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Shenandoah County, Virginia

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40historic places

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1772formed

44,186pop. 2020

49cemeteries

4CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 40 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969. Most listings are in or near Edinburg, Mount Jackson, Strasburg.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

14 of 40 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

40 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Bauserman Farm	Mount Jackson	Building	2010
Beydler, Abraham, House	Maurertown	Building	2002
Bowman, Jacob, House	Edinburg	Building	2017
Bowman-Zirkle Farm	Edinburg	District	2009
Burner-Gearing Farm	Woodstock	Building	2021
Campbell Farm	Edinburg	Building	1990
Clem-Kagey Farm	Edinburg	Building	2009
Edinburg Historic District	Edinburg	District	1998
Edinburg Mill	Edinburg	Building	1979
Forestville Historic District	Forestville	District	2011
Fort Bowman	Middletown	District	1969
Funkhouser Farm	Toms Brook	District	2018
Hockman, Dr. Christian, House	Edinburg	Building	1984
Hupp House	Strasburg	Building	1997
Lantz Hall	Woodstock	Building	1992
Lantz Mill	Edinburg	Building	2007
Maphis, John Miley, House	Edinburg	Building	2011
Meems Bottom Covered Bridge	Mt. Jackson	Structure	1975
Moore, J.W.R., House	Mount Jackson	Building	2005
Mount Jackson Colored Cemetery	Mount Jackson	Site	2026
Mount Jackson Historic District	Mount Jackson	District	1993
Mount Pleasant	Strasburg	Building	2011
Munch, Daniel, House	Fort Valley	Building	2002
New Market Battlefield Park	New Market	District	1970
New Market Historic District	New Market	District	1972
Orkney Springs Hotel	Orkney Springs	Building	1976
Shenandoah County Courthouse	Woodstock	Building	1973
Shenandoah County Farm	Maurertown	Building	1993
Shenvalee Golf Resort	New Market	District	2023
Snapp House	Fishers Hill	Building	1979
Stoner-Keller House and Mill	Strasburg	Building	2013
Strasburg Historic DIstrict	Strasburg	District	1984
Strasburg Stone and Earthenware Manufacturing Company	Strasburg	Building	1979
Toms Brook School	Toms Brook	Building	2011
Triplett High and Graded School	Mount Jackson	Building	2025
Wierman, Benjamin, House	Quickburg	Building	2008
Wilkins Farm	Edinburg	Building	2014
Wine House	Quicksburg	Building	2026
Woodstock Historic District	Woodstock	District	1995
Zirkle Mill	Quicksburg	Building	1983

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Shenandoah was formed in 1772 (1772-05-15) from Frederick.

DUNMORE (renamed SHENANDOAH on 2/1/1778) created from FREDERICK.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1790	1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
10,510	13,823	18,926	11,618	13,896	18,204	20,253	20,808	20,898	21,169	21,825	27,559	35,075	44,186

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

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

Cemeteries — 49 of 49 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Bethel Lutheran Cemetery	38.81151	-78.63266
Cedar Grove Cemetery	38.69519	-78.64967
Cedarwood Cemetery	38.82177	-78.57029
Christ Reformed Church Cemetery	38.83304	-78.68783
Columbia Furnace Union Church Cemetery	38.87788	-78.62251
Flat Rock Cemetery	38.70369	-78.74787
Furnace Cemetery	38.74233	-78.51056
Grace Cemetery	38.75719	-78.67163
Keller Cemetery	38.96606	-78.46274
Laurel Hill Cemetery	39.07726	-78.39238
Lebanon Church Cemetery	39.05705	-78.36751
Morning Star Cemetery	38.76181	-78.79953
Mount Calvary Church of Christ Cemetery	38.87316	-78.55279
Mount Carmel Cemetery	39.00707	-78.42408
Mount Clifton Cemetery	38.76094	-78.71779
Mount Hebron Cemetery	38.97955	-78.44029
Mount Hermon Cemetery	38.79402	-78.76521
Mount Jackson Cemetery	38.7334	-78.64585
Mount Zion Cemetery	38.68146	-78.72323
Mount Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery	38.92594	-78.54362
Mount Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery	38.98889	-78.3668
Munch Cemetery	38.85155	-78.40086
Our Soldiers Cemetery	38.75491	-78.63429
Palmyra Cemetery	38.80015	-78.57384
Patmos Cemetery	38.89284	-78.54586
River View Cemetery	38.98449	-78.36103
Riverview Cemetery	38.87455	-78.49251
Saint James Cemetery	39.02088	-78.47179
Saint Johns United Church of Christ Cemetery	38.94955	-78.46112
Saint Lukes Cemetery	38.71084	-78.79358
Saint Marks Cemetery	38.71622	-78.71946
Saint Marys Pine Church Cemetery	38.74483	-78.68363
Saint Matthew's Cemetery	38.65169	-78.67058
Saint Paul Lutheran Church Cemetery	38.99107	-78.36272
Saint Pauls Lutheran Church Cemetery	38.86236	-78.72944
Saint Stephens Cemetery	39.0154	-78.41218
Solomons Lutheran Church Cemetery	38.73642	-78.73612
Stickley Cemetery	39.01414	-78.32326
Stony Creek Cemetery	38.83036	-78.75187
Sugar Hill Cemetery	38.98705	-78.53918
Sunset View Memorial Gardens	38.89799	-78.5216
Trinity Powder Springs Cemetery	38.80983	-78.79319
Union Forge Cemetery	38.83427	-78.58945
Valley Central Cemetery	38.69286	-78.64796
Valley Pike Church of the Brethren Cemetery	38.91791	-78.47028
Wakemans Grove Cemetery	38.84469	-78.61916
Walnut Springs Christ Church Cemetery	39.02695	-78.33339
Woods Chapel Cemetery	38.69539	-78.61862
Zion Cemetery	38.9201	-78.43723

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
Red Banks	38.79872	-78.59585

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.

Battlefield	Study acres	Dist.	Site ID
Tom'S Brook	6,641	13.0 km	VA121
Fisher'S Hill	9,773	21.3 km	VA120
New Market	5,610	21.8 km	VA110
Cedar Creek	12,955	26.5 km	VA122

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

Historical markers

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