Welcome to Reager ...
Reager is located in Rappahannock County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Reager, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.
Reager is 900 feet [274 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Reager lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Reager: 540 & 826<3>
Communities Also Named Reager ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Reager - it's located in Kansas.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Reager.
Communities near Reager ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Reager.
- Petersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Petersburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Petersburg is located in Fauquier County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Petersburg
- From Reager to Petersburg
- Front Royal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Warrenton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Strasburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stephens City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Middletown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middletown have been provided by the GNIS.<6> 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Toms Brook
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- The Plains
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Washington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
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 Reager. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Reager.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Reager. 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 Reager.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Reager. See our Newspapers Page for Reager.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Reager ...
Looking for more information about Reager? 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 Reager, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Reager.
Adding Reager to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Reager 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 Reager was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Reager post office opened in 1903.
We also found Reager on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Reager.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Rappahannock, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Reager - 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 Reager area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Reager area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |