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Warren County, Virginia

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
21historic places
—earliest paper
1836formed
40,727pop. 2020
14cemeteries
7CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 21 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Front Royal, Browntown, Luray.

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 Warren titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

6 of 21 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

21 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Balthis HouseFront RoyalBuilding2004
Bel AirFront RoyalBuilding2024
Browntown Historic DistrictBrowntownDistrict2021
Compton Gap SiteLuraySite1985
ErinFront RoyalBuilding1979
Fairview FarmFront RoyalBuilding1986
Flint Run Archeological DistrictFront RoyalDistrict1976
Front Royal Historic DistrictFront RoyalDistrict2003
Front Royal Recreational Park Historic DistrictFront RoyalDistrict1992
KillahevlinFront RoyalBuilding1993
LackawannaFront RoyalBuilding2014
Long MeadowMiddletownBuilding1995
Mount ZionMilldaleBuilding1970
Mountain HomeFront RoyalBuilding2007
RiversideFront RoyalBuilding1995
Riverton Historic DistrictFront RoyalDistrict2002
Rockland Rural Historic DistrictFront RoyalDistrict2015
Rose HillFront RoyalBuilding1996
Sonner Hall (Additional Documentation)Front RoyalBuilding1987
Thunderbird Archeological District NHLLimetonDistrict1977
Warren County CourthouseFront RoyalBuilding2000

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Warren was formed in 1836 (1836-03-09) from Frederick, Shenandoah.

WARREN created from FREDERICK and SHENANDOAH.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Warren County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

41k23k5,6271840188019201930196020002020
18401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
5,6276,4427,3998,8378,85211,35214,80114,65521,20031,58440,727

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 Park14.5 km

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

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

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

Cemeteries — 14 of 14 listed
NameLatLon
Bennetts Chapel Cemetery38.90483-78.26611
Chapman Cemetery38.98316-78.04722
Good Hope Cemetery38.92483-78.18
Hall Cemetery38.94011-78.25472
Howellsville Cemetery38.97289-78.07222
Marshall Cemetery38.94455-78.1675
Miller Cemetery38.97178-78.21444
Panorama Memorial Gardens38.96594-78.28917
Prospect Hill Cemetery38.91317-78.19667
Reliance Cemetery39.00928-78.25222
Reliance Cemetery39.00372-78.24445
Richardson Cemetery38.9576-78.29583
Rockland Community Cemetery38.98844-78.13944
The Ramey Graveyard38.88428-78.23806
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Downing38.87928-78.17556

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
Front Royal3,1474.6 kmVA103
Cedar Creek12,95515.7 kmVA122
Fisher'S Hill9,77317.4 kmVA120
Tom'S Brook6,64123.2 kmVA121
Kernstown Ii5,85725.5 kmVA116
Kernstown I4,02626.3 kmVA101
Upperville25730.0 kmVA038

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

Historical markers

HMdb link

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