Rapidan
Rapidan is a small unincorporated community in the Virginia counties of Culpeper and Orange, approximately five miles northeast of the Town of Orange. The community, located on both sides of the Rapidan River, was established in the late eighteenth century around the Waugh's Ford mill.Photo: Idawriter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Culpeper County, Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Rapid Ann Station”, “Rapidan Station”, “Rapidan, VA”, “Rapidan, Virginia”, “Waugh’s Ford”, and “Waughs Ford”
- Postal code: 22733
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Locust Dale and Madison Mills.
Locust Dale
Photo: Idawriter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Locust Dale is an unincorporated community in Madison County, Virginia, United States. Locust Hill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
Madison Mills
Locality
Madison Mills is an unincorporated community located in Madison County, Virginia, United States. It is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 15 and Virginia State Route 230. Greenway and Willow Grove are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Madison Mills is situated 4½ miles southwest of Rapidan.
Mitchells
Hamlet
Mitchells is an unincorporated community in Culpeper County, Virginia, United States. Mitchells is located on State Route 615, 6.8 miles south-southwest of Culpeper. Mitchells has a post office with ZIP code 22729. Mitchells is situated 5 miles northeast of Rapidan.
Rapidan
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Culpeper, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.31258° or 38° 18′ 45″ northLongitude
-78.06583° or 78° 3′ 57″ westElevation
272 feet (83 metres)United Nations Location Code
US YRPOpen location code
87C38W7M+2MOpenStreetMap ID
node 158360200OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4781024Wikidata ID
Q7294241
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In Other Languages
From French to Welsh—“Rapidan” goes by many names.
- French: “Rapidan”
- Persian: “راپیدان، ویرجینیا”
- Persian: “راپیدان”
- Persian: “رپیدن، ویرجینیا”
- Persian: “رپیدن”
- South Azerbaijani: “راپیدان، ویرجینیا”
- Welsh: “Rapidan, Virginia”
- Welsh: “Rapidan”
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