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Frederick County, Virginia

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
33historic places
—earliest paper
1738formed
91,419pop. 2020
32cemeteries
12CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 33 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Winchester, Middletown, Gore.

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 Frederick titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

8 of 33 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

33 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Cather, Willa, BirthplaceGoreBuilding1978
Cedar Creek Battlefield and Belle Grove NHLMiddletownDistrict1969
Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical ParkMiddletownDistrict2002
Crumley-Lynn-Lodge HouseWinchesterBuilding2006
Forge Farm, OldMiddletownBuilding2004
Fort CollierWinchesterBuilding2006
Fort ColvinWinchesterBuilding2007
Frederick County CourthouseWinchesterBuilding2001
Frederick County Poor FarmRound HillBuilding1993
Gravel Springs FarmStar TanneryBuilding2025
Green Spring MillWinchesterBuilding2024
High BanksStephensonBuilding2011
Hite, John, HouseBartonsvilleBuilding1982
HomespunWinchesterBuilding2002
Hopewell Friends MeetinghouseClear BrookBuilding1980
Kernstown Battlefield Historic DistrictWinchesterDistrict2024
Long MeadowWinchesterBuilding2005
Middletown Historic DistrictMiddletownDistrict2003
MillbankWinchesterBuilding2014
Monte VistaMiddletownBuilding1987
Newtown-Stephensburg Historic DistrictStephens CityDistrict1992
Old Stone ChurchWhitehallBuilding2001
Opequon Historic DistrictWinchesterDistrict2002
Opequon Presbyterian ChurchWinchesterBuilding2001
Rock HillWinchesterBuilding2019
Rose Hill FarmWinchesterBuilding1997
SpringdaleWinchesterBuilding2016
Springdale Mill ComplexBartonvilleBuilding1982
St. Thomas ChapelMiddletownBuilding1973
SunriseGoreBuilding1995
Thorndale FarmMiddletownDistrict2016
Valley Mill FarmWinchesterBuilding2006
Willow ShadeWinchesterBuilding1990

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Frederick was formed in 1738 (1738-12-15) from Orange.

FREDERICK created from ORANGE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

91k52k12k179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
19,68124,74424,70614,24216,54617,55313,23912,46114,00817,53721,94134,15059,20991,419

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

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical ParkNational Historical Park21.0 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

32 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 32 of 32 listed
NameLatLon
Back Creek Quaker Cemetery39.27872-78.25679
Beacon Baptist Church Cemetery39.42846-78.28959
Bethel Cemetery39.26453-78.37773
Bethel Grange Cemetery39.23148-78.22389
Brucetown Cemetery39.25259-78.06027
Ebenezer Christian Church Cemetery39.29732-78.34223
Fairview Cemetery39.06205-78.19806
Fairview Cemetery39.29037-78.37806
Friendship Cemetery39.06316-78.19889
Gravel Springs Cemetery39.08261-78.44858
Green Hill Cemetery39.0851-78.22041
Greenwood Cemetery39.17205-78.12194
Hodgson Cemetery39.19649-78.23167
Hopewell Meeting House Graveyard39.25656-78.11453
Jabbers Hill Cemetery39.24745-78.05048
Lamps Memorial Church Cemetery39.1726-78.29556
Macedonia Cemetery39.09649-78.15806
Milburn Cemetery39.22407-78.1131
Mount Carmel Cemetery39.03177-78.28695
Mount Olive United Methodist Church Cemetery39.22621-78.28695
Old Stone Church Cemetery39.30137-78.16735
Opequon Cemetery39.13955-78.19445
Quaker Cemetery39.12133-78.30444
Redbud Cemetery39.19205-78.09139
Redbud Cemetery39.17566-78.10167
Redland Cemetery39.33343-78.32945
Saint Peters Lutheran Church Cemetery39.12786-78.29634
Shenandoah Memorial Cemetery39.12844-78.1625
Sunrise Cemetery39.11622-78.25639
Upper Ridge Cemetery39.23513-78.18047
Wisecarver Cemetery39.13761-78.28695
Yeakley Cemetery39.24199-78.22074
Historical populated places — 2 of 2
NameLatLon
Bloom39.14705-78.37334
Light39.32955-78.23084

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
Kernstown I4,0268.6 kmVA101
Winchester Ii17,7489.4 kmVA107
Kernstown Ii5,8579.6 kmVA116
Opequon13,58812.7 kmVA119
Cedar Creek12,95522.7 kmVA122
Berryville7,01223.9 kmVA118
Fisher'S Hill9,77327.0 kmVA120
Smithfield Crossing3,13028.1 kmWV015
Front Royal3,14728.6 kmVA103
Summit Point5,13231.4 kmWV014
Cool Spring5,74433.4 kmVA114
Tom'S Brook6,64134.2 kmVA121

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

Historical markers

HMdb link

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