About Luray, Virginia

Luray is a town of 4,831 people in the Shenandoah Valley and the county seat of Page County. The Virginia General Assembly created it on February 6, 1812, on ten acres beside the Hawksbill Creek. That August 21, surveyors laid it out on land owned by Isaac Ruffner, with Main Street climbing west from the creek to the hilltop. The first house went up in 1814, and in 1818 the town grew by 26 lots, to 44 in all.

At the time this was the eastern part of Shenandoah County. People here rode 35 to 40 miles to Woodstock, over a mountain pass and across several streams, to record deeds, pay taxes or go to court. To spare them that hard trip, the General Assembly formed Page County in 1831 and chose centrally located Luray as its seat. The town had about 500 people around 1845 and still about 500 in 1867. It was incorporated on March 21, 1871, with about 442 acres, and in the 1880s its population more than doubled, from 630 to 1,386.

  • Iron and mills from 1781In 1781 Dirreck Pennypacker set up the Redwell Furnace at Yager's Spring, about a mile north of today's town, where his forge and foundry turned out nails, farm tools, kettles and stoves. It was later renamed the Isabella Furnace. A mile south, at Willow Grove Mill, the village of Mundellsville had a flour mill, a carding mill, a tannery and a blacksmith shop, and Luray prospered from the trade these works brought.
  • A mansion moved for an innPeter Bouck Borst, a lawyer in the mid-19th century, lived at Aventine Hall, which once stood on one of Luray's commanding hills. In the 1930s the house was carefully taken down from the hill to clear the site for the Mimslyn Inn, a hotel in the style of a Southern mansion that dates from 1931. Eleanor Roosevelt visited the Mimslyn in the late 1930s, and Aventine Hall still stands, as a private home on South Court Street.
  • The Singing Tower, 1937The Luray Singing Tower went up in 1937 in memory of Belle Brown Northcott, wife of Col. Theodore Clay Northcott, the owner of Luray Caverns. The tower rises 117 feet, and its 47 bells came from John Taylor & Co of Loughborough, England. The largest weighs 7,640 pounds and measures six feet across. Free recitals are held through spring, summer and fall in the park across from the caverns.
  • Cavalry clash in 1864After winning at Fisher's Hill, Union general Philip Sheridan sent about 6,000 cavalrymen under Brig. Gen. Alfred Torbert into the Luray Valley. On September 24, 1864, roughly three miles north of town, they met about 1,200 Confederate riders under Brig. Gen. Williams Wickham. Torbert won but camped overnight in Page County, short of the Massanutten, losing his chance to cut off Jubal Early's retreat.
  • Bethany Veney and a schoolIn 1889 Bethany Veney published her autobiography, known as Aunt Betty's Story, which recounts her life in Luray as an enslaved woman. Decades later, in 1924-25, the Andrew Jackson School was built in Luray for the town's African American students. It was named for a local Black entrepreneur.

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Places and landmarks8

  • Luray Town Hall
  • Spring View
  • Fairview
  • Westlu
  • Hilldale
  • Brookside
  • Forest Hills
  • Woodland Park

Streets and roads134

  • West Main Street
  • North Broad Street
  • Virginia Avenue
  • East Main Street
  • Cave Hill Road
  • Yagers Road
  • North Hawksbill Street
  • West Page Street
  • Bixlers Ferry Road
  • North Lee Street
  • Jamison Road
  • Reservoir Avenue
  • Eden Road
  • Wallace Road
  • Luray Avenue
  • Fairview Road
  • Rosser Drive
  • Cole Street
  • Collins Avenue
  • South Court Street
  • Dry Run Road
  • Mechanic Street
  • Springview Boulevard
  • Sixth Street
  • Atkins Drive
  • Canaan Street
  • First Street
  • Third Street
  • Second Street
  • Fourth Street
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  • Wallace Avenue
  • Rufner House Road
  • Creekside Drive
  • Fifth Street
  • Willow Street
  • Greenfield Road
  • Stoney Brook Lane
  • Mill Creek Road
  • Charles Street
  • Court Lane
  • Seventh Avenue
  • Ninth Avenue
  • Hawksbill Heights Drive
  • North Court Street
  • Lillard Drive
  • Hill House Lane
  • Oakcrest Drive
  • Meadow Lane
  • Nichols Road
  • South Deford Avenue
  • Wilson Avenue
  • Antioch Road
  • North Alley
  • Woodland Park Drive
  • Springcrest Drive
  • Cave Street
  • Sixth Avenue
  • Linden Avenue
  • Leaksville Road
  • Zerkel Street
  • Furnace Road
  • North Marye Lane
  • Butler Lane
  • Rolling Road
  • Moyer Avenue
  • Oflinn Street
  • Woodland Avenue
  • Hilltop Lane
  • Fourth Avenue
  • Painter Street
  • High Street
  • Memorial Drive
  • Hites Spring Road
  • Lawler Avenue
  • Allison Drive
  • Stover Street
  • Johnson Drive
  • Madison Lane
  • General Drive
  • Rowe Drive
  • Grove Road
  • Cedar Drive
  • Nunn Lane
  • Terrace
  • West US Highway 211
  • South Broad Street
  • Lee Street
  • Westlu Boulevard
  • North Bank Street
  • Forest Hills Drive
  • Eighth Avenue
  • Highland Court
  • Heritage Drive
  • Carillon Road
  • South Marye Lane
  • Peter Street
  • Massanutten Avenue
  • Mont Vue Drive
  • Lewis Street
  • Big Spring Street
  • Davis Lane
  • Blue Bell Avenue
  • Pinehurst Court
  • Fair Lane Drive
  • Court Street Extended
  • East Page Street
  • Point Place
  • Amiss Avenue
  • Deerfield Drive
  • East Ridge Lane
  • Park Avenue
  • Bristol Avenue
  • Sharma Lane
  • Smith Street
  • West Old Barn Road
  • Blue Ridge Avenue
  • Inn Circle
  • Nelson Street
  • Cedar Lane
  • Parkview Road
  • Village Place
  • Planing Mill Road
  • Berry Boulevard
  • Cottage Drive
  • East Old Barn Road
  • Meade Street
  • Cumbia Avenue
  • Hilltop Drive
  • Bartlett Avenue
  • Water Street
  • Rosser Street
  • Fox Lane
  • Elm Tree Lane
  • Ellis Drive

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