Welcome to Rixeyville ...

Rixeyville is located in Culpeper County<1>.

The location of Rixeyville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rixeyville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1818.

Rixeyville is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The area code for Rixeyville: (540)

Websites for Rixeyville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.culpepervachamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Rixeyville, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Rixeyville ...

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

• Culpeper
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culpeper
  • Culpeper is located in Culpeper County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,214 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Culpeper <4>
• Warrenton
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
  • Warrenton is located in Fauquier County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,982 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warrenton <4>
• Remington
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Remington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remington
  • Remington is located in Fauquier County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Remington <4>
• Washington
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • 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 <4>
• Eggbornsville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eggbornsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eggbornsville
  • Eggbornsville is located in Culpeper County
• Jeffersonton
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffersonton
  • Jeffersonton is located in Culpeper County
• Amissville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amissville
  • Amissville is located in Rappahannock County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amissville <4>
• Norman
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
  • Norman is located in Culpeper County
• Griffinsburg
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffinsburg
  • Griffinsburg is located in Culpeper County
• Elkwood
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkwood
  • Elkwood is located in Culpeper County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkwood <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rixeyville ...

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

Adding Rixeyville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rixeyville 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 Rixeyville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Rixeyville post office opened in 1818.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rixeyville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Culpeper County: www.culpepercounty.gov/

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