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Main Street in Front Royal, April 2009.
Official seal of Front Royal, Virginia Front Royal is positioned in Shenandoah Valley Front Royal - Front Royal Front Royal is a town in Warren County, Virginia, United States.
Several theories regarding the origins of the name "Front Royal" have been suggested.
A common theory is that the town was titled for a enormous oak tree the "Royal" Tree of England that stood in the enhance square amid colonial days where Chester and Main Streets now join.
During drills, a incessant command given by the drill sergeant was, "front the Royal Oak!" The command was repeated and eventually shortened to simply "Front Royal". This theory is supported by a bulletin presented by the United States Geological Survey in 1905, which states that the town was first known as Royal Oak, with the current name being derived from the commands of a confused colonel. Eventually their military post became known as "Camp Front Royal". A third version holds that, in early decades of European settlement, the region was alluded to in French as "le front royal", meaning the British frontier.
In English, "le front royal" is interpreted to the "Royal Frontier".
The British themselves may have called the region "Front Royal" after 1763, when they set the so-called Proclamation Line along the spine of the Alleghenies to demarcate the settled portion of the colonies from the Indian Reserve in the interior. The entire Shenandoah Valley including the region to turn into Front Royal was took in and claimed for hunting by the Iroquois Confederation amid the later Beaver Wars, by 1672.
The Iroquois formally sold their entire claim east of the Alleghenies to the Virginia Colony at the Treaty of Lancaster in 1744. Front Royal, originally settled in 1754 under the name Le - Hewtown, had been known to European explorers as early as the 1670s, and the close-by settlement of Chester's Ferry was in existence by 1736.
The town also had a well-known nickname by the 1790s, "Helltown," due to the many livestock wranglers and boatmen on the Shenandoah coming through the area, who came into town looking for alcohol.
It was incorporated as "Front Royal" in 1788.
This line was soon extended to Strasburg in time to turn into a factor in the Battle of Front Royal on May 23, 1862 and throughout the Civil War.
Within Front Royal, the following buildings, properties and districts are listed on the National Register of Historic Places: Front Royal Historic District Front Royal Recreational Park Historic District Front Royal is roughly 76 miles (122 km) west of Washington, D.C.
According to the 2010 United States Census, the town has a total region of 9.5 square miles (24.6 km2), of which 9.3 square miles (24.1 km2) is territory and 0.2 square miles (0.5 km2) (2.52%) is water.
In 2014 the town took in extra land, increasing the town's total territory area to 10.5 square miles (27.2 km2). Front Royal is positioned at the confluence of the North and South Forks of the Shenandoah River. Front Royal is governed by a mayor and six-member town council with four-year terms.
The current government of Front Royal, as of January 2015, is listed below.
Homes in Front Royal In the town, the populace was spread out with 25.7% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 22.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
The gazebo at the Village Commons in Front Royal Front Royal is the home of Randolph-Macon Academy (founded 1892) which features an Air Force JROTC program.
Front Royal is also the home of Christendom College and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI).
Along with these establishments are the two rival high schools, Skyline High School and Warren County High School.
Commercially, Front Royal hosts the Virginia Inland Port, a U.S.
Front Royal is home to the 440-acre (1.8 km2) Avtex Fibers Superfund Site.
The site is intended to eventually home a 175-acre (0.71 km2) eco-friendly office park, 30 acres (120,000 m2) of soccer fields, and 240 acres (0.97 km2) of conservancy park along the Shenandoah River. The plant, which was assembled by the American Viscose Corporation in the 1930s and at one time working almost 3,500 workers, was closed in 1989 after being cited for more than 2,000 surroundingal violations over five years, including emissions of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) into the Shenandoah River. The plant's chief buildings were completed in 1997 as part of the cleanup. Front Royal is also home to the U.S.
Customs and Border Protection's Canine Center Front Royal (CCFR), formerly known as the Canine Enforcement Training Center (CETC). This facility has trained dogs and their handlers in various detection abilities for federal and law enforcement agencies since 1974. It also has a large number of American Civil War attractions, both in the town and the encircling Shenandoah Valley.
The Front Royal Cardinals baseball team joined the Valley League in 1984.
Bing Crosby helped raise funds for the building of the initial stadium by arranging for his film Riding High to have its world premiere in Front Royal on April 1, 1950.
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester, Virginia, he went on to Front Royal where he sang on the courthouse steps as part of a concert to help raise cash for a new stadium.
Bing was the first contributor to the Front Royal Recreation Center Building Fund when he donated $1,000.
On April 1, 1950, Front Royal jubilated "Bing Crosby Day" and starting at 11 a.m., Crosby led a two-hour parade through the streets in front of a crowd of 20,000 to Recreation Park for the dedication of the baseball stadium.
In 1953, Frank Nesbitt coached a Little League team from Front Royal which came in 3rd in the world tournament.
Freddie Moore was one of the players on that team, and later became active in Front Royal Little League.
After Moore died of cancer one of Front Royal's Little League fields was titled in his honor.
Front Royal was designated the "Canoe Capital of Virginia" in February 1999. Front Royal Area Transit (FRAT) provides weekday transit for the town of Front Royal.
Page County Transit provides weekday transit for the town of Luray and weekday service between Luray and Front Royal.
Shenandoah Valley Commuter Bus previously offered weekday commuter bus service from Northern Shenandoah Valley including Warren County to Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C.
Origination points in Warren County encompassed Front Royal.
Warren County High School Three airways broadcasts and two weekly newspapers are based and licensed to Front Royal.
WZRV is actually based in Front Royal, while WFQX is based in close-by Winchester.
Weekly newspapers The Sherando Times and The Warren County Report are based in Front Royal.
The Warren County Report serves Warren County, while The Sherando Times serves the Stephens City, Middletown, and Kernstown areas of close-by Frederick County, Virginia.
Byrd High School in Shreveport, Louisiana, began his teaching longterm position in the 1880s in Front Royal.:338 "Front Royal".
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