37°38′25.9″N 75°45′2.3″W / 37.640528°N 75.750639°W Eastern Shore Community College is a community college in unincorporated Accomack County, Virginia, with a Melfa postal address.[1] It is a member of the Virginia Community College System and serves the residents of Accomack County and Northampton County as a two-year institution of higher learning.
Operating under policies established by the State Board for Community Colleges and the Eastern Shore Community College Board, the college is financed primarily with state funds, supplemented by contributions from the two counties and the Eastern Shore Community College Foundation.
Eastern Shore Community College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate degrees. The college provides associate degree programs approved by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.
Eastern Shore Community College is a member of the American Association of Community Colleges and the Southern Association of Junior Colleges.
References
edit- ^ "General Contact Information". Eastern Shore Community College. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
Eastern Shore Community College 29316 Lankford Highway, Melfa, VA 23410
Compare the address to the Melfa town limits. The college is outside of the Melfa town limits: "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Melfa town, VA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
The area around the college is shown here: "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Accomack County, VA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 17 (PDF p. 18/29). Retrieved 2023-12-24.
The City of Houston stated: "The U.S. Postal Service establishes ZIP codes and mailing addresses in order to maximize the efficiency of their system, not to recognize jurisdictional boundaries."
External links
edit- Official website
- Eastern Shore Community College (www.es.cc.va.us) at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
