Today, Chungkang isn't even recognized as a formal place name; it's just what people call the five westernmost neighborhoods in Chunan.
誰知蒼天弄人，民國廿四年又發生竹南大地震，除了位於今中美里的陳家古宅，其餘深宅大院全在一夕之間成為瓦礫。淤了良港、失了官路，中港的繁華也如潮汐般退得無影無蹤。而今的中港已不是一個正式地名，只是苗栗縣竹南鎮西邊，約含五個里的舊稱。