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Virginia Counties
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Virginia Counties
The Commonwealth of Virginia is divided into 95 counties and 39 independent cities, which are
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Rockingham County, Virginia
Rockingham County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Harrisonburg
Year Organized: 1778
Square Miles: 851 |
Court House: P.O. Box 1252
County Courthouse
Harrisonburg, VA 22803-1252
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, two-time Prime Minister of Great Britain who
sided with the American colonists during the American Revolutionary War.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Rockingham County, Virginia formed from Augusta County. [Virginia Counties: Those Resulting from Virginia
Legislation, by Morgan Poitiaux Robinson, originally published as Bulletin of the Virginia State Library,
Volume 9, January, April, July 1916, reprinted 1992 by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD.]
Rockingham County was named for Charles Watson-Wentworth, a second marquis of Rockingham, who supported the colonists
in their disputes with Great Britain. It was formed from Augusta County in 1778. Its area is 871 square miles, and the
county seat is Harrisonburg.
Geography
Rockingham County is the third largest county in Virginia. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county
has a total area of 853 square miles (2,210 kmē), of which, 851 square miles (2,204 kmē) of it is land and 2 square
miles (6 kmē) of it (0.25%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Pendleton County, West Virginia - west
- Hardy County, West Virginia - north
- Shenandoah County, Virginia - northeast
- Page County, Virginia - east
- Greene County, Virginia - southeast
- Albemarle County, Virginia - southeast
- Augusta County, Virginia - southwest
- Harrisonburg, Virginia - center (enclave)
Cities and Towns:
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- Bridgewater |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Broadway |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Dayton |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Elkton |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Grottoes |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Harrisonburg
(County
Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Mount Crawford |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Timberville |
town |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally." |
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