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Glendale

Ghost town · Fauquier County, Virginia

Orlean quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1943, 1:24,000)
Orlean quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1943, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Glendale is a ghost town in Fauquier County, Virginia. It is the only former community in Fauquier County recorded on the federal names register, out of 279 across Virginia.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Glendale as a historical populated place on the Orlean topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 38.8190° N, 77.9011° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleOrlean
Elevation668 ft
Nearest living townMarshall, VA
Distance to it4.7 miles
GNIS feature ID1749374
Coordinates38.81900, -77.90111

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What's there now

Glendale is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Marshall, VA (population 3,213), about 4.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 668 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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