Shenandoah County, Virginia
The Senedos, possibly an Iroquoian group, are thought to have occupied the area at one time, until they were said to have been slaughtered by the Catawba in the latter 17th century.It has also been attributed to General George Washington naming it in honor of John Skenandoa, an Oneida chief from New York who helped gain support of Oneida and Tuscarora warriors to aid the rebel colonists during the American Revolutionary War.Colonial Governor Gooch formally purchased the entire Shenandoah Valley from the Six Nations of the Iroquois by the Treaty of Lancaster in 1744.During Pontiac's War (1763–1766), Shawnee efforts to repel the white intruders reached as far east as the current county.[3] Fort Valley and the western slopes of the Massanutten Mountain are located within the county boundary.In the 1920s it became solidly Republican at a statewide level, with the exception of Democratic local hero Harry F. Byrd and his son.The county briefly returned to its Southern Democrat roots at the state level during the civil rights movement.
Shenandoah, VirginiaCountyVirginiaNamed forShenandoah RiverWoodstockStrasburgTime zoneUTC−5EasternUTC−4Commonwealth2020 United States Censuscounty seatShenandoah ValleySenedosCatawbaNative AmericanGeorge WashingtonSkenandoaOneidaAmerican Revolutionary WarColonial Governor GoochSix NationsTreaty of LancasterPontiac's WarShawneeVirginia Colonial GovernorJohn Murray, 4th Earl of DunmoreAmerican RevolutionCivil WarBattle of New MarketRockinghamFrederickWarrenUS Census BureauFort ValleyMassanutten MountainHardy County, West VirginiaFrederick CountyWarren CountyPage CountyRockingham CountyCedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical ParkGeorge Washington National ForestNorthern VirginiaWashington, D.C.Arlington CountyFairfax CountyFront RoyalLindenUS 11US 48US 211SR 42SR 55SR 211SR 263Black or African AmericanAlaska NativePacific IslanderSome Other RaceMixed Race/Multi-RacialHispanic or Latino2010 United States Censusof two or more racesAmericanGermanEnglish2000 United States Censuspopulation densityAfrican Americanother racesHispanicLatinomarried couplesper capita incomepoverty lineShenandoah Valley AcademyMassanutten Military AcademyStonewall Jackson High School (Shenandoah County, Virginia)Central High School (Woodstock)EdinburgMount JacksonNew MarketToms BrookBowmans CrossingColumbia FurnaceConicvilleFishers HillForestvilleLebanon ChurchLocust GroveHudson CrossroadsMaurertownMount CliftonMount OliveOrkney SpringsQuicksburgSaumsvilleAlonzavilleCalvaryCarmelDetrickHamburgHawkinstownOrandaSaint LukeWheatfieldWoodstock, VirginiaSheriffRepublicanDemocratic PartyHarry F. Byrdhis sonGerman AmericanSouthern DemocratVirginia Constitutional Convention of 1902the ValleyJacksoniancivil rights movementJohn C. FrémontDemocraticThird party(ies)National Register of Historic Places listings in Shenandoah County, VirginiaNew Market Airport