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Welcome to Rixeyville ...

Rixeyville is located in Culpeper County<1>.

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.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Rixeyville: 540 & 826<3>

The ZIP code for Rixeyville: 22737<4>

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.

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.<7>

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.

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 Rixeyville - 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 Rixeyville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Rixeyville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Rixeyville). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Rixeyville or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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