 The County is bounded by the Rappahannock River to the north, by the Chesapeake Bay to the east, by the Piankatank River and Dragon Run Swamp to the southwest, and by Essex County to the northwest.The County has a land area of and of shoreline.As of the census of 2000, there were 9,932 people, 4,253 households, and 2,913 families residing in the county.