Rockingham County, Virginia
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As of the census
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of 2000, there were 67,725 people, 25,355 households, and 18,889 families residing in the county. The population density
Population density
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 was 80 people per square mile (31/km²). There were 27,328 housing units at an average density of 32 per square mile (12/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 96.58% White
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, 1.36% Black
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 or African American
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, 0.13% Native American
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, 0.29% Asian
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, 0.01% Pacific Islander
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, 0.90% from other races
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, and 0.73% from two or more races. 3.28% of the population were Hispanic
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 or Latino
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 of any race.

There were 25,355 households out of which 32.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.40% were married couples
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 living together, 7.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.50% were non-families. 21.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the county, the population was spread out with 24.60% under the age of 18, 8.70% from 18 to 24, 28.90% from 25 to 44, 23.80% from 45 to 64, and 13.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 97.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $40,748, and the median income for a family was $46,262. Males had a median income of $30,618 versus $21,896 for females. The per capita income
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 for the county was $18,795. About 5.30% of families and 8.20% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.10% of those under age 18 and 9.70% of those age 65 or over.

Colleges and universities

  • Blue Ridge Community College, Weyers Cave, Virginia
  • Bridgewater College
    Bridgewater College
    Bridgewater College, is a private, coeducational, four-year liberal-arts college located in Bridgewater, Virginia, a town in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States...

     Bridgewater, Virginia
  • Eastern Mennonite University
    Eastern Mennonite University
    Eastern Mennonite University is a private liberal arts university in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, affiliated with one of the historic peace churches, the Mennonite Church USA. Its main campus is on the edge of the small city of Harrisonburg, Virginia, about three miles from state-owned...

     Harrisonburg, Virginia
  • James Madison University
    James Madison University
    James Madison University is a public coeducational research university located in Harrisonburg, Virginia, U.S. Founded in 1908 as the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, the university has undergone four name changes before settling with James Madison University...

     Harrisonburg, Virginia

Points of interest

Two Turkey statues, one at either end of Route 11 signal that you are in the "Turkey Capital." Rockingham County is the leader of Virginia in poultry production.
Rockingham County is also home to a large section of the Shenandoah National Park and Skyline Drive with an entrance point at Swift Run Gap. Boasting numerous hiking and walking trails as well as scenic overlooks and waterfalls, the park is one of the focal points of Shenandoah Valley tourism. The county also is home to a large section of the George Washington National Forest offering camping and outdoor activity. Massanutten Resort offers two golf courses, an indoor water park, as well as seasonal skiing, mountain biking and river rafting. Two Civil War battles took place in Rockingham County, one at Cross Keys just southeast of Harrisonburg, VA, and another at Port Republic along the South Fork of the Shenandoah River just north of Grottoes, VA.

Incorporated Towns

  • Bridgewater
    Bridgewater, Virginia
    Bridgewater is an incorporated town in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States. The population was 5,644 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Harrisonburg, Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bridgewater is home to the Reds of the Rockingham County Baseball League...

  • Broadway
    Broadway, Virginia
    Broadway is a town in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States. The population was 2,192 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Harrisonburg, Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Broadway is located at ....

  • Dayton
    Dayton, Virginia
    Dayton is a town in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States. The population is 1,530 as of the 2010 census. It is included in the Harrisonburg, Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Dayton is located at...

  • Elkton
    Elkton, Virginia
    Elkton is an incorporated town in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States. It is included in the Harrisonburg, Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,042 at the 2000 census. Elkton was named for the Elk Run stream.It is located along the south fork of the Shenandoah River...

  • Grottoes
    Grottoes, Virginia
    Grottoes is an incorporated town in Augusta and Rockingham counties in the U.S. state of Virginia. The population was 2,114 at the 2000 census....

  • Mount Crawford
    Mount Crawford, Virginia
    Mount Crawford is a town in Rockingham County in Virginia, United States. It is included in the Harrisonburg Metropolitan Statistical Area, and the town's population was 433 at the 2010 census.-Geography:...

