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Woodberry Forest School

Madison County · 4.2 miles north of Orange. · location approximate

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One mile east is Woodberry Forest School, a college preparatory school for boys founded in 1889 by Robert Stringfellow Walker, a captain in Mosby's Rangers. The school is named for the estate on which it stands, formerly owned by William Madison, brother of President James Madison.

1948 text, presented as a historical document.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)

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