Historical Markers in Fairfax County, Virginia
100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Military Intelligence Service
7161 Main Street
A Corridor and a Barrier
A Fine Improvable Marsh
A Globally Rare Environment
A Memorial to the Four Chaplains
A Place on the High Ground
A Place to Restor Nest
A Tribute to The Men of Fairfax County
A View from the Beginning
A Considerable Force
Acetylene Gas Generating Station
Action At Annandale
Action At Dranesville
Adams House
Advantageous Fencing
African Pygmy Goat
African Pygmy Goat
Aftermath: The Invasion of Maryland
Alexandria, Mt. Vernon, and Accotink Turnpike
American Indians of the Potomac River
Anatomy of a Tidal Marsh
Archaeology at Newgate Tavern
Arlington-Fairfax Electric Railway
At Home in an Ecotone
Attack of General Birneys Brigade
Auxiliary Battery
Baileys Crossroads
Baileys Crossroads Civil War Engagements
Barber Shop
Barn
Batteau Construction Project
Batteau Design
Battery Ridge
Battery Sater
Battle of Chantilly
Battle of Chantilly
Battle of Dranesville
Battle of Dranesville
Battle of Lewinsville
Battle of Ox Hill
Beacon Field Airport
Belle Haven Park
Belvoir
Belvoir
Belvoir Grounds and Potomac View Trail
Benvenue
Bethlehem Baptist Church
Beyond What You See Today
Birds Then and Now
Birthplace of Fitzhugh Lee
Birthplace of the Confederate Battle Flag
Blackburn's Ford
