New Market

Also known as New Market, Virginia, New Market, VA

town in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Virginia
County: Shenandoah
Total: 2.03 sq mi (5.27 km )
Land: 2.02 sq mi (5.23 km )
Water: 0.015 sq mi (0.04 km )
Elevation: 1,053 ft (321 m)
Density: 1,066/sq mi (411.7/km )
Time zone: UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
Summer dst: UTC−4 (EDT)
Fips code: 51-55848
Website: Town of New Market

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Official website

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Wikidata facts

Official name: New Market
Country: United States
Located in: Shenandoah County
Population: 2155
Area: 5.28694
Elevation: 321
Official website: www.newmarketvirginia.com
Image: New Market, VA.JPG
Households: 1106
Dialing code: 540

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postal code: 22844
Commons category: New Market, Virginia
water as percent of area: 0.7066
per capita income: 29725

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Encyclopedic overview

New Market is a town in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States. Founded as a small crossroads trading town in the Shenandoah Valley, it has a population of 2,155 as of the most recent 2020 U.S. census. The north–south U.S. 11 and the east–west U.S. 211 pass near it and cross Massanutten Mountain at the town's titular gap.

It is home to the New Market Shockers of the Rockingham County Baseball League, the New Market Rebels of the Valley Baseball League, the Schultz Theatre and School of Performing Arts, and the Shenvalee Golf Course. The town is known for having been the site on May 15, 1864 of one of the last major Confederate victories in the Shenandoah Valley during the American Civil War.

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