Delaplane, Virginia

Delaplane, Virginia
unincorporated community
Cobbler Mountains viewed from Sky Meadows State Park in Delaplane
Delaplane, Virginia
Coordinates: 38°54′54″N 77°55′13″W / 38.91500°N 77.92028°W / 38.91500; -77.92028Coordinates: 38°54′54″N 77°55′13″W / 38.91500°N 77.92028°W / 38.91500; -77.92028
Country	United States
State	Virginia
County	Fauquier County
Nearest city	Washington, D.C. 50 miles (80 km)

Delaplane is an unincorporated community in northern Fauquier County, Virginia, approximately 50 miles (80 km) due west of Washington, D.C. Delaplane is along U.S. Route 17 and Interstate 66; bordering Upperville, Virginia to the north, Hume, Virginia to the south, Paris, Virginia to the west, and Rectortown, Virginia to the east. Delaplane, Virginia has a ZIP Code of 20144. Since approximately 1995, the Mosby Heritage Area Association has worked to preserved Delaplane and surrounding areas, which Virginia designated the Moseby Heritage Area. In 2004, the federal government recognized the Crooked Run Valley Rural Historic District, which encompasses the Delaplane Historic District as well as the historic district of Paris, Virginia and many other properties.

Located in the heart of Virginia's famous Piedmont Hunt Country, Delaplane was originally known as Piedmont Station because it formed around a station of the Manassas Gap Railroad (chartered 1850 to connect the Alexandria and Orange Railroad with the Shenandoah Valley through Manassas, Virginia). In 1874 it was renamed in honor of W. E. Delaplane, a prominent Ohio businessman who generously restored operations at the local general store which had faltered in the after the American Civil War.

In 1861 General Stonewall Jackson had marched his troops from Winchester to the Piedmont Station train depot, where they loaded onto rail cars headed for the First Battle of Manassas. This marked the first time a railroad had been used to move troops into battle. Union troops also used the same railroad line in later battles.