Culpeper County, Virginia

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county of Virginia

Culpeper County, Virginia is a predominantly rural county in north-central Virginia known for its historic Civil War sites, agricultural landscape, and the town of Culpeper as its county seat.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Culpeper, Virginia 4
town of Culpeper, Virginia 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf county of Virginia ⓘ
borderedBy Fauquier County, Virginia ⓘ
Madison County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Orange County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rapidan River ⓘ
Rappahannock County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rappahannock River ⓘ
Stafford County, Virginia ⓘ
contains Brandy Station, Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Brandy Station Battlefield

Brandy Station, Virginia ⓘ
Cedar Mountain Battlefield ⓘ
Culpeper National Cemetery ⓘ
Culpeper Regional Airport ⓘ
Town of Culpeper ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countySeat Town of Culpeper ⓘ
surface form: Culpeper, Virginia
FIPSCode 51-047 ⓘ
formedFrom Orange County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedIn 1749 ⓘ
GNISID 1498503 ⓘ
governingBody Culpeper County Board of Supervisors ⓘ
hasAreaType land mostly rural ⓘ
hasCharacteristic predominantly rural ⓘ
hasGovernmentType county government ⓘ
hasHistoricDesignation numerous sites on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
hasHistoricEvent Brandy Station, Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Brandy Station

Battle of Cedar Mountain ⓘ
hasMajorHighway U.S. Route 15 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 29 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 522 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Virginia State Route 28 ⓘ
Virginia State Route 3 ⓘ
hasMajorIndustry farming ⓘ
retail and services in Culpeper town ⓘ
hasPrimaryEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
commuting to Washington metropolitan area ⓘ
hasSettlementType county ⓘ
isPartOf Northern Virginia ⓘ
Washington metropolitan area ⓘ
knownFor Civil War history ⓘ
agricultural landscape ⓘ
locatedIn Piedmont region of Virginia ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
namedAfter Thomas Culpeper ⓘ
observesDaylightSavingTime yes ⓘ
partOfRegion north-central Virginia ⓘ
state Virginia ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fauquier County, Virginia → borderedBy → Culpeper County, Virginia ⓘ
Madison County, Virginia → borders → Culpeper County, Virginia ⓘ
U.S. Route 29 → connectsCity → Culpeper County, Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Culpeper, Virginia
Rappahannock River → flowsThrough → Culpeper County, Virginia ⓘ
U.S. Route 29 Business in Culpeper → locatedIn → Culpeper County, Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Culpeper, Virginia
U.S. Route 29 Business in Culpeper → locatedIn → Culpeper County, Virginia ⓘ
Warrenton → locatedSouthOf → Culpeper County, Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Culpeper, Virginia
U.S. Route 29 in Virginia → passesThrough → Culpeper County, Virginia ⓘ
U.S. Route 29 in Virginia → passesThrough → Culpeper County, Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Culpeper, Virginia
U.S. Route 29 Business in Culpeper → serves → Culpeper County, Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: town of Culpeper, Virginia