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Winchester city, Virginia

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
26historic places
—earliest paper
1902formed
28,120pop. 2020
10cemeteries
12CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 26 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1967; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Winchester (Independent City), Winchester.

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 Winchester city titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

11 of 26 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

26 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Abram's DelightWinchester (Independent City)Building1973
C. L. Robinson Ice and Cold Storage CorporationWinchesterBuilding2022
Cline, Patsy, HouseWinchesterBuilding2005
Cline, Patsy, House NHLWinchesterBuilding
Douglas SchoolWinchester (Independent City)Building2000
Fair MountWinchester (Independent City)Building2004
Fort Loudoun SiteWinchester (Independent City)Building2014
George Washington Hotel, TheWinchesterBuilding2010
Glen BurnieWinchester (Independent City)Building1979
Handley LibraryWinchester (Independent City)Building1969
Handley, John, High SchoolWinchester (Independent City)Building1998
Hawthorne and Old Town SpringWinchester (Independent City)Building2013
Hexagon HouseWinchester (Independent City)Building1987
Jackson, Thomas J., Headquarters NHLWinchester (Independent City)Building1967
Kurtz, Adam, HouseWinchester (Independent City)Building1976
Morgan, Daniel, HouseWinchester (Independent City)Building2013
Mount Hebron Cemetery and GatehouseWinchesterSite2009
Old Stone ChurchWinchester (Independent City)Building1977
The Triangle DinerWinchesterBuilding2010
Virginia Apple Storage WarehouseWinchesterBuilding2022
Winchester Coca-Cola Bottling WorksWinchesterBuilding2008
Winchester Historic DistrictWinchester (Independent City)District1980
Winchester Historic District (Boundary Increase III)Winchester (Independent City)District2016
Winchester Historic District (Boundary Increase)Winchester (Independent City)District2003
Winchester Historic District (Boundary Increase)WinchesterDistrict2008
Winchester National CemeteryWinchester (Independent City)Site1996

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Winchester (Ic) was formed in 1902 (1902-07-10) from unknown / original county.

Winchester made an independent city from FREDERICK.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Winchester city population from 1900 to 2020 (Census historical series).

28k17k5,16119001920196020002020
19001920194019501960198020002020
5,1616,88312,09513,84115,11020,21723,58528,120

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 Park20.4 km

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

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

10 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 10 of 10 listed
NameLatLon
Centenary Reformed UCC Cemetery39.18404-78.16018
General Daniel Morgan Veterans Cemetery39.18121-78.15472
German Lutheran Church Cemetery39.18347-78.16029
Mount Hebron Cemetery39.18176-78.15694
Orrick Cemetery39.17343-78.1725
Sacred Heart Cemetery39.17426-78.16694
Stonewall Confederate Cemetery39.18329-78.15647
Winchester National Cemetery39.18454-78.15639
Winchester National Cemetery39.18432-78.15655
Wood Family Cemetery39.18704-78.17944

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
Winchester Ii17,7482.6 kmVA107
Kernstown I4,0263.8 kmVA101
Kernstown Ii5,8574.4 kmVA116
Opequon13,5885.8 kmVA119
Berryville7,01216.3 kmVA118
Cedar Creek12,95523.2 kmVA122
Smithfield Crossing3,13023.4 kmWV015
Front Royal3,14725.1 kmVA103
Cool Spring5,74425.3 kmVA114
Summit Point5,13225.9 kmWV014
Fisher'S Hill9,77328.1 kmVA120
Upperville25732.9 kmVA038

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

Historical markers

HMdb link

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