Rixeyville is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

Culpeper County Culpeper County is a county located along the borderlands of the northern and central region of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 52,552. Its county seat and only incorporated community is Culp ...

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, United States. Rixeyville is located on

Virginia State Route 229 State Route 229 (SR 229) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known for most of its length as Rixeyville Road, the state highway runs from U.S. Route 15 Business and US 29 Business in Culpeper north to US 211 near Water ...

north of Culpeper. Rixeyville has a

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with ZIP code 22737, which opened on February 16, 1818. The Rixey family owned plantations in the area before the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...

. U.S. Congressman

John Franklin Rixey John Franklin Rixey (August 1, 1854 – February 8, 1907) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic United States House of Representatives, U.S. Congressman from Virginia's Virginia's 8th congressional district, 8th congressional distric ...

represented Virginia's 8th Congressional district for a decade (1897-1907).

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Unincorporated communities in Culpeper County, Virginia Unincorporated communities in Virginia {{CulpeperCountyVA-geo-stub