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History · Rhoadesville

Rhoadesville’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Rhoadesville. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Rhoadesville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Orange County, Virginia, United States. Rhoadesville is 10 miles (16 km) east-northeast of Orange. Rhoadesville has a post office with ZIP code 22542.

Half of its homes were built before 1968.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Rhoadesville yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Rhoadesville’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Rhoadesville

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Zachary TaylorZachary TaylorBarboursville · 20 miAmbrose Powell HillAmbrose Powell HillCulpeper · 14 miJohn ForsythJohn ForsythFredericksburg · 24 miEllen Lewis Herndon ArthurEllen Lewis Herndon ArthurCulpeper · 14 miJames BarbourJames BarbourBarboursville · 20 miJSJames SeddonFalmouth · 26 mi
By decade

Rhoadesville, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Rhoadesville is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Rhoadesville has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Belle Plaine in Rhoadesville, 4.1 miles away.

Rhoadesville and the nearest listed places

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Belle PlaineMount Calvary Baptist ChurchLesslandOrange SpringsMount SharonBloomsbury

Closest to Rhoadesville

Belle PlaineRhoadesville · Built 17604.1miMount Calvary Baptist ChurchUnionville · Building4.9miLesslandRhoadesville · Building5.5miOrange SpringsUnionville · Building5.8miMount SharonUnionville · Building6.1mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Belle Plaine’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Rhoadesville?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Rhoadesville’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

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📜 Orange📜 Culpeper📜 Gordonsville📜 Louisa
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