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Rockingham County, Virginia

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
44historic places
—earliest paper
1778formed
83,757pop. 2020
30cemeteries
4CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 44 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1971. Most listings are in or near Harrisonburg, Broadway, Dayton.

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 Rockingham titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

15 of 44 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

44 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Baxter HouseEdomBuilding1973
Beery, John K., FarmEdomBuilding1973
Bethlehem ChurchBroadwayBuilding1985
Big Run Quarry SiteLuraySite1985
BogotaPort RepublicDistrict2009
Bon AirElktonBuilding2007
Breneman-Turner MillHarrisonburgBuilding2006
Bridgewater Historic DistrictBridgewaterDistrict1984
Cave Hill FarmMcGaheysvilleBuilding2011
Chrisman, George, HouseLinvilleBuilding2006
ContentmentMt. CrawfordBuilding2004
Dayton Historic DistrictDaytonDistrict1984
Deering HallBroadwayBuilding2020
Driver, David and Catherine, FarmTimbervilleBuilding2007
Earman, George, HouseHarrisonburgBuilding1982
Edom Store and Post OfficeEdomBuilding2007
Elkton Historic DistrictElktonDistrict2023
Funk, Joseph, HouseSingers GlenBuilding1975
Harnsberger FarmShenandoahBuilding1992
Harnsberger, Stephen, HouseGrottoesBuilding1982
Harrison, Daniel, HouseDaytonBuilding1973
Haugh HousePort RepublicBuilding2011
InglewoodHarrisonburgBuilding1985
Kite MansionElktonBuilding2007
Kyle's Mill HouseHarrisonburgBuilding2001
Lincoln Homestead and CemeteryBroadwayBuilding1972
Linville Creek BridgeBroadwayStructure1978
Long MeadowHarrisonburgBuilding2005
Longs ChapelHarrisonburgBuilding2006
Mannheim (082-0005)LinvilleBuilding2004
Massanetta Springs Historic DistrictHarrisonburgDistrict2005
Melrose Caverns and Harrison FarmsteadHarrisonburgDistrict2014
Miller-Kite HouseElktonBuilding1979
Paul's Ottobine MillDaytonBuilding2017
Paul, Peter, HouseDaytonBuilding1979
Peale, Jonathan, HouseHarrisonburgBuilding2007
Plains MillTimbervilleBuilding2014
Port Republic Historic DistrictPort RepublicDistrict1980
Silver Lake Historic DistrictDaytonDistrict2019
Singers Glen Historic DistrictSingers GlenDistrict1978
Sites HouseBroadwayBuilding1979
Taylor SpringsHarrisonburgBuilding2002
Timberville Historic DistrictTimbervilleDistrict2013
Tunker HouseBroadwayBuilding1971

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Rockingham was formed in 1778 (1778-03-01) from Augusta.

ROCKINGHAM created from AUGUSTA.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

84k46k7,449179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
7,44910,37414,78417,34423,40829,56733,52730,04731,28935,07940,48557,03867,72583,757

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

30 cemeteries and 4 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 30 of 30 listed
NameLatLon
Bethel Cemetery38.47568-78.75634
Cedar Grove Cemetery38.45221-78.83352
Cooks Creek Cemetery38.47477-78.92835
Dayton Cemetery38.41919-78.9415
Dean Cemetery38.38124-78.52529
East Point Cemetery38.41382-78.66379
Eastlawn Memorial Gardens38.41023-78.82782
Greenmount Cemetery38.51873-78.90164
Greenwood Cemetery38.38485-78.97589
Keezletown Cemetery38.41314-78.80451
Mount Horeb Cemetery38.46478-78.98053
Mount Olivet Cemetery38.36866-78.73423
Mount Olivet Cemetery38.68537-78.81403
Mount Pleasant Cemetery38.39991-78.85425
Mount Sinai Cemetery38.40926-78.86429
Moyers Cemetery38.81078-78.94496
Naylor Cemetery38.38985-78.56501
Oak Lawn Cemetery38.39115-78.96349
Peake Pentecostal Church Cemetery38.50089-79.00228
Pine Grove Cemetery38.53962-78.79383
Pleasant View Cemetery38.42927-78.96088
Port Republic Cemetery38.30043-78.82555
Rader Cemetery38.65067-78.78085
Rest Haven Memorial Gardens38.46707-78.83831
Saint Jacobs Spaders Cemetery38.37595-78.87752
Shady Grove United Brethren Cemetery38.32337-78.83466
Timberville Cemetery38.64051-78.77148
Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery38.48182-78.77793
Trumbo Cemetery38.65098-78.89023
Weavers Cemetery38.45591-78.90743
Historical populated places — 4 of 4
NameLatLon
Almond38.33763-78.71586
Old Furnace38.46346-78.7678
Paulington38.47623-78.75252
Peach Grove38.38818-78.86225

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
Cross Keys5,44920.8 kmVA105
Port Republic4,93524.3 kmVA106
New Market5,61026.8 kmVA110
Piedmont7,63531.2 kmVA111

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

Historical markers

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