Welcome to Rapidan ...
Rapidan is located in Culpeper County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Rapidan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.
Rapidan is 270 feet [82 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Rapidan lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Rapidan: 540 & 826<3>
Communities Also Named Rapidan ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Rapidan - they are located in Louisiana and Minnesota.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rapidan.
Websites for Rapidan ...
Chamber of Commerce: www.culpepervachamber.com/
Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Rapidan, the following might be of interest:
Communities near Rapidan ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rapidan.
- Culpeper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Orange
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gordonsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Madison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Madison Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Madison Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Mills
- Madison Mills is located in Madison County
- Grassland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Grassland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
- Grassland is located in Orange County
- Burnt Tree
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Tree
- Burnt Tree is located in Madison County
- Radiant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radiant
- Radiant is located in Madison County
- Rhoadesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Madison Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Run
- Madison Run is located in Orange 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 Rapidan. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rapidan.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rapidan. 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 Rapidan.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rapidan. See our Newspapers Page for Rapidan.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rapidan ...
Looking for more information about Rapidan? 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 Rapidan, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Rapidan.
Adding Rapidan to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Rapidan 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 Rapidan was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Rapidan post office opened in 1886.
We also found Rapidan in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Rapidan.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Culpeper, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rapidan - 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 Rapidan area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Rapidan 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |