Fairfax Chapel

Circuit riders brought methodism to area in the late 1700s, holding meetings in homes. Fairfax Circuit initiated in 1776. Clapboard chapel built in 1779 and enlarged in 1798 on acre of land donated in 1918 by heirs of George Minor ...

Fairfax County / Prince William County

Fairfax County

Area 417 Square Miles

Formed in 1742 from Prince William and Loudoun, and named for Lord Fairfax, proprietor of the Northern Neck. Mount Vernon, George Washington’s home, is in this county.

Prince William County

Area 345 Square Miles

Formed in 1730 from Stafford ...

Fairfax Nike Missile Site

During the Cold War a ring of Nike anti-aircraft missile sites defended the nation’s capital, reminiscent of the perimeter of forts that protected it during the Civil War. Just east of here was located the launch control equipment for one ...

Fairfax Station

“The angel of the battlefield.”

The first Fairfax Station depot, built by Irish immigrants in 1852, was a stop on the Orange

and Alexandria Railroad from Alexandria to Gordonsville. Early in 1862, after Confederate forces withdrew, the railroad carried military supplies

and letters ...

Fairfax Line

Here ran the southwestern boundary of Lord Fairfax’s vast land grant, The Northern Neck. It was surveyed by Peter Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson’s father, and others in 1746.

Marker is on Valley Pike (U.S. 11) south of Shady Lane, on the right ...

Fairfax

Spies, Mosby and Marr

On June 1. 1861, the first major skirmish of the Civil War occurred on the main street of Fairfax Court House. In the pre-dawn hours 50 men of Co. B, Second U.S. Cavalry, led by Lt. Charles ...

Fairfax Court House

Built in 1800. This building, designed by James Wren, served as the first permanent courthouse of Fairfax County.

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Chain Bridge Road (Virginia Route 123) and Main Street (Virginia Route 236).

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Fairfax County / Prince William County

Fairfax County. Area 417 square miles. Formed in 1742 from Price William and Loudoun, and named for Lord Fairfax, Proprietor of the Northern Neck. Mount Vernon, George Washington's home, is in this county.

Prince William County Area 345 square miles. Formed ...

First Court House of Fairfax County

From this spot N. 20° W. 220 ft.

stood the First Court House

of Fairfax County

Built in 1742

abandoned

because Indian hostilities

about 1752

Marker is at the intersection of Old Courthouse Road (County Route 677) and Chain Bridge Road (Virginia Highway 123), on the right ...

Lord Fairfax House

Erected (c.) 1800 by William Yeaton. Residence of Thomas, Ninth Lord Fairfax and his son Dr. Orlando Fairfax until 1875.

Marker is on Cameron Street west of North St. Asaph, on the right when traveling west.

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