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Kilmarnock is an incorporated town straddling Lancaster and Northumberland counties on Virginia's Northern Neck, near the mouth of the Rappahannock River — the input record lists Lancaster County, where most of the town lies.

Kilmarnock describes itself as the commercial hub of the Northern Neck and is the largest incorporated town in Lancaster County.

First settled in the mid-1600s, the community began as an intersection of Indian paths known simply as 'the Crossroads,' and later as Steptoe's Ordinary after William Steptoe's early-1700s storehouse and tavern there.

The town takes its name from Kilmarnock, Scotland: Glasgow merchant agent Robert Gilmour, who owned land in the Scottish town, is thought to have bestowed the name in 1764, and the earliest known written reference to 'Kilmarnock, Virginia' appears in a deed recorded in 1778.

Kilmarnock's post office was established on August 10, 1804, but the community was not incorporated as a town until December 8, 1930.

Kilmarnock had a population of 1,445 at the 2020 census, with 687 occupied homes out of 802 total housing units counted that year.

Kilmarnock is a notably older community: the 2020 census put its median age at 60.2 years, with about 42% of residents aged 65 or older.

Three devastating fires — in 1909, 1915 and again on St. Patrick's Day 1952 — each destroyed much of Main Street, pushing the town to rebuild in fire-resistant materials.

The Kilmarnock Museum, housed in the oldest remaining house in town, preserves artifacts of the fires and celebrates the sister-city connection with Kilmarnock, Scotland.

Kilmarnock hosts the Holly Ball, a debutante ball founded in 1895 and held every December at the Indian Creek Yacht and Country Club.