Warrenton, Virginia Warrenton, Virginia Courthouse Square in Old Town Warrenton Courthouse Square in Old Town Warrenton Official seal of Warrenton, Virginia Warrenton is a town in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States.
The estimated populace in 2015 was 9,897. Warrenton is the governmental center of county of Fauquier County. It is at the junction of U.S.
The town is in the Piedmont region of Virginia, east of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
The well-known Airlie Conference Center is 3 miles (5 km) north of Warrenton, and the historic Vint Hill Farms military facility is 9 miles (14 km) east.
Fauquier Hospital is positioned in the town.
Surrounded by Virginia wine and horse country, Warrenton is a prominent destination outside of Washington, D.C.
Like many incorporated suburbs in Virginia, the town of Warrenton has government and taxation separate from the county.
The town and the county do share some services, such as schools and the county landfill. The settlement which would expanded into the town of Warrenton began as a crossroads at the junction of the Falmouth-Winchester and Alexandria-Culpeper roads, where a trading post called the Red Store was located.
The Town of Warrenton was incorporated on January 5, 1810, and titled for General Joseph Warren, a Revolutionary War hero. Richard Henry Lee donated the territory for the county seat.
Supreme Court, was from Germantown, modern-day Midland, 10 miles (16 km) south of Warrenton.
Mosby made raids in the town amid the Civil War and later made his home and practiced law in Warrenton.
Jordan and returned him to Fauquier, whereupon he was bringed to the town jail.
In 1951, the federal government established the Warrenton Training Center just outside Warrenton.
A bypass route around the town was assembled in the early 1960s, which thriving restaurants, gas stations, and shopping centers, but also drew businesses away from the center of town. The Warrenton Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
Other listings in or near Warrenton include Brentmoor, Dakota, Hopefield, Loretta, Monterosa, North Wales, The Oaks, the Old Fauquier County Jail, and Yorkshire House. Warrenton is positioned in central Fauquier County at 38 43 06 N 77 47 50 W (38.718307, -77.797085). U.S.
Route 29 leads northeast 12 miles (19 km) to Gainesville and 47 miles (76 km) to Washington, D.C., and southwest 25 miles (40 km) to Culpeper.
Route 15 follows US 29 out of town in both directions, but leads north-northeast 34 miles (55 km) to Leesburg.
Route 17 leads northwest 42 miles (68 km) to Winchester and southeast 44 miles (71 km) to Fredericksburg, and U.S.
Route 211 leads west 34 miles (55 km) to Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Warrenton has a total region of 4.5 square miles (11.7 km2), of which 0.004 square miles (0.01 km2), or 0.13%, is water. The eastern, southern, and northern parts of the town drain east to Cedar Run, a tributary of the Occoquan River and part of the Potomac River watershed, while the part of town drains south via Great Run to the Rappahannock River.
As of the census of 2000, there were 6,670 citizens , 2,683 homeholds, and 1,591 families living in the town.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 23.9% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 21.0% from 45 to 64, and 17.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $50,760, and the median income for a family was $59,744.
Fauquier County Public Schools serves Warrenton.
Public schools in the town include Fauquier High School, Warrenton Middle School, Taylor Middle School, and two elementary schools.
There are three private schools in the town of Warrenton: Highland School, St.
Fitch, former mayor of Warrenton and co-founder of the Jamaican bobsled team According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Warrenton has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Warrenton town, Virginia".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Tax Information" on the Warrenton, Virginia website "History" Town of Warrenton.
"What you should know about Fauquier History: Town of Warrenton" Fauquier Historical Society.
"Warrenton Historic District Design Guidelines" Town of Warrenton.
"Norris Tavern / The Warren Green Historical Marker".
Corder, Shawn, Research: Last Will and Testament of Nathan Corder (PDF), retrieved February 19, 2015 The Mirror (Leesburg, VA), 22 January, 1880, as cited in reference to Gustavus Richard Brown Horner, The Horner Papers (University of Virginia Library: Special Collections) Images of America: Warrenton.
"Warrenton Training Center: Current Site Information".
Climate Summary for Warrenton, Virginia Media related to Warrenton, Virginia at Wikimedia Commons Town of Warrenton official website Historic Warrenton Presbyterian Church Warrenton Historic District - National Register of Historic Places, Final Nomination Form Warrenton Historic District Design Guidelines Municipalities and communities of Fauquier County, Virginia, United States Virginia Towns in Virginia
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