Culpeper
| Culpeper | |
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 In the center of Culpeper |
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| Location in Virginia | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1759 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Virginia |
| County : | Culpeper County |
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 28 ′ N , 78 ° 0 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
| Residents : | 9,664 (as of: 2000) |
| Population density : | 555.4 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 17.5 km 2 (about 7 mi 2 ) of which 17.4 km 2 (about 7 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 126 m |
| Postcodes : | 22701, 22735 |
| Area code : | +1 540 |
| FIPS : | 51-20752 |
| GNIS ID : | 1498471 |
| Website : | www.culpeperva.gov |
Culpeper is a city and seat of the county seat of Culpeper County in the US state of Virginia .
Demographics
According to the United States Census 2000 , Culpeper has 9,664 inhabitants, of which 4,520 are men and 5,144 women.
location
Culpeper is located in northern Virginia in the Rappahannock River Valley and is connected to the United States Highways 15 , 29 and 522 .
history
In 1759, the New World’s first legislative assembly , the Virginia House of Burgesses , established the city under what was then called Fairfax . However, as the post office was established a little later under the name Culpeper Court House and there were also Fairfax Court House and Fairfax Station in Fairfax County , the city was officially renamed Culpeper in 1870 . During the American Revolutionary War it was the Minutemen , founded in Culpeper in 1775 , who fought for independence. Even a century later in the Civil War , Culpeper was occupied by both the Northern and Southern states due to its strategic location and its connection to the railway network of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad (since 1852) and the Minutemen fought again here. Many documents were destroyed in Culpeper during the Civil War, which resulted in few facts being known about the period in the 18th century today.
On September 20, 1866, one year after the end of the Civil War, teacher James R. Nichols was first allowed to teach classes for Americans of African descent. The city's first public school was inaugurated in 1871. Since the railroad tracks in and around Culpeper had not suffered any damage from the war, the economy was able to recover fairly quickly. In addition to agricultural goods, consumer goods now also gained importance for the city. This development went hand in hand with an expansion of the city and a number of hotels and shops. The first fire brigade was organized in 1888 and the town was connected to the telephone network in 1894.
After electricity had arrived in the region in 1903, the local power plant was built and put into operation in 1933. After the Second World War , many companies were based in Culpeper in the course of increasing technology. Changes in the infrastructure, such as the passing of US Highway 29 south of the city, also changed the face of Culpeper. The inhabitants moved away from the city center and towards the outskirts. So in the 20th century, Culpeper has become more of a satellite town for the busier north of Virginia and Washington, DC . By the year 2000, more than nine million US dollars had been invested in the restoration of the city center to make it economically more attractive again. The economy today is largely based on tourism because of its significant history.
sons and daughters of the town
- Ambrose Powell Hill (1825–1865), Confederate Army general
- Cary Travers Grayson (1878–1938), Rear Admiral and Medical Doctor in the United States Navy
- Eppa Rixey (1891-1963), professional baseball player
- Keith Jennings (* 1968), basketball coach and ex-professional player in the NBA
Others
- Culpeper is one of the headquarters of the SWIFT cooperative .
Individual evidence
- ↑ censtats.census.gov ( Memento from January 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ History of Culpeper ( Memento of the original from December 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 775 kB)
Web links
- History of the Town of Culpeper (PDF; 775 kB)