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Lorton is named for a village in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, in England. Joseph Plaskett of the Cumbrian village settled in southern Fairfax County, running a general store and opening the Lorton Valley Post Office on November 11, 1875. [4] Before the identity of Lorton, the commercial center was Colchester, and the spiritual and historical center of the community around which ...
The Ratcliffe-Allison-Pozer House is a historic home located in the City of Fairfax, Virginia. This charming brick house is the City's oldest residence in the Town of Providence, which later became the Town of Fairfax. The house is owned and operated as a historic house museum by the City of Fairfax.
Historic Blenheim is a c. 1859 brick farm house designed in the Greek Revival style and located in City of Fairfax, Virginia. During the American Civil War, Union soldiers were often encamped on the grounds surrounding the house and utilized it as part of a reserve hospital system.
The 29 Diner is a diner in the City of Fairfax, Virginia. The diner is located at 10536 Fairfax Boulevard (U.S. Route 29 / U.S. Route 50), a short distance west of the Boulevard's intersection with Chain Bridge Road (Virginia State Route 123).
Virginia's public K-12 schools are neither operated directly by the state government nor by special districts. Instead, most are organized as political subdivisions known as "school divisions" which are similar to school districts in some other states. The only independent government school district under Virginia law is the Eastern Virginia Medical College. All of the K-12 school districts ...
SR 123 is a partial circumferential highway in Northern Virginia that connects Woodbridge in eastern Prince William County with the independent city of Fairfax and the Fairfax County communities of Vienna, Tysons, and McLean, the last being the home of the National Counterterrorism Center and the Central Intelligence Agency.
Arlington County, which is located in the Washington metropolitan area and the Northern Virginia region, is surrounded by Fairfax County and Falls Church to the west, the city of Alexandria to the southeast, and Washington, D.C. to the northeast across the Potomac River.
Herndon is a town in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Located in Northern Virginia, it is part of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. In 2020, the population at the census was 24,655, [4] which makes it the largest of three incorporated towns in the county. [citation needed]