Welcome to Front Royal Junction ...

Front Royal Junction is located in Warren County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Front Royal Junction, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

A typical abbreviation for Front Royal Junction: Front Royal Jct. (or less commonly used: Front Royal Jctn.)

Front Royal Junction is 510 feet [155 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Front Royal Junction: 540 & 826<3>

Communities near Front Royal Junction ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Front Royal Junction.

Petersburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Petersburg is located in Fauquier County
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Winchester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Winchester is located in Winchester City
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,700 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winchester <4>
Strasburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Strasburg is located in Shenandoah County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,716 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Strasburg <4>
Woodstock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Woodstock is located in Shenandoah County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,293 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodstock <4>
Berryville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Berryville is located in Clarke County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,369 people
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Stephens City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Stephens City is located in Frederick County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,106 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stephens City <4>
Middletown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Middletown is located in Frederick County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,424 people
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Boyce
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Boyce is located in Clarke County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 629 people
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Toms Brook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Toms Brook is located in Shenandoah County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
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Washington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Washington is located in Rappahannock County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
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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 Front Royal Junction. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Front Royal Junction.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Front Royal Junction ...

Looking for more information about Front Royal Junction? 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 Front Royal Junction, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Front Royal Junction.

Adding Front Royal Junction to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Front Royal Junction in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Front Royal Junction was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Front Royal Junction.

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Warren, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Front Royal Junction - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>	When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Front Royal Junction area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Front Royal Junction area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.