Upperville
Upperville is sometimes called the town that is “a mile long and an inch wide” because most of the homes line Columbia Street, as Route 50 was called on the original plat.
Sumerduck
Home to Rogers Ford Farm Winery, Cheesecake Farms B&B, and the Sumerduck Dragway, Sumerduck, often referred to as “the Duck,” is a late 19th century crossroads located equidistance between Fredericksburg, Culpeper and Warrenton. Sumerduck derived its name from Sumerduck Run where in the summer one can find hundreds of ducks resting along the banks of the creek.
Somerville
The community’s name originated from the Somers, a prominent family who became wealthy as shipping merchants in Fredericksburg during the 18th century and subsequently purchased large tracts of land in Fauquier County.
Rectortown
Rectortown includes two churches, a school, an Odd Fellows hall, a post office, multiple commercial buildings, several cemeteries, and a number of historic residences.
Paris
Paris originated as a crossroads in the 1790s at the foot of Ashby’s Gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains at the junction of Ashby’s Gap Turnpike (present day Route 50) and the Winchester-Dumfries Road (present day Route 17). Paris lies at the northern edge of what is called the Crooked Run Valley that extends eight miles to the south to I-66 and east to Rectortown.