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Onley is an incorporated town in Accomack County, Virginia, on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay.

The town's name — pronounced "only" — comes from Onley, the estate of Virginia Governor Henry A. Wise.

The 2020 census counted 532 residents in Onley, almost exactly matching its counts of 532 in 1990, 516 in 2010, and 496 in 2000; the town was first counted in 1960 with 415 people.

At the 2000 census, Onley's 496 residents lived in 223 households, with an average household size of 2.22 people.

Onley covers just 0.81 square miles and sits at an elevation of about 43 feet on the flat Delmarva Peninsula.

The town operates under a Virginia charter — its current charter dates to 2005 — and is governed by a mayor and a six-member town council.

U.S. Route 13, the Eastern Shore's main highway, and State Route 175 pass through Onley, and STAR Transit buses link the town with Cape Charles, Oak Hall, and other Accomack and Northampton County communities.

Onley was served by the Bay Coast Railroad until that short-line railroad went out of business in 2018.

Onley has a humid subtropical climate, with hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters typical of Virginia's Eastern Shore.

Onley is one of fourteen incorporated towns in Accomack County, which counted 33,413 people in the 2020 census.