Orange County, Virginia

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Orange County, Virginia is a historic rural county in central Virginia known for its Civil War sites, agricultural landscape, and small-town communities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
county
borderedBy Albemarle County, Virginia NERFINISHED
Culpeper County, Virginia NERFINISHED
Greene County, Virginia NERFINISHED
Louisa County, Virginia NERFINISHED
Madison County, Virginia NERFINISHED
Spotsylvania County, Virginia
contains Germanna Ford area
Gordonsville Historic District
James Madison’s Montpelier
Mine Run Campaign sites
Montpelier
Town of Orange Historic District
Wilderness Battlefield
country United States of America
surface form: United States
countySeat Orange, Virginia
economy agriculture
heritage tourism
tourism
fipsCode 51-137
formedFrom Spotsylvania County, Virginia
founded 1734
gnisID 1497023
hasHistoricRole American Civil War
colonial Virginia history
hasHistoricSite Barboursville Ruins
Exchange Hotel (Gordonsville)
hasMajorHighway U.S. Route 15 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 33 NERFINISHED
Virginia State Route 20
Virginia State Route 3
hasTown Gordonsville, Virginia
Orange, Virginia
knownFor Civil War history
historic sites
rural agricultural landscape
small-town communities
locatedIn Virginia
locatedInRegion Central Virginia
namedAfter Prince William, Duke of Cumberland
William I of Orange
surface form: William of Orange
observesDaylightSavingTime Eastern Time Zone
surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
partOf Piedmont region of Virginia
Bureau of the Census
surface form: United States Census Bureau
seat Orange, Virginia
state Virginia
timeZone Eastern Time Zone

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Albemarle County, Virginia adjacentTo Orange County, Virginia
Greene County, Virginia formedFrom Orange County, Virginia
Greene County, Virginia borderCounty Orange County, Virginia
Madison County, Virginia borders Orange County, Virginia
Culpeper County, Virginia borderedBy Orange County, Virginia
Culpeper County, Virginia formedFrom Orange County, Virginia
Montpelier, Orange County, Virginia county Orange County, Virginia
Spotsylvania County, Virginia borderedBy Orange County, Virginia
Virginia horse country associatedWith Orange County, Virginia
Montpelier, Virginia locatedIn Orange County, Virginia
Battle of the Wilderness location Orange County, Virginia
Randolph Scott placeOfBirth Orange County, Virginia
this entity surface form: Orange County, Virginia, United States
dense woodland known as the Wilderness locatedIn Orange County, Virginia
subject surface form: Wilderness (Virginia woodland)
Louisa County, Virginia borders Orange County, Virginia
Jesse Franklin birthPlace Orange County, Virginia
16th Judicial Circuit of Virginia jurisdiction Orange County, Virginia