Winchester, Virginia Winchester, Virginia City of Winchester Official seal of Winchester, Virginia Winchester is positioned in USA Virginia Frederick Winchester - Winchester Show map of USA Virginia Frederick State Virginia Winchester is an Independent City positioned in the northwestern portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
As of the 2010 census, the populace was 26,203. As of 2015, its populace is an estimated 27,284. It is the governmental center of county of Frederick County, although the two are separate jurisdictions.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the town/city of Winchester with encircling Frederick County for statistical purposes.
Winchester is the principal town/city of the Winchester, Virginia-West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a part of the Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV Combined Statistical Area.
Winchester is home to Shenandoah University and the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley.
By the time European pioneer appeared in the Shenandoah Valley around 1729, the Shawnee were the principal occupants in the region around Winchester.
The father of the historical Shawnee chief Cornstalk had his court at Shawnee Springs (near today's Cross Junction, Virginia) until 1754.
In 1753, on the eve of the French and Indian War (Seven Years' War), messengers came to the Shawnee from tribes further west, inviting them to leave the Valley and cross the Alleghenies, which they did the following year. The Shawnee settled for some years in the Ohio Country before being forced by the US government under Indian Removal in the 1830s to remove to Indian Territory.
Winchester had a eminent part as a frontier town/city in those early times.
The Governor of Virginia, as well as the young military commander George Washington, met in the town with their Iroquois allies (called the "Half-Kings"), to coordinate maneuvers against the French and their Native American allies amid the French and Indian War.
The first confirmed exploration of the northern valley was by the explorer John Lederer, who viewed the it from the current Fauquier and Warren County line on August 26, 1670.
The settlement of Winchester began as early as 1729, when Quakers such as Abraham Hollingsworth migrated up (south) the Great Valley along the long-traveled Indian Path (later called the Great Wagon Road by the colonists) from Pennsylvania.
As a result, the Winchester region became home to some of the earliest Presbyterian, Quaker, Lutheran and Anglican churches in the valley.
It encompassed "all the territory in Virginia between the Rappahannock and the Potomac rivers", an old grant from King Charles II which overlapped and encompassed Frederick County.
The county of Frederick was carved out of Orange County.
Colonel James Wood, an immigrant from Winchester, England, was the first court clerk and had been a surveyor for Orange County, Virginia.
In February 1752, the Virginia House of Burgesses granted the fourth town/city charter in Virginia to 'Winchester' as Frederick Town was retitled after Colonel Wood's place of birth in England.
George Washington spent a good portion of his young life in Winchester helping survey the Fairfax territory grant for Thomas Fairfax, Sixth Lord Fairfax, as well as performing surveying work for Colonel Wood.
In 1756, on territory granted by James Wood, Colonel George Washington designed and began constructing Fort Loudoun, which ultimately veiled 0.955 acres (3,860 m2) in present-day downtown Winchester on North Loudoun Street.
During this era, a jail was assembled in Winchester.
It occasionally held Quakers from many parts of Virginia who protested the French and Indian War and refused to pay taxes to the Anglican church.
The strong Quaker tradition of pacifism against strong Virginia support for this war and the next, led to long-term stifling of the Quaker population.
Winchester became a gateway to Quaker settlements further west; by the mid-19th century, the Quaker populace was a small minority here.
During the war in 1758, at the age of 26, Colonel George Washington was voted for to represent Frederick County to the House of Burgesses.
Daniel Morgan later served as a ranger protecting the borderlands of Virginia against Indian raids, returning to Winchester in 1759.
Following the war, from 1763 to 1774 Daniel Morgan served in Captain Ashby's business and defended Virginia against Pontiac's Rebellion and Shawnee Indians in the Ohio valley (that part now in West Virginia).
During the Revolutionary War, the Virginia House of Burgesses chose small-town resident and French and Indian War veteran Daniel Morgan to raise a business of militia to support General George Washington's accomplishments amid the Siege of Boston.
He led the 96 men of "Morgan's Sharpshooters" from Winchester on July 14, 1775 and marched to Boston in 21 days.
The small-town farmers found booming company in feeding the Virginia Militia and fledgling volunteer American army.
Main article: Winchester in the American Civil War Winchester and the encircling area were the site of various battles amid the American Civil War, as the Confederate and Union armies strove to control that portion of the Shenandoah Valley.
Within the town/city of Winchester: The First Battle of Winchester, May 25, 1862 The Second Battle of Winchester, June 13 15, 1863 The Third Battle of Winchester, September 19, 1864 Near the town/city of Winchester: Winchester was a key strategic position for the Confederate States Army amid the war.
"Stonewall" Jackson's defense of the Shenandoah Valley in 1861, Jackson's Valley Campaign of 1862, the Gettysburg Campaign of 1863, and the Valley Campaigns of 1864.
Including minor cavalry raids and patrols, and occasional reconnaissances, historians claim that Winchester changed hands as many as 72 times and 13 times in one day.
Battles raged along Main Street at points in the war.
