Orange, Virginia Orange, Virginia Location of Orange, Virginia Location of Orange, Virginia County Orange Website Town of Orange official website Orange is a town in, and governmental center of county of, Orange County, Virginia, United States.
The populace was 4,721 at the 2010 census, representing a 14.5% increase since the 2000 census. Orange is 28 miles northeast of Charlottesville, 88 miles southwest of Washington, D.C., and 4 miles east of James Madison's plantation of Montpelier.
5 Orange County School System The County Courthouse in Orange The Holladay House in Orange The present-day Town of Orange was known as the Town of Orange Court House before to the late-nineteenth century.
Following the establishment of Culpeper County from a part of Orange County in 1749, the courthouse was relocated to Orange Court House from elsewhere in the county.
In 1799 Paul Verdier purchased the property of William Bell, an 18th-century farm that encompassed much of the modern-day Town of Orange contiguous to Main Street, near present-day Bellevue and Peliso avenues.
Along with expanding agricultural markets, the roads helped transform Orange Court House into a county-wide center.
In 1834 the Virginia General Assembly to pass an act allowing for the incorporation of the Town of Orange Court House.
Orange Court House continued growing, with a several significant downtown buildings being constructed from this point up to the Civil War, including the Sparks Building (1829) the Holladay House (1830), and the St.
These buildings still stand as part of the Orange Commercial Historic District. In 1847 the Orange and Alexandria Railroad chose to route their new stockyards from Alexandria to Gordonsville through Orange.
The General Assembly passed an act in 1855 which officially incorporated the Town of Orange Court House, but it did not take effect until a majority of people qualified to vote consented, which did not occur until after the Civil War. Orange was a strategically meaningful locale amid the American Civil War.
In addition, the Town of Orange served as General Robert E.
County records dating back to its beginning in 1734 were protected by a clerk of court removing them to "a place of safety" as Federal troops were moving through Orange and towards Richmond.
Following Virginia's readmission to the Union in 1870, Orange Court House officially became a town in 1872 when the petition (required by the 1855 General Assembly act) for an election of town trustees was filed in the court.
Due to its locale at the confluence of two primary roadways and the establishment of the Orange Automobile Club in 1910, the town became a county-wide center for automobile revenue and services.
Although much of the mid-20th century trade moved to other locations, the populace of Orange has grown steadily up through the 2010 census. As of September 2013, Orange County contained 33 places listed on the National Register of Historic Places, seven of which are inside the Town of Orange.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 3.32 square miles (8.60 km2), of which 3.31 square miles (8.56 km2) is territory and 0.02 square miles (0.04 km2), or 0.49%, is water. The age distribution of Orange's populace was 21.1% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 27.4% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 18.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
The town of Orange has a council-manager form of government, with 5 voted for at-large council members.
The town manager hires staff to run the Community Development, Finance, Police, Public Works, Town Attorney and Town Clerk offices. Orange County School System 1: Orange County High School 5: Orange Elementary School The Orange County Review is a weekly journal based in Orange and owned by Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Public notices from Orange County commissioners also appear in the newspaper. a b "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Orange town, Virginia".
"Orange Commercial Historic District." a b Walker, Frank S.: "Remembering: A History of Orange County, Virginia." Orange County Historical Society, 2004.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Orange town, Virginia".
Town of Orange municipal website.
Town of Orange FY2014 Budget.
Town of Orange official website Orange Commercial Historic District, Main Street program, National Park Service Orange County, Virginia Orange County Historical Society Municipalities and communities of Orange County, Virginia, United States
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