  • Timberville
    Timberville, Virginia
    Timberville is a town in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,739 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Harrisonburg Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Timberville is located at ....


Unincorporated Communities

  • Bergton
    Bergton, Virginia
    Bergton is an unincorporated community located in Rockingham County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is located in George Washington National Forest, northeast of Timberville near the state border with West Virginia.-History:...

  • Berrytown
    Berrytown, Virginia
    Berrytown is an unincorporated area in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States. Its elevation is 1,010 ft , and it is located at ....

  • Briery Branch
    Briery Branch, Virginia
    Briery Branch is an unincorporated community located in Rockingham County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is located west of Ottobine and its trail leads into the George Washington State Forest....

  • Clover Hill
    Clover Hill, Virginia
    Clover Hill is an unincorporated community in Rockingham County, Virginia....

  • Cootes Store
    Cootes Store, Virginia
    Cootes Store is an unincorporated community in Rockingham County, Virginia, USA. Located in the Shenandoah Valley, it is situated north of Harrisonburg, south of Bergton, and west of Timberville. The border with West Virginia is nearby, as is the edge of George Washington National Forest...

  • Criders
    Criders, Virginia
    Criders is an unincorporated community located in Rockingham County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is located in George Washington National Forest, west of Bergton near the state border with West Virginia....

  • Cross Keys
    Cross Keys, Virginia
    Cross Keys is an unincorporated community located in Rockingham County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is located on Route 276 south of Harrisonburg....

  • Dale Enterprise
    Dale Enterprise, Virginia
    Dale Enterprise is an unincorporated community in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States.-Geography:Dale Enterprise is located at latitude 38.455 N and longitude 78.939 W in the Shenandoah Valley, approximately four miles west of the City of Harrisonburg along U. S. Highway 33 .,, The community...

  • Edom
    Edom, Virginia
    Edom is an unincorporated community located in Rockingham County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is located along Route 42 at the crossroads with State Route 721, north of Harrisonburg and southeast of Singers Glen. Linville Creek flows through the village....

  • Fulks Run
    Fulks Run, Virginia
    Fulks Run is an unincorporated community located in Rockingham County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is located north of Harrisonburg and south of Bergton, just to the northwest of Cootes, near the border with West Virginia and the edge of George Washington State Forest.The North Fork...

  • Hinton
    Hinton, Virginia
    Hinton is an unincorporated community located in Rockingham County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is located northwest of Harrisonburg along U.S. Route 33 and Route 752 near the edge of George Washington National Forest....

  • Inglewood
    Inglewood, Rockingham County, Virginia
    For the other Virginian town named Inglewood, see Inglewood, Mecklenburg County, Virginia.Inglewood is an unincorporated community in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States. It is located northwest of Berrytown....

  • Keezletown
    Keezletown, Virginia
    Keezletown is an unincorporated community located in Rockingham County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is located southeast of Harrisonburg....

  • Lacey Spring
    Lacey Spring, Virginia
    Lacey Spring is an unincorporated community located in Rockingham County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is located south of Timberville, just south of Mauzy along Route 11, parallel to Interstate 81....

  • Linville
    Linville, Virginia
    Linville is an unincorporated community located in Rockingham County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is located 6 miles north of Harrisonburg, Virginia.It contains the Linville United Church of Christ.-History:...

  • Lilly
    Lilly, Virginia
    Lilly is an unincorporated community located in Rockingham County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is located west of Harrisonburg, Virginia along Route 613, northeast of Clover Hill, near the edge of the George Washington National Forest....

  • Massanutten
    Massanutten, Virginia
    Massanutten is a census-designated place in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States, built around a ski resort. The population was 1,945 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Harrisonburg Metropolitan Statistical Area-Geography:...

  • Mauzy
    Mauzy, Virginia
    Mauzy is an unincorporated community located in Rockingham County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is located south of Timberville, just north of Lacey Spring along Route 259, just off Interstate 81....

  • Mayland
    Mayland, Virginia
    Mayland is an unincorporated community located in Rockingham County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is located southeast of Broadway, along Route 259....