At the north end of the lower Shenandoah Valley, Winchester was a base of operations for primary Confederate invasions into the Northern United States.
Much of the accomplishment to transport this equipment by horse and carriage centered in Winchester.
During the war, Winchester was occupied by the Union Army for four primary periods: Major General Sheridan raided up the valley from Winchester, where his forces finished "2,000 destroyed filled with grain and implements, not to mention other outbuildings, 70 mills filled with wheat and flour" and "numerous head of livestock," to lessen the area's ability to supply the Confederates. Winchester served as a primary center for Confederate medical operations, especially after the Battle of Sharpsburg in 1862 and the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.
Among those who took part in battles at Winchester were future U.S.
Today, Winchester has extensive resources for Civil War enthusiasts.
Jubal Early Drive, which curves south of downtown Winchester, was the central locale for many of the battles.
The United States appointed military existence to Winchester and other parts of the South amid Reconstruction after the war.
Winchester was part of the First Military District, commanded by Major General John Schofield.
Winchester was the first town/city south of the Potomac River to install electric light. Winchester is the locale of the bi-annual N-SSA nationwide competition keeping the tradition of Civil War era firearms alive.
Main article: National Register of Historic Places listings in Winchester, Virginia Old Stone Church (Winchester, Virginia) 1788 304 East Piccadilly Street 1977 Winchester Historic District 1750 1930 US 522, US 11 & US 50/US 17 1980 Winchester Historic District (Boundary Increase) 120 & 126 North Kent Street 2003 Winchester National Cemetery 1860s 401 National Avenue 1996 Map of Winchester, Virginia, and the encircling Frederick County (Winchester is autonomous of the county but is the county seat).
In addition to the sites on the National Register of Historic Places, the following historic sites are in Winchester: Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, VA (1844) Old Town Winchester (1738) Winchester, Virginia is positioned in USA Virginia Frederick Winchester - Winchester Hardy Morgan Berkeley Hampshire Shenandoah Clarke Frederick Warren Winchester is positioned at 39 10 41 N 78 10 01 W.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 9.3 square miles (24 km2), virtually all of which is land. I-81 passes through the city, along with US 50, US 522, US 17, which ends in the city, and SR 7, which also ends in the city.
The town/city is roughly 75 miles (121 km) to the west of Washington, D.C., 24 miles (39 km) south of Martinsburg, West Virginia, and 25 miles (40 km) north of Front Royal, Virginia.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Winchester has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Climate data for Winchester, Virginia The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 82.06% White, 10.47% African American, 0.24% Native American, 1.59% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 3.46% from other competitions, and 2.14% from two or more competitions.
Winchester City Hall Winchester is the locale of the annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival, which has existed since 1924.
Winchester has more than 20 different "artistic" apples that are made of various materials including wood, rubber pipe, plaster, and paint.
For example, a bright red apple with a large stethoscope attached to it was placed beside a much-used entrance to the Winchester Medical Center.
Winchester was home to Capitol Record's East Coast Pressing Plant.
Capitol Records Distribution Corporation reported in 1968 the purchasing of territory in Winchester, Va for a new record refining plant.
The Winchester plant began assembly in 1968 and manufacturing in 1969.
In 1969 Capitol Records' Pressing Plant in Scranton began phasing out its vinyl manufacturing in favor of the new Winchester plant.
Capitol Records reported in late 1987 that it would end tape duplicating manufacturing in the US, in favor of offshore manufacturing, including in Winchester by early 1988, putting more than 500 employees out of work when they closed the Winchester plant. Winchester is home to the Winchester Royals, which is part of the Valley Baseball League, a National Collegiate Athletic Association-sanctioned collegiate summer baseball league in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Shenandoah University is positioned in Winchester and has various male and female sports in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference.
Winchester is also home to the Winchester Speedway, a 3/8 mile clay oval track, which plays host to a number of touring series, such as the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, and the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series.
Winchester Transit provides weekday transit for the town/city of Winchester.
Winchester Regional Airport provides general aviation and air taxi service to the area.
Aulick (1787-1873), United States Navy officer and veteran of the War of 1812 Daniel Morgan (1735-1802), primary general of Virginia militia in Revolutionary War; buried at Mount Hebron cemetery James Wood (1747-1813), brigadier general, Governor of Virginia, son of Winchester's founder Barton (1842-1917), Virginia Delegate, Mayor of Winchester and Confederate veteran of the American Civil War James William Denver (1817-1892), briefly a Brigadier General in the Union Army amid the American Civil War, and for whom the town/city of Denver, Colorado was titled Holliday (1828-1899), member of the Confederate Congress amid the American Civil War and the Governor of Virginia from 1878 to 1882 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Winchester, United Kingdom Winchester's first sister city, Winchester, England, is where the Virginia town gets its name.
During the Eisenhower administration, Winchester also formalized a sister town/city relationship with Ambato, Ecuador.
A panoramic view of old town Winchester City of Winchester.
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