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TOWNSHIPS |
Incorporated:
Gordonsville
Orange |
Unincorporated:
Barboursville
Locust Grove |
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CEMETERIES |
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Antioch |
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Bethel |
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Eheart |
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Emmanuel
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Graham |
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James Madison |
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Kemper |
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Lewis |
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Maplewood |
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Mount Calvary |
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Mount Holy |
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Mount Horeb |
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Mount Lebenon |
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Mount Olive |
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Mount Pisgah |
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Mount Sinai |
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New Hope |
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North Pamunkey |
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Oakwood |
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Opequion |
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Orange Grove |
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Palmyra
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Pilgrim |
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Rhoadeside |
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Salem |
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Shady Grove |
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Unionville |
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Watkins |
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West View |
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Willis |
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Woodbury |
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Zoar |
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LIBRARIES: |
Gordonsville Branch Library
200 S. Main St.
Gordonsville, VA 22942 |
Orange County Public Libr
146 A Madison Road
Orange, Va 22960 |
Wilderness Branch Libr
6421 Flat Run Rd.
Locust Grove, VA 22508 |
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Welcome to the Orange County, Virginia
This is a No Muss, No Fuss Website to make your
searches easy and quick.
I hope you find your visit pleasant and fruitful.
This is a very new county for me so please
bear with me as I get things uploaded.
Good Luck and Happy Hunting....
Sharon Wick
Owner and Sole Transcriber.
NOTE: This will start slow
but I will be adding to it
regularly.
HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY, VA.
The area was previously inhabited by the
Siouan Manahoac tribe, the first white settlement in what was to
become Orange County was Germanna. It was there in 1714 that
Governor Alexander Spotswood settled 12 families from Westphalia,
Germany—42 people in all. The legal entity of Orange County was
established in 1734 from a portion of Spotsylvania County. However,
unlike other counties which had terminated at the Blue Ridge, Orange
at its creation was conceived of as extending all the way to the
Mississippi River and Great Lakes - land claimed by Virginia, but
very little of which had yet been occupied by any English. For this
reason, some contend that Orange County was at one time the largest
county that ever existed. This condition lasted only four years,
when most of this tract was split off into Augusta County in 1738.
Orange County is named for Prince William III of
Orange, a famous Protestant King of Great Britain and Ireland, by
Ulster-Scots settlers. The family name of William of Orange was
derived from the dynasty's ancestral origins as feudal lords of the
French town of Orange, which was named by the ancient Gauls in
honour of a Celtic water deity.
President James Madison's home, Montpelier, and
Virginia governor and U.S. Senator James Barbour's ruined home,
Barboursville, are located in the county. President Zachary Taylor
was born here. During the Civil War, the Battle of the Wilderness
took place in the County in May 1864.
County Seat: Orange
Year Organized: 1734
Square Miles: 342
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