Warren County is a county in Virginia, United States, at the northern end of the Shenandoah Valley where the Blue Ridge Mountains meet the Massanutten range. It had a population of 40,727 at the 2020 census and covers 217 square miles (560 km2), of which 213 square miles (550 km2) are land, centred near 38°55′N 78°13′W.<\/p>\n
Front Royal is the county seat; its postal code is 22630. The county has one incorporated town (Front Royal) and roughly two dozen unincorporated communities and residential subdivisions along the Shenandoah River and its tributaries. Warren County sits in the Eastern time zone.<\/p>\n
Front Royal is the only incorporated town in Warren County; everything else on this list is an unincorporated community or a named residential development, many of them river-front or mountainside subdivisions built up since the 1960s. Type is marked Town · seat<\/strong> for Front Royal and Unincorp.<\/strong> for the rest; population and ZIP are given only where they are separately tracked.<\/p>\n Front Royal is the county’s only incorporated place; almost every other name on this list is a subdivision or river community rather than a historic crossroads — Shenandoah Farms alone covers thousands of platted lots along the Shenandoah River’s North Fork. A handful of very small, informally named clusters from older county maps (Ben Mar, Benny Megeath, Sea Lock, Success, The Lions Den, Merrymount, Loch Linden and several similarly minor subdivisions) are omitted here because they have no verifiable population or postal data distinct from a neighboring listed community; see the notes for this page.<\/p>\n Communities without a dedicated ZIP code, including Cedarville, Browntown and the river subdivisions, use the Front Royal 22630 ZIP for mail.<\/p>\n Warren County lies at the northern tip of the Shenandoah Valley, where the Shenandoah River’s North and South Forks join near Front Royal before flowing north toward the Potomac. The eastern third of the county rises into the Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah National Park, while the Massanutten range forms part of its southwestern edge. The county borders Frederick County<\/a> to the north, Clarke County<\/a> to the northeast, Fauquier County to the east, Rappahannock County to the southeast, Page County<\/a> to the south, and Shenandoah County to the west.<\/p>\n Warren County had 40,727 residents at the 2020 census. Front Royal, the only incorporated town, accounts for a little more than a third of that total; Riverton and Bentonville are its next-largest named communities. Median household income runs somewhat below the Virginia median of $89,931, reflecting a mix of manufacturing, retail and commuter households. Population density is roughly 191 people per square mile.<\/p>\n Government and education are the county’s largest employers — the Warren County School Board and county and town government together employ close to a thousand people. Valley Health System runs Warren Memorial Hospital in Front Royal, and Axalta Coating Systems operates a paint manufacturing plant that has anchored the local industrial base for decades. Retail and logistics jobs cluster along the U.S. 340\/522 corridor, and tourism tied to Skyline Drive, the Shenandoah River and Shenandoah National Park brings seasonal visitors and part-time work.<\/p>\n Warren County was formed in 1836 from parts of Frederick and Shenandoah counties and named for Joseph Warren, the Massachusetts physician and Continental Army general killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775. The county was the site of the Battle of Front Royal on May 23, 1862, when Confederate forces under Stonewall Jackson routed a Union garrison during the Valley Campaign. In more recent history, a 2019 embezzlement case involving county school and government officials drew statewide attention.<\/p>\n Interstate 66 and Interstate 81 both cross Warren County, meeting a few miles west of Front Royal, and U.S. Routes 11, 340 and 522 all pass through the county seat. Skyline Drive, the scenic route through Shenandoah National Park, begins at Front Royal.<\/p>\n The nearest commercial airport is Washington Dulles International Airport, about an hour’s drive east.<\/p>\n Where is Warren County, Virginia?<\/strong> What is the population of Warren County?<\/strong> How big is Warren County?<\/strong> What is the county seat of Warren County?<\/strong> How many towns are in Warren County?<\/strong>\n\n
\n \nPlace<\/th>\n Type<\/th>\n Pop.<\/th>\n ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n Front Royal<\/td>\n Town · seat<\/td>\n 15,011<\/td>\n 22630<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Bentonville<\/td>\n Unincorp.<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n 22610<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Linden<\/td>\n Unincorp.<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n 22642<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Riverton<\/td>\n Unincorp.<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Happy Creek<\/td>\n Unincorp.<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Nineveh<\/td>\n Unincorp.<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Overall<\/td>\n Unincorp.<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Milldale<\/td>\n Unincorp.<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Ashby<\/td>\n Unincorp.<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Browntown<\/td>\n Unincorp.<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Bethel<\/td>\n Unincorp.<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Cedarville<\/td>\n Unincorp.<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Howellsville<\/td>\n Unincorp.<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Rockland<\/td>\n Unincorp.<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Waterlick<\/td>\n Unincorp.<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Buckton<\/td>\n Unincorp.<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Viscose City<\/td>\n Unincorp.<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Shenandoah Farms<\/td>\n Unincorp.<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Shenandoah Shores<\/td>\n Unincorp.<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Skyland Estates<\/td>\n Unincorp.<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Blue Ridge Mountains Estates<\/td>\n Unincorp.<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Apple Mountain Lake<\/td>\n Unincorp.<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Lake Front Royal<\/td>\n Unincorp.<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Warren Park<\/td>\n Unincorp.<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Highland Park<\/td>\n Unincorp.<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Colonial Park<\/td>\n Unincorp.<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Riverside<\/td>\n Unincorp.<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Mountain View<\/td>\n Unincorp.<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Woodland Park<\/td>\n Unincorp.<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Point O’ Woods<\/td>\n Unincorp.<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n
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It sits at the northern end of the Shenandoah Valley, about 70 miles west of Washington, D.C., where Interstates 66 and 81 meet.<\/p>\n
40,727 people, per the 2020 census.<\/p>\n
217 square miles (560 km2), of which 213 square miles are land.<\/p>\n
Front Royal, the county’s only incorporated town.<\/p>\n
Just one incorporated town, Front Royal, plus roughly two dozen unincorporated communities and residential subdivisions.<\/p>\n