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I his village is represented in John Wood's 1821 map of ( ulpeper County. At that time, Rappahannock County had not yet been established. Sperryville was possibly named after either a man named Sperry who built the first house there, or after another Sperry who ran the stage line
In the c 1820 notes ot I rani, is [hornton Jr. mention is made of a town laid off by Thornton on a small plain between the Thornton River and the hills of the northern Blue Ridge I he town post office was established in 1840
The Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission has named the entire town of Sperryville a historic district. The VHLC singled out the architecture found in Sperryville for particular mention.
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