Chesapeake'' (train, 1994–1995), an Amtrak service between New York City and Richmond, Virginia *

Chesapeake and Ohio Railway The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway was a Class I railroad formed in 1869 in Virginia from several smaller Virginia railroads begun in the 19th century. Led by industrialist Collis P. Huntington, it reached from Virginia's capital city of Richmond t ...

, 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 In addition to streetcar lines, the Van Sweringen Brothers of Cleveland, Ohio owned a vast network of steam railroads. History The New York Central Railroad had owned the closely parallel New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad since 1882, soon af ...

* Chesapeake Energy, an American publicly held producer of natural gas * Chesapeake Energy Arena, a multi-purpose arena located in downtown Oklahoma City *

Chesapeake Utilities Chesapeake Utilities Corporation is an American corporation formed in 1947. Chesapeake Utilities Corporation is a diversified energy company engaged, through our operating divisions and subsidiaries, in various energy and other businesses. Headq ...

, an American energy services company focusing on distribution of natural gas and propane *

Chesapeake Mill The Chesapeake Mill is a watermill in Wickham, Hampshire, England. The flour mill was constructed in 1820 using the timbers of HMS ''Chesapeake'', which had previously been the United States Navy frigate . The ''Chesapeake'' was attacked and bo ...

, 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 The Vought SB2U Vindicator is an American carrier-based dive bomber developed for the United States Navy in the 1930s, the first monoplane in this role. Vindicators still remained in service at the time of the Battle of Midway, but by 1943, all h ...

* Hemoglobin Chesapeake, a special form of hemoglobin that causes

polycythemia Polycythemia (also known as polycythaemia) is a laboratory finding in which the hematocrit (the volume percentage of red blood cells in the blood) and/or hemoglobin concentration are increased in the blood. Polycythemia is sometimes called erythr ...