Welcome to Downing ...

So far, we found very little information about Downing. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Downing to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Downing, please Contact Us.

Downing would have been located within present day Warren County<2>.

The location of Downing has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Downing, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1886.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Downing is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Downing was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Downing would have been located in the (540) area code.

Communities Also Named Downing ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Downing - they are located in Alabama (2), Colorado, Florida, Kansas (2), Michigan (2), Missouri, New York, North Dakota, Oregon (2), Texas, Washington and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Downing ...

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

• Petersburg
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petersburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
  • Petersburg is located in Fauquier County
• Front Royal
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Front Royal
  • Front Royal is located in Warren County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,389 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Front Royal <5>
• Strasburg
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strasburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strasburg
  • Strasburg is located in Shenandoah County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,716 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Strasburg <5>
• Woodstock
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodstock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
  • Woodstock is located in Shenandoah County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,293 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodstock <5>
• Stephens City
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stephens City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens City
  • Stephens City is located in Frederick County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,106 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stephens City <5>
• Middletown
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middletown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
  • Middletown is located in Frederick County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,424 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Middletown <5>
• Boyce
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyce
  • Boyce is located in Clarke County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 629 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boyce <5>
• Toms Brook
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms Brook
  • Toms Brook is located in Shenandoah County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Toms Brook <5>
• Washington
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
  • Washington is located in Rappahannock County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Washington <5>
• Applewood
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
  • Applewood is located in Warren County

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 Downing. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Downing.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Downing. 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 Downing.

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

Adding Downing to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Downing 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 Downing was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Downing post office opened in 1886.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Downing.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Warren County: www.warrencountyva.net/

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