Sumerduck ( ) is a small unincorporated village located equidistant between
Fredericksburg,
Culpeper, and
Warrenton, as it is in
Fauquier County
Fauquier County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 72,972. The county seat is Warrenton.
Fauquier County is in Northern Virginia and is a part of the Washington metropolitan area.
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in the
U.S. state
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of
Virginia
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.
The name was derived from the fact that ducks flocked here in the summer. Sumerduck is home to the major portion of the
C.F. Phelps Wildlife Management Area, with several entrances to the reserve off of the major thoroughfare, VA Route 651.
The community is also home to Cider Lab (a small batch, craft cidery), Rogers Ford Farm Winery and Smith's Antiques.
The
Sumerduck Historic District was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 2009.
References
Unincorporated communities in Fauquier County, Virginia
Unincorporated communities in Virginia
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