  • McGaheysville
    McGaheysville, Virginia
    McGaheysville is an unincorporated community located in Rockingham County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is located along U.S. Route 33 between Penn Laird and Elkton, and sits at the base of the Massanutten....

  • Montezuma
    Montezuma, Virginia
    Montezuma is an unincorporated community located in Rockingham County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is located northwest of Bridgewater....

  • Mount Clinton
    Mount Clinton, Virginia
    Mount Clinton is an unincorporated community located in Rockingham County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is located northeast of Clover Hill.There are several Mennonite churches in the vicinity, one of which is located along the access road to the west....

  • Penn Laird
  • Pleasant Valley
    Pleasant Valley, Virginia
    Pleasant Valley is an unincorporated community in Buckingham County, in the U.S. state of Virginia....

  • Port Republic
    Port Republic, Virginia
    Port Republic is an unincorporated community in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States. The Battle of Port Republic occurred there in the American Civil War.-History:...

  • Rawley Springs
    Rawley Springs, Virginia
    Rawley Springs is an unincorporated community located in Rockingham County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is located twelve miles northwest of Harrisonburg, north of Clover Hill, along Virginia State Route 33, in George Washington National Forest. It lies on the Dry River and is situated on the...

  • Singers Glen
    Singers Glen, Virginia
    Situated between Little North Mountain and Interstate 81, Singers Glen, Virginia occupies the zip code 22850. Singers Glen is an historic settlement that is registered by the Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission and the United States Department of the Interior...

  • Stemphleytown
    Stemphleytown, Virginia
    Stemphleytown is an unincorporated community located in Rockingham County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is located about two miles west of Dayton, along Virginia State Route 257....

  • Tenth Legion
    Tenth Legion, Virginia
    Tenth Legion is an unincorporated area in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States....

  • Turleytown
    Turleytown, Virginia
    Turleytown is an unincorporated community located in Rockingham County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is located west of Broadway, along Virginia State Route 613. It is believed to be named after Giles Turley who visited it in 1804....

  • Yankeetown
    Yankeetown, Virginia
    Yankeetown is an unincorporated community located in Rockingham County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is located just northwest of Fulks Run in George Washington National Forest, along Virginia State Route 259....


  • Independent city

    Since it became an independent city
    Independent city
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    , Harrisonburg
    Harrisonburg, Virginia
    Harrisonburg is an independent city in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia in the United States. Its population as of 2010 is 48,914, and at the 2000 census, 40,468. Harrisonburg is the county seat of Rockingham County and the core city of the Harrisonburg, Virginia Metropolitan Statistical...

     is no longer politically located in Rockingham County, despite its status as the county seat
    County seat
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    .

    Railroads

    Rockingham County is principally served by Norfolk Southern Railway
    Norfolk Southern Railway
    The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I railroad in the United States, owned by the Norfolk Southern Corporation. With headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia, the company operates 21,500 route miles in 22 eastern states, the District of Columbia and the province of Ontario, Canada...

    , a (major) Class 1 railroad and additionally, by the Shenandoah Valley Railroad
    Shenandoah Valley Railroad (short-line)
    Shenandoah Valley Railroad is a privately owned intrastate short-line railroad extending northward from Staunton, Virginia in Augusta County and Rockingham County...

    , a short-line railroad.

    Highways

    Interstate 81
    Interstate 81 in Virginia
    Interstate 81 is an long highway. In the U.S. state of Virginia, I-81 runs for , making it longer in Virginia than in any other state. It stretches from the Tennessee state line near Bristol to the West Virginia state line near Winchester. U.S...

     runs north-south and meets east-west Interstate 64
    Interstate 64 in Virginia
    In the U.S. state of Virginia, Interstate 64 runs east–west through the middle of the state from West Virginia to the Hampton Roads region, a total of . It is notable for crossing the mouth of the harbor of Hampton Roads on the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, the first bridge-tunnel to...

     near Staunton
    Staunton, Virginia
    Staunton is an independent city within the confines of Augusta County in the commonwealth of Virginia. The population was 23,746 as of 2010. It is the county seat of Augusta County....

     to the south in adjacent Augusta County.

