Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Virginia
- County
- Page
- Established
- February 6, 1812
- Named after
- Luray , France
- Type
- Council-manager government
- Mayor
- Stephanie Lillard ( I )
- Total
- 4.86 sq mi (12.58 km )
- Land
- 4.83 sq mi (12.50 km )
- Water
- 0.031 sq mi (0.08 km )
- Elevation
- 863 ft (263 m)
- Density
- 1,004.2/sq mi (387.72/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 51-47528
- Website
- www .townofluray .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Luray
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Page County
- Population
- 4831
- Area
- 12.386778
- Elevation
- 243
- Capital of
- Page County
- Official website
- www.townofluray.com
- Image
- Luray VA 2021.jpg
- Households
- 2028
- Dialing code
- 540
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- Commons category
- Luray, Virginia
- postal code
- 22835
- inception
- 1812-02-06
- water as percent of area
- 0.6185
- per capita income
- 26000
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Luray is the county seat of Page County, Virginia, United States. It is in the Shenandoah Valley and found within the northwestern part of the Commonwealth. The population was 4,831 at the 2020 census.
The town was founded by William Staige Marye in 1812, a descendant of a family native to Luray, France.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Luray” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.