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Fairfax, Virginia (/ ˈ f ɛər f æ k s / FAIR-faks), formally the City of Fairfax, and colloquially known as Fairfax City, Downtown Fairfax, Old Town Fairfax, Fairfax Courthouse, FFX, and Fairfax, is an independent city in Virginia and the county seat of Fairfax County, Virginia, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was ...
The City of Fairfax Historic District is a national historic district located at Fairfax, Virginia. It encompasses 28 contributing buildings in the central business district of Fairfax. Notable buildings include the Old Town Hall, which was built in 1900; the Barbour Building; First National Bank of Fairfax; Ford Building; Marsh House; McHugh ...
U.S. Route 50 ( US 50) is a transcontinental highway which stretches from Ocean City, Maryland to West Sacramento, California. In the U.S. state of Virginia, US 50 extends 86 miles (138 km) from the border with Washington, D.C. at a Potomac River crossing at Rosslyn in Arlington County to the West Virginia state line near Gore in Frederick County .
The Northern Neck Proprietary – also called the Northern Neck land grant, Fairfax Proprietary, or Fairfax Grant – was a land grant first contrived by the exiled English King Charles II in 1649 and encompassing all the lands bounded by the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers in colonial Virginia. This constituted up to 5,000,000 acres (20,000 km ...
The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map. [1] There are 68 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 4 National Historic Landmarks. Another property was once listed but has been removed.
Fairfax County, Virginia. / 38.83; -77.28. Fairfax County, officially the County of Fairfax, is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. With a population of 1,150,309 as of the 2020 census, [1] it is the most populous county in Virginia, the most populous jurisdiction in the Washington metropolitan area, and the most populous location in the ...
22039. FIPS code. 51-26592. GNIS feature ID. 1494913. Fairfax Station is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. [1] The population was 12,420 at the 2020 census. [2] Located in Northern Virginia, its center is located 22 miles (35 km) southwest of Washington, D.C.
October 20, 1973, November 18, 1980 [2] The Historic Fairfax County Courthouse is one of the oldest buildings in Fairfax, Virginia. It was constructed in 1799 to serve as the seat of government in Fairfax County. During the American Civil War, the first Confederate officer casualty of the war took place on the courthouse grounds and the ...