New Market, Virginia
New Market, Virginia | |
|---|---|
Downtown New Market | |
| Coordinates: 38°38′40″N 78°40′24″W / 38.64444°N 78.67333°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Shenandoah |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.03 sq mi (5.27 km2) |
| • Land | 2.02 sq mi (5.23 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.04 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,053 ft (321 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 2,155 |
| • Density | 1,066.3/sq mi (411.7/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 22844 |
| Area code | 540 |
| FIPS code | 51-55848 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1497040 |
| Website | Town of New Market |
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New Market is a town in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States. Founded as a small crossroads trading town in the Shenandoah Valley, it has a population of 2,155 as of the most recent 2020 U.S. census. The north–south U.S. 11 and the east–west U.S. 211 pass near it and cross Massanutten Mountain at the town's titular gap.
It is home to the New Market Shockers of the Rockingham County Baseball League, the New Market Rebels of the Valley Baseball League, the Schultz Theatre and School of Performing Arts, and the Shenvalee Golf Course. The town is known for having been the site in 1864 of the last major Confederate victory in the American Civil War.