Culpeper (Virginia)

In 1748, after the formation of Culpeper County, the Virginian Burgers Chamber February 22, 1759 voted to found the city of Fairfax, in honor of Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord of Fairfax of Cameron , owner of a large estate north of the Rappahanock River.

Initially, the city consisted of ten quarters, which now represent the old town of Culpeper. In 1795, a post appeared in the city with the name Culpeper Court House, but on maps it was denoted as Fairfax. For a long time there was confusion due to the difference in official and postal names, and also because of the existence of the city of Fairfax Court House and the Fairfax Station in the Fairfax County. The problem was resolved in 1869, when the Virginia House of Representatives officially renamed the city into Kalperer.

During the Revolutionary War, a militia detachment was formed in the city, which was stationed on Clayton's Old Field, now Yowell Meadow Park.

In the first half of the 19th century, Ambrose Powell Hill (1785-1858), magistrate, sheriff and legislator of the district, lived in the city. Ambrose Powell Hill , born November 9, 1825, was named in his honor, and in the future, the Confederate Army General during the Civil War. The Hill family lived in a large brick house that still exists on the corner of Main Street and Davis Street.

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  National Cemetery