Monuments and Memorials
- The area around Middleburg, from where Mosby launched most of his behind-the-lines activities, was called "Mosby's Confederacy", even in the Northern press. The Mosby Heritage Area Association in Middleburg, headquartered in Middleburg, is actively involved in preserving the history, culture, and scenery of this historic area.
- The John Singleton Mosby Museum is located in Warrenton, Virginia, at the historic Brentmoor estate where Mosby lived from 1875 to 1877.
- There are 35 monuments and markers in Northern Virginia dedicated to actions and events related to Mosby's Rangers.
- John Mosby Highway, a section of US Route 50 between Dulles Airport and Winchester, Virginia, is named for Colonel Mosby.
- Mosby Woods Elementary School in the Fairfax County Public Schools system is named in his honor.
- Mosby Woods subdivision in Fairfax City is also named in his honor.
- The post office branch for zip code 22042 (in Northern Virginia's Falls Church area) is referred to by the USPS as the Mosby branch.
- Loudoun County High School's (Leesburg, Virginia) mascot is the Raiders after Mosby's Raiders.
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