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Culpeper County, Virginia

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
30historic places
—earliest paper
1749formed
52,552pop. 2020
12cemeteries
10CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 30 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969. Most listings are in or near Culpeper, Brandy Station, Rixeyville.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Virginia is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Culpeper titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

12 of 30 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

30 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
AuburnBrandy StationBuilding2008
Burgandine HouseCulpeperBuilding1997
CliftonRixeyvilleDistrict2008
Croftburn FarmCulpepperBuilding2001
Culpeper Historic DistrictCulpeperDistrict1987
Culpeper Municipal Electric Plant and WaterworksCulpeperBuilding2019
Culpeper National CemeteryCulpeperSite1996
Eckington SchoolCulpeperBuilding2001
ElmwoodCulpeperBuilding1986
Elmwood Farm and Browning Store (Boundary Increase)BostonBuilding2013
Fairview CemeteryCulpeperSite2006
FarleyBrandy StationBuilding1976
Graffiti HouseBrandy StationBuilding2005
GreenvilleRaccoon's FordBuilding1980
GreenwoodCulpeperBuilding1985
Hill MansionCulpeperBuilding1980
Hill, A. P., Boyhood HomeCulpeperBuilding1973
Little Fork ChurchRixeyvilleBuilding1969
Locust GroveRapidanBuilding1985
Lord Culpeper HotelCulpeperBuilding2017
Madden's TavernLignumBuilding1984
Maple SpringsJeffersontonBuilding1997
Mitchells Presbyterian ChurchMitchellsBuilding1980
Pitts TheatreCulpeperBuilding2008
Rapidan Historic DistrictRapidanDistrict1987
Rose HillCulpeperDistrict2020
SalubriaStevensburgBuilding1970
Signal HillCulpeperBuilding1999
Slaughter-Hill HouseCulpeperBuilding1989
South East Street Historic DistrictCulpeperDistrict2009

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Culpeper was formed in 1749 (1749-05-17) from Orange.

CULPEPER created from ORANGE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Culpeper County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

53k32k11k179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
22,10518,10020,94411,39312,06313,40814,12313,29213,36513,24215,08822,62034,26252,552

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

12 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 12 of 12 listed
NameLatLon
All Saints Cemetery38.38521-78.05108
Antioch Cemetery38.48179-78.00722
Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery38.45428-78.12555
Bethel Cemetery38.37734-78.03055
Canaan Cemetery38.49957-78.13333
Cedar Run Cemetery38.41262-78.04833
Culpeper National Cemetery38.46984-77.99166
Fairview Cemetery38.48095-78.00444
Hillcrest Memory Gardens38.64512-77.93111
Lael Cemetery38.41549-77.82888
Masonic Cemetery38.48495-77.99352
Pilgrim Cemetery38.37999-78.03522
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
South Ridge38.45485-78.01611

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

BattlefieldStudy acresDist.Site ID
Brandy Station13,9149.0 kmVA035
Rappahannock Station4,05612.0 kmVA023
Rappahannock Station3,33313.1 kmVA043
Cedar Mountain6,86013.3 kmVA022
Morton'S Ford5,66213.3 kmVA045
Kelly'S Ford3,12313.5 kmVA029
Mine Run15,50722.0 kmVA044
Wilderness13,17327.2 kmVA046
Auburn1,45732.7 kmVA039
Chancellorsville21,86333.0 kmVA032

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

HMdb link

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