VA-Z187 Culpeper County

Marker text: CULPEPER COUNTY

Area 384 Square Miles

Formed in 1748 from Orange, and named for Lord Culpeper, Governor of Virginia, 1680-1783. The Battle of Cedar Mountain, 1862, was fought in this county.

Virginia Conservation Commission, 1946.

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Location: US 29 (sign in on the northbound side of the road) at the Fauquier/Culpeper county line (just before the Rappahannock River crossing), Culpeper County, Virginia

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