{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} [[File:Draper Mercantile.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Draper Mercantile, a core part of Draper's historic district]]
'''Draper''' is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pulaski County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Draper had a population of 291.<ref name="Census2020PLLede">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=NAME%2CP1_001N&for=place%3A23408&in=state%3A51|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=March 12, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref> Draper has both a fire station and post office. Draper developed around the Draper Depot of the Norfolk and Western Railway's Cripple Creek Extension in 1886.<ref name=VDHR>{{Cite web|title= Draper Historic District|url=https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/historic-registers/077-0169/|website=Virginia Department of Historic Resources}}</ref> The bed of this extension now forms the New River Trail State Park.
Draper is home to the Draper Historic District, which includes 40 acres with a variety of contributing historic buildings, including the Draper Mercantile (1887), Bank of Draper (1911), and several houses in the Gothic Revival and Queen Anne styles.<ref name=VDHR/>
The [https://draperisfordreamers.com Draper Mercantile] was purchased in 2008 and renovated into a restaurant, café, and retail store.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harris |first1=Robbie |title=Draper Mercantile & Trading Company |url=https://www.wvtf.org/arts-culture/2013-11-20/draper-mercantile-trading-company |access-date=27 October 2025 |publisher=WVTF |date=20 November 2014}}</ref> The Draper Mercantile and surrounding Draper community are featured in tourism materials for Pulaski County.<ref>{{cite web |title=Historic Draper |url=https://www.visitpulaskiva.org/historic-draper |publisher=Pulaski County Virginia |access-date=27 October 2025}}</ref> ==Demographics== {{US Census population |align=right |2010= 320 |2020= 291 |estyear= |estimate= |estref= |align-fn=center |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|website=United States Census Bureau|access-date=}}</ref><br> 2010<ref name=2010CensusVA>{{Cite web|title= 2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Virginia|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 2020 }}
Draper was first listed as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.<ref name=2010CensusVA/>
==References==
{{Reflist}} *[https://archive.today/20120711160933/http://mcdc.missouri.edu/webrepts/pl94trends/Virginia_stplace2.html Virginia Trend Report 2: State and Complete Places (Sub-state 2010 Census Data)] *{{gnis|1483084}}
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