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Welcome to Middletown ...

The town of Middletown is located in Frederick County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Middletown, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1813.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Middletown has a population of 1,399 people<2> (see below for details).

Middletown is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Middletown: 540 & 826<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Middletown had an population of 1,399 people. This is an increase of 10.59% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 37.83% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Middletown had a population of 1,265 people. This makes Middletown the county's 2nd most populous community.

The population of Middletown represents 0.02% of the population of Virginia (which has 8,001,024 people), making it the state's 127th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 1,265 people, the population of Middletown increased 24.63% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 1,015 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Middletown.

Communities Also Named Middletown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Virginia communities named Middletown: This one is located in Frederick County and the other is located in Northampton County.

Beyond Virginia, there are 44 communities that are also named Middletown - they are located in British Columbia, California (2), Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana (4), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (3), Maine, Maryland (3), Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey (3), New York (2), North Carolina, Ohio (3), Pennsylvania (7), Rhode Island, Vermont and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Middletown ...

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

  • Petersburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petersburg have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
    • Petersburg is located in Fauquier County
  • Winchester
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Front Royal
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Strasburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strasburg have been provided by the GNIS.<5> 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 <6>
  • Woodstock
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Berryville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Stephens City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stephens City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • 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 <6>
  • Boyce
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Toms Brook
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Wardensville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Middletown ...

Looking for more information about Middletown? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Middletown, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Middletown.

Adding Middletown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Middletown 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 for Middletown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

X2X - From that list, the Middletown post office opened in 1813.

We also found Middletown in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Middletown.

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

The official website for Frederick County: www.co.frederick.va.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Frederick, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Middletown.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Middletown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Middletown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Middletown area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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