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)
- Culpeper
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Front Royal
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Luray
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- 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.<6> 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)
- Washington
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Scrabble
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Peola Mills
(7 miles [11.3 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 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.<7>
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.
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 Sperryville - 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 Sperryville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Sperryville 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/ |