Berryville, Virginia Berryville, Virginia Town The Clarke County Courthouse in Berryville The Clarke County Courthouse in Berryville Location of Berryville in Virginia Location of Berryville in Virginia Coordinates: 39 9 4 N 77 58 57 WCoordinates: 39 9 4 N 77 58 57 W State Virginia County Clarke Berryville is an incorporated town in and the governmental center of county of Clarke County, Virginia, United States. The populace was 4,185 at the 2010 census, up from 2,963 at the 2000 census.
5 Notable buildings or structures in Berryville Berryville was established at the intersection of the Winchester Turnpike and Charlestown Road.
It was established as the town of Berryville on January 15, 1798.
It was not much larger when it was designated as the governmental center of county of newly formed Clarke County in 1836. An 1855 gazetteer described it as "a small town" that "has some trade, and includes an academy and 1 or 2 churches." Not long afterward the Battle of Berryville was fought in and around the town amid the Valley Campaigns of 1864.
The barns reached the town in the 1870s. Virginia governor and U.S.
Byrd long resided in Berryville.
A state senator in 1916, he assembled a log cabin titled "Westwood" (a name he also gave his daughter) in Berryville at a family-owned orchard.
In 1926, Byrd purchased Rosemont, an estate contiguous to his family's apple orchards in Berryville.
View down Main Street (SR 7 Bus) in Berryville Berryville is positioned in the northern Shenandoah Valley, 11 miles (18 km) east of Winchester and 5 miles (8 km) south of the West Virginia border.
Route 340 passes through the center of town, dominant northeast 12 miles (19 km) to Charles Town, West Virginia, and southwest 22 miles (35 km) to Front Royal.
Virginia State Route 7 bypasses Berryville along its northern border as a four-lane motorway, dominant west to Winchester and east athwart the Blue Ridge Mountains 24 miles (39 km) to Leesburg.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Berryville has a total region of 2.3 square miles (5.9 km2), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 2,963 citizens , 1,239 homeholds, and 783 families living in the town.
There were 1,312 housing units at an average density of 729.8 per square mile (281.4/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town was 84.54% White, 13.60% African American, 0.10% Native American, 0.57% Asian, 0.13% from other competitions, and 1.05% from two or more competitions.
The average homehold size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.90.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 23.1% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 22.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $39,871, and the median income for a family was $52,176.
About 4.1% of families and 7.0% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 6.5% of those under age 18 and 16.3% of those age 65 or over.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Berryville has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Climate data for Berryville, Virginia Average high F ( C) 40 Average low F ( C) 21 Clarke County High School In addition to Soldier's Rest, the Berryville Historic District, Chapel Hill, Clermont, Cool Spring Battlefield, Fairfield, Glendale Farm, Josephine City School, Long Marsh Run Rural Historic District, Norwood, Old Clarke County Courthouse, Smithfield Farm, and Wickliffe Church are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Byrd, Virginia governor and U.S.
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National Park Service (2010-07-09).
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