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The county was established in 1772 as 'Dunmore County' for Virginia Colonial Governor John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore. Woodstock was designated the county seat. Dunmore was Virginia's last royal governor, and was forced from office during the American Revolution. During the war (1778), the rebels renamed the county 'Shenandoah.'
Founded in 1761, it is the oldest community in Shenandoah County, which is reflected in its architecture. The historic district is organized around three major north–south axes: Main Street (Virginia State Route 11), Water Street, and the right-of-way of the Norfolk and Southern Railway. It includes some of the best examples of residential ...
Location of Shenandoah County in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Shenandoah County, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register ...
Woodstock is a town and the county seat of Shenandoah County, [5] Virginia, United States.It has a population of 5,212 according to the 2017 census. [6] Woodstock comprises 3.2 square miles of incorporated area of the town, and is located along the "Seven Bends" of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River.
WOODSTOCK, Virginia (Reuters) - The education board for a rural Virginia county voted early on Friday to restore the names of Confederate generals stripped from two schools in 2020, making the ...
This collection was initially based upon the 1807 estate inventory of Henry Baughman (or Hennerli Bachmann), who was born in Shenandoah County and later in life moved south to Botetourt County. [2] The Baughman Family has placed this extensive collection of 18th and early 19th century artifacts on long-term loan with the museum.
The school board in Shenandoah County, Virginia, plans to vote Thursday on a proposal that would restore the names of Confederate military leaders to two public schools, according to a meeting ...
Shenandoah County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia. It was built about 1790, as a single-pile, two-story, seven-bay, structure with a facade of rough-hewn coursed limestone ashlar. A projecting tetrastyle Tuscan portico was added in 1929 to the central three bays.