    There are three major Primary State Highways in the county. (A primary road provides service which is relatively continuous and of relatively high traffic volume, long average trip length, high operating speed and high mobility importance). Interstate highways and primary highways in Virginia are maintained by the Virginia Department of Transportation
    Virginia Department of Transportation
    The Virginia Department of Transportation is the agency of state government responsible for transportation in the state of Virginia in the United States. Headquartered in Downtown Richmond, VDOT is responsible for building, maintaining, and operating the roads, bridges and tunnels in the...

     (VDOT).

    These primary state highways are:
    • U.S. Route 11
      U.S. Route 11
      U.S. Route 11 is a north–south United States highway extending 1,645 miles across the eastern United States. The southern terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 90 in the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge in eastern New Orleans, Louisiana. The northern terminus is at the United...

       a north-south roadway which Interstate 81 parallels, U.S. Route 11 follows an old Native American trail, later known as the Valley Turnpike.
    • U.S. Route 33
      U.S. Route 33 in Virginia
      U.S. Route 33 is a part of the U.S. Highway System that runs from Elkhart, Indiana to Richmond, Virginia. In Virginia, the U.S. Highway runs from the West Virginia state line near Rawley Springs east to its eastern terminus at SR 33 in Richmond. US 33 is the primary east–west highway of...

       is an east-west road which extends from a mountain ridge border with West Virginia
      West Virginia
      West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...

       across the Shenandoah Valley through Harrisonburg and Elkton. East of there, it climbs the western slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains
      Blue Ridge Mountains
      The Blue Ridge Mountains are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Mountains range. This province consists of northern and southern physiographic regions, which divide near the Roanoke River gap. The mountain range is located in the eastern United States, starting at its southern-most...

       to reach Swift Run Gap
      Swift Run Gap
      Swift Run Gap is a wind gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains located in the U.S. state of Virginia.-Geography:At an elevation of , it is the site of the mountain crossing of U.S...

      , a wind gap located at an elevation of 2365 feet (720.9 m). The bucolic Skyline Drive
      Skyline Drive
      Skyline Drive is a 105-mile road that runs the entire length of the National Park Service's Shenandoah National Park in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, generally along the ridge of the mountains. The scenic drive is particularly popular in the fall when the leaves are changing colors...

      , which is part of Shenandoah National Park
      Shenandoah National Park
      Shenandoah National Park encompasses part of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the U.S. state of Virginia. This national park is long and narrow, with the broad Shenandoah River and valley on the west side, and the rolling hills of the Virginia Piedmont on the east...

      , has an entry point at Swift Run Gap and the Appalachian Trail
      Appalachian Trail
      The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, generally known as the Appalachian Trail or simply the AT, is a marked hiking trail in the eastern United States extending between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine. It is approximately long...

       also passes through nearby. The mountain ridge forms the border between Rockingham County and Greene County
      Greene County, Virginia
      As of the census of 2000, there are 15,244 people, 5,574 households, and 4,291 families residing in the county. The population density is 97 people per square mile . There are 5,986 housing units at an average density of 38 per square mile...

      . (U.S. 33 continues east to Richmond
      Richmond, Virginia
      Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...

      ).
    • U.S. Route 340
      U.S. Route 340
      U.S. Route 340 is a spur of US 40. It currently runs for from Greenville, Virginia at US 11 to Frederick, Maryland at US 40. Between those two states, US 340 also passes briefly through West Virginia. In Virginia and West Virginia, it is signed north–south...

       in a north-south roadway which runs along the western slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Valley.


    Secondary roads:
    As provided by the Byrd Road Act
    Byrd Road Act
    Byrd Road Act was an Act of Assembly passed in February, 1932 by the Virginia General Assembly. Named for former Governor Harry F. Byrd, the legislation was originally presented as measure to relieve the financial pressures of the Great Depression upon the counties, as the state offered to take...

     of 1932, secondary roads in Rockingham County are also maintained by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT).

    See also


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