Welcome to Sperryville ...

Sperryville is located in Rappahannock County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sperryville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1834.

Sperryville is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Sperryville: 540 & 826<3>

Communities Also Named Sperryville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Sperryville - it's located in New York.

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

Communities near Sperryville ...

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

• Petersburg
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petersburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
  • Petersburg is located in Fauquier County
• Culpeper
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • 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 <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Culpeper
  • From Sperryville to Culpeper
• Front Royal
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Front Royal
  • Front Royal is located in Warren County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,389 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Front Royal <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Front Royal
  • From Sperryville to Front Royal
• Luray
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray
  • Luray is located in Page County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,849 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Luray <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Luray
  • From Sperryville to Luray
• Stanley
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
  • Stanley is located in Page County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,676 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stanley <5>
• Madison
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Madison have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
  • Madison is located in Madison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madison <5>
• Washington
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • 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 <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Washington
  • From Sperryville to Washington
• Woodville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
  • Woodville is located in Rappahannock County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Woodville
  • From Sperryville to Woodville
• Scrabble
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrabble
  • Scrabble is located in Rappahannock County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Scrabble
  • From Sperryville to Scrabble
• Peola Mills
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola Mills
  • Peola Mills is located in Madison County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Peola Mills
  • From Sperryville to Peola Mills

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sperryville ...

Looking for more information about Sperryville? 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 Sperryville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Sperryville.

Adding Sperryville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sperryville 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 Sperryville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Sperryville post office opened in 1834.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sperryville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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