Shenandoah County/Warren County
Historical highway marker Z-247 · Shenandoah County
Shenandoah County Formed in 1772 from Frederick, and first named Dunmore for Lord Dunmore, Governor of Virginia 1771-75. In 1778 the county was renamed for the Shenandoah River. Warren County Formed in 1836 from Frederick and Shenandoah, and named for General Joseph Warren, killed at Bunker Hill, 1775.
Virginia Conservation Commission, 1946