Harrisonburg is the county seat for Rockingham County
Dayton is in Rockingham County
Rockingham County(113) ► ADJACENT TO ROCKINGHAM COUNTY Albemarle County(127) ► Augusta County(70) ► Greene County(8) ► Harrisonburg(31) ► Page County(105) ► Shenandoah County(217) ► Hardy County, West Virginia(44) ► Pendleton County, West Virginia(48) ►
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On Silver Lake Road (County Route 701) at Linhoss Road, on the left when traveling north on Silver Lake Road.
During the Civil War, the Daniel Bowman Mill occupied this site, grinding wheat brought here by Rockingham County farmers. The county was part of the prosperous agricultural region known as the “breadbasket of the Confederacy.” It was no . . . — — Map (db m129377) HM
On John Wayland Highway (Route 42), on the left when traveling north.
In the fall of 1864, attacks by Confederate raiders and bushwhackers angered Federal officers in the Shenandoah Valley. On September 22, Union soldiers captured a hapless man named Davy Getz near Woodstock who was wearing civilian clothes and . . . — — Map (db m16440) HM
On Meigs Lane, 0.1 miles east of John Wayland Highway (Virginia Route 42), on the left when traveling east.
Here on the old Swift Run Gap Road on the evening of October 3, 1864, Union Lt. John Rodgers Meigs was killed in a fight with three Confederate scouts guided by local resident Pvt. Benjamin F. “Frank” Shaver, 1st Virginia Cavalry. Meigs, of Gen. . . . — — Map (db m15121) HM
On Meigs Lane, 0.1 miles east of John Wayland Highway (Virginia Route 42), on the left when traveling east.
The death of Union Lt. John R. Meigs, near the granite marker on the hill in front of you, unleashed a firestorm of retaliation. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, erroneously told that civilian “bushwhackers” had killed Meigs, reported to Gen. . . . — — Map (db m15123) HM
On Bowman Road (Virginia Route 732) at Cemetery Drive, on the left when traveling west on Bowman Road.
The first church in Rockingham County was built on this site in 1747 on land owned by Captain Daniel Harrison of the colonial militia. Serving as a "Chapel of Ease" for Augusta Parish, the first building is believed to have been built of logs. The . . . — — Map (db m32106) HM
On Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
Daniel Harrison settled about 1745 at the headwaters of Cook’s Creek where it is believed he built the stone portion of the present house. During the decades 1750-1770, when this area was the frontier of the colony, the house served the settlers as . . . — — Map (db m16441) HM
On Main Street (Business Virginia Route 42) at Mill Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
In memory of Lt. Col. Thomas F. Wildes, 116th Ohio Regiment, who, when ordered by Gen. Sheridan to burn the town of Dayton, Va. in retaliation for the death of a Union officer, refused to obey that order, risking court-martial and disgrace. His . . . — — Map (db m88643) HM
On John Wayland Highway (Virginia Route 42) north of Killdeer Lane, on the right when traveling south.
Dayton is the birthplace of Shenandoah University,
which traces its origins to a school established
by the Rev. Abram P. Funkhouser in 1875. Known
in its early years as Shenandoah Seminary, the
coeducational institution benefited from . . . — — Map (db m173164) HM
On College Street north of Mill Street, on the left when traveling north.
This plaque designates the former location of Shenandoah College and Shenandoah Conservatory of Music and is dedicated in honor of the community that served the many students, faculty, and staff who passed through its halls. The new campus and . . . — — Map (db m238470) HM
On Silver Lake Road (County Route 701) just north of Linhoss Road (County Route 735), on the left when traveling north.
English American settler Daniel Harrison owned
hundreds of acres in this area in the mid-18th century.
and Presbyterians built Cooks Creek Church near
here ca. 1750. German Baptist Brethren began moving
to the Shenandoah Valley from Maryland . . . — — Map (db m207784) HM
On Meigs Lane, 0.1 miles east of John Wayland Highway, on the left when traveling east.
This is the approximate site where Union Lt. John Rodgers Meigs was killed in a fight with three Confederate scouts on October 3, 1864. In retaliation, General Philip H. Sheridan ordered that buildings over a large area, including the town of . . . — — Map (db m15140) HM
