Winchester is the northernmost independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. It is the county seat of Frederick County, although the two are separate jurisdictions. As of 2020 United States census, the city's population was 28,120. It is the principal city of the Winchester metropolitan area with a population of just over 145,000 extending into West Virginia, which is a part of the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area. Winchester is home to Shenandoah University and the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley.
Southeast
Winchester
Frederick County, VA
Population
28,103
Walk Score
90 · Walker's Paradise
Median rent
$1,230
Median home value
$299,900
Founded
1744
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Kernstown Battlefield Historic District · listed 2024
- Opequon Historic District · listed 2002
- Winchester Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 2008
- Winchester Historic District · listed 1980
- Winchester Historic District (Boundary Increase III) · listed 2016
- Winchester Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 2003
Notable landmarks
- Crumley-Lynn-Lodge House · listed 2006
- Fort Collier · listed 2006
- Fort Colvin · listed 2007
- Frederick County Courthouse · listed 2001
- Green Spring Mill · listed 2024
- Homespun · listed 2002
- Long Meadow · listed 2005
- Millbank · listed 2014
- Opequon Presbyterian Church · listed 2001
- Rock Hill · listed 2019
- Rose Hill Farm · listed 1997
- Springdale · listed 2016
- Valley Mill Farm · listed 2006
- Willow Shade · listed 1990
- C. L. Robinson Ice and Cold Storage Corporation · listed 2022
- Cline, Patsy, House · listed 2005
- Cline, Patsy, House
- George Washington Hotel, The · listed 2010
- Mount Hebron Cemetery and Gatehouse · listed 2009
- The Triangle Diner · listed 2010
- Virginia Apple Storage Warehouse · listed 2022
- Winchester Coca-Cola Bottling Works · listed 2008
- Winchester Main Post Office
- Abram's Delight · listed 1973
- Douglas School · listed 2000
- …and 12 more
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