 The referendum vote took place in 1895 after nearly a decade of debate, and the residents of Accomack County elected to keep the court where it had been located for the past two centuries.By this time, the town had been renamed "Accomac" by order of the United States Post Office Department dated August 9, 1893.The name "Accomac" is derived from a Native American word translated to mean "on the other side".