Settlement of the county began in 1727, when Adam Miller (Mueller) staked out a claim on the south fork of the
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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 853 square miles (2,210 km ), of which 849 square miles (2,200 km ) is land and 4.3 square miles (11 km ) (0.5%) is water. It is the third-largest county in Vi… See more

Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.
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• Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia
• Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia
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Rockingham County is principally served by Norfolk Southern Railway, a (major) Class 1 railroad and additionally, by the Shenandoah Valley Railroad, a short-line railroad.
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The Rockingham County Sheriff's Office (RCSO) is the primary law enforcement agency in Rockingham County, and also serves Harrisonburg. The agency is currently headed by Sheriff Bryan F. Hutcheson… See more