Gainesboro, Virginia

For the Roanoke neighborhood, see Gainsboro, Roanoke, Virginia.

Gainesboro, Virginia
Unincorporated community
Gainesboro is located in Virginia
Gainesboro
Gainesboro
Gainesboro is located in the United States
Gainesboro
Gainesboro
Coordinates: 39°16′42″N 78°15′33″W / 39.27833°N 78.25917°W / 39.27833; -78.25917
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountyFrederick
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1466944[1]

Gainesboro (/ˈɡeɪnzbʌrə/) is an unincorporated community in Frederick County, Virginia. Gainesboro is located northwest of Winchester off the North Frederick Pike (US 522) on Gainesboro Road (VA 684). Gainesboro is the northernmost community in Virginia.

Gainesboro was established in 1798 and originally known as Pugh Town or Pughtown after an early settler, Job Pugh, who surveyed and plotted the original village.

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gainesboro, Virginia