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Congressional district. 10th. Website. rappahannockcountyva.gov. Rappahannock County is a county located in the northern Piedmont region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, US, adjacent to Shenandoah National Park. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 7,348. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Washington.
Rappahannock County Public Schools is the operating public school system within Rappahannock County, Virginia. It is governed by a Board of Education. The district operates 2 school sites, including 1 elementary school and 1 high school. [1] [2] Dr. Shannon Grimsley serves as the superintendent. [3] Administrative offices are located in ...
The Rappahannock River is a river in eastern Virginia, in the United States, [2] approximately 195 miles (314 km) in length. [3] It traverses the entire northern part of the state, from the Blue Ridge Mountains in the west where it rises, across the Piedmont to the Fall Line, and onward through the coastal plain to flow into the Chesapeake Bay, south of the Potomac River.
Rappahannock County High School is a public high school in Washington, Virginia, and serves grades 8–12. RCHS is the only public high school in Rappahannock County, Virginia , and serves the local communities of Amissville , Chester Gap , Flint Hill , Sperryville , Castleton , Laurel Mills , and the town of Washington , among others.
Rappahannock people. The Rappahannock are a federally recognized tribe in Virginia and one of the eleven state-recognized tribes. They are made up of descendants of several small Algonquian -speaking tribes who merged in the late 17th century. In January 2018, they were one of six Virginia tribes to gain federal recognition by passage of the ...
The first Rappahannock County, Virginia — generally known as "Old Rappahannock" County — was founded in 1656 from part of Lancaster County, Virginia and became extinct in 1692 when it was divided to form Essex County and Richmond County, Virginia. [1] Old Rappahannock County was named for the Native Americans who inhabited the area ...
The Robert Opie Norris Jr. Bridge is a truss bridge that spans the Rappahannock River in Virginia, United States and serves as the crossing for State Route 3 over the river between Grey's Point on the Middlesex County side and the town of White Stone in Lancaster County. The span was opened on August 30, 1957, and replaced a ferry service ...
Central Rappahannock Regional Library (CRRL) system was established in 1969 as the public library system for the counties of Spotsylvania, Stafford, Westmoreland, Caroline, and the City of Fredericksburg. In 1907, the city of Fredericksburg received $15,000 to establish a permanent library from Captain C. Wistar Wallace. [3]