Welcome to Carrico ...

Carrico is located in Culpeper County<1>.

The location of Carrico has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Carrico, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1898.

Carrico is 240 feet [73 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Carrico lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The area code for Carrico: (540)

Websites for Carrico ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.culpepervachamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Carrico, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Carrico ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Carrico - it's located in Nebraska.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Carrico.

Communities near Carrico ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Carrico.

• Culpeper
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culpeper
  • Culpeper is located in Culpeper County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,214 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Culpeper <4>
• Warrenton
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
  • Warrenton is located in Fauquier County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,982 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warrenton <4>
• Remington
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Remington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remington
  • Remington is located in Fauquier County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Remington <4>
• Indian Town
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Town
  • Indian Town is located in Orange County
• Burr Hill
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Hill
  • Burr Hill is located in Orange County
• True Blue
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True Blue
  • True Blue is located in Orange County
• Bealeton
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bealeton
  • Bealeton is located in Fauquier County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bealeton <4>
• Blackwell Town
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blackwell Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwell Town
  • Blackwell Town is located in Fauquier County
• Locust Grove
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
  • Locust Grove is located in Orange County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Locust Grove <4>
• Midland
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
  • Midland is located in Fauquier County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Midland <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Carrico. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Carrico.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Carrico. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Carrico.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Carrico. See our Newspapers Page for Carrico.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Carrico ...

Looking for more information about Carrico? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Carrico, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Carrico.

Adding Carrico to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Carrico in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Carrico was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Carrico post office opened in 1898.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Carrico.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Carrico. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Culpeper County: www.culpepercounty.gov/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/