Rappahannock County / Culpeper County
Rappahannock County. Area 274 square miles. Formed in 1833 from Culpeper, and named for the Rappahannock River, headwaters of which are in this county.
Culpeper County. Area 384 square miles. Formed in 1748 from Orange, and named for Lord Culpeper, Governor of Virginia, 1680–1683. The battle of Cedar Mountain, 1862, was fought in this county.
Marker is at the intersection of Sperryville Pike (U.S. 522) and Obannons Mill Road (County Route 650), on the right when traveling north on Sperryville Pike.
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