About Front Royal, Virginia

Front Royal is a town of 15,011 people and the county seat of Warren County. It sits at the spot where the Shenandoah River's North Fork and South Fork join. Chester's Ferry was running nearby by 1736, and the town itself was settled in 1754. It was incorporated in 1788 as Front-Royal. By the 1790s it had a rougher nickname, Helltown, because cattle drovers and river boatmen came through looking for a drink.

The railroad arrived in 1854, when the Alexandria, Orange and Manassas Gap line was built from Manassas to Riverton. It was soon extended to Strasburg, and the line figured in the fighting at Front Royal on May 23, 1862, and all through the Civil War. In the 1930s the American Viscose Corporation opened a rayon plant here that grew to 3,000 workers. It made rayon for tires in World War II and later for rocket nozzles. The plant closed in 1989 after more than 2,000 environmental violations in five years, and its main buildings came down in 1997.

  • Bing Crosby's ballparkOn April 30, 1948, Bing Crosby sang on the courthouse steps to raise money for a new stadium, and he gave the first $1,000 to the fund. On April 1, 1950, he led a two-hour parade past 20,000 people to dedicate it. That night his film Riding High had its world premiere at the Park Theater, and his $3,595 check brought the day's take to $15,000.
  • Front the Royal Oak!The best-known story says a huge oak, the Royal Tree of England, stood in the colonial square where Chester and Main Streets now meet. The militia drilled under it, and the sergeant's order to "front the Royal Oak" was shortened to Front Royal. A 1905 U.S. Geological Survey bulletin agreed, saying the town was first called Royal Oak. Another story credits a Revolutionary sentry's call of "Front" and the password "Royal."
  • A library since 1799Samuels Public Library began in 1799 as the second subscription library in Virginia. It became the Front Royal Library Society in 1836. Bernard Samuels gave it a building in 1952, and the present library opened in 2009.
  • Old houses and museumsThe Warren Heritage Society keeps museums in the Balthis House from about 1788, the Belle Boyd Cottage from about 1836 and Ivy Lodge from about 1859. The Balthis House is on the National Register, along with Killahevlin, Lackawanna, Riverside, Rose Hill, Sonner Hall, the Warren County Courthouse and the Front Royal Historic District.

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Names on the Front Royal map

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Places and landmarks14

  • Front Royal Town Hall
  • Colonial Park
  • Front Royal Junction
  • Heritage
  • Mountain View
  • River View
  • Riverton
  • Riverton Junction
  • Royal Village
  • Vaught Estates
  • Viscose City
  • Warren Park
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  • Williamsburg Estates
  • Woodland Park

Streets and roads179

  • South Commerce Avenue
  • North Royal Avenue
  • West 14th Street
  • North Commerce Avenue
  • John Marshall Highway
  • South Royal Avenue
  • West Strasburg Road
  • Leach Run Parkway
  • Remount Road
  • South Street
  • Winchester Road
  • East Main Street
  • Adams Avenue
  • West 15th Street
  • West Criser Road
  • Kerfoot Avenue
  • East Eighth Street
  • Edgemont Avenue
  • Happy Creek Road
  • Virginia Avenue
  • East Stonewall Drive
  • Kendrick Lane
  • West Eleventh Street
  • Marys Shady Lane
  • Westminster Drive
  • Luray Avenue
  • Swan Road
  • Manassas Avenue
  • West 13th Street
  • East Sixth Street
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  • Old Belmont Road
  • Washington Avenue
  • West Duck Street
  • Shenandoah Shores Road
  • Kesler Road
  • Warren Avenue
  • West Main Street
  • Jamestown Road
  • East Criser Road
  • Locust Dale Road
  • Braxton Road
  • Biggs Drive
  • Elm Street
  • Salem Avenue
  • Happy Ridge Drive
  • Randolph Avenue
  • Ewell Street
  • Fox Drive
  • East Seventh Street
  • Walker Avenue
  • Heritage Drive
  • West Ninth Street
  • Stuart Drive
  • Queens Highway
  • West Twelfth Street
  • East Prospect Street
  • Belmont Avenue
  • Lewis Street
  • Belair Avenue
  • Villa Avenue
  • Chester Street
  • Overlook Drive
  • Lee Street
  • Richmond Road
  • Henrico Road
  • Massanutten Avenue
  • West First Street
  • Polk Avenue
  • Progress Road
  • Cedar Drive
  • Fairview Avenue
  • Short Street
  • East Jackson Street
  • Imboden Drive
  • Linden Street
  • East 18th Street
  • Goodview Drive
  • Canterbury Road
  • East 19th Street
  • Remount Drive
  • West 18th Street
  • West Eighth Street
  • Ashby Street
  • West 16th Street
  • Wine Street
  • Beeden Lane
  • Sycamore Lane
  • Acton Street
  • Guard Hill Road
  • Royal Lane
  • Oden Street
  • Summit Drive
  • Hill Street
  • Elsia Drive
  • Pine Street
  • Crosby Road
  • The Hill
  • Esa Lane
  • Village Court
  • North Shenandoah Avenue
  • Mary's Shady Lane
  • Academy Drive
  • Aqueduct Lane
  • Cloud Street
  • Blue Ridge Avenue
  • Stadium Drive
  • Gloucester Road
  • Rodney Avenue
  • Horseshoe Drive
  • East 17th Street
  • Duncan Avenue
  • Meadow Court
  • William Street
  • West 17th Street
  • River Drive
  • Water Street
  • Forest Hill Drive
  • Family Life Lane
  • Pinecrest Street
  • Fulton Lane
  • Ross Avenue
  • West Tenth Street
  • Oakmont Drive
  • Woodside Avenue
  • East Second Street
  • Bass Avenue
  • Frederick Avenue
  • Druid Hill
  • Riverside Drive
  • East 16th Street
  • Ritenour Street
  • Steele Avenue
  • Leach Street
  • Amherst Drive
  • West Fifth Street
  • West Sixth Street
  • Peyton Street
  • West Jackson Street
  • Pence Street
  • Skyway Drive
  • Deer Path
  • Bee Street
  • Mills Lane
  • Ripple Court
  • Mosby Lane
  • New Avenue
  • Beau Lane
  • Brook Court
  • State Street
  • Viscose Avenue
  • High Street
  • Clymer Avenue
  • East 13th Street
  • Osage Street
  • East 15th Street
  • Robinhood Lane
  • Carter Street
  • Cherrydale Avenue
  • East Fifth Street
  • South Fork Drive
  • Markham Street
  • Union Street
  • Jackson Lane
  • Hamilton Circle
  • North Charles Street
  • Happy Creek Court
  • East Third Street
  • Ay-View Drive
  • Sherwood Avenue
  • Oakridge Court
  • Jocelyne Court
  • Riverview Street
  • Cresthaven Court
  • Bradford Drive
  • Kibler Street
  • Wakeland Court
  • Rugby Street
  • East Duck Street
  • Park Lane

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