Berryville, VA
Berryville, VA
All of our rides originate in the town of Berryville, VA, which was surveyed by George Washington in 1750.
Both the Town and County are committed to preserving and enhancing Berryville’s historic downtown and maintaining Clarke County’s exquisite countryside. Riding through town you'll experience its charming character and natural beauty. By long tradition, and as designated in the Berryville Area Plan, the Town serves as the center of commercial, residential, institutional, and industrial activity for Clarke County.
The tract where Berryville now sits, where the Winchester Turnpike crossed the Charlestown Road, was first granted by the Crown to Capt. Isaac Pennington in 1734. George Washington surveyed it for him on October 23, 1750, and in 1754 he sold it to Col. John Hite.
By 1810, the town had at least 25 homes, three stores, an apothecary (pharmacy), two taverns, and an academy (school). It was not much larger when it became the county seat of newly-formed Clarke County in 1836.
Confederate Gen. Jubal A. Early briefly had his headquarters in the town, and not long afterward the Battle of Berryville was fought in and around the town during the Valley Campaigns of 1864, during the American Civil War.
The railroad came to town in the 1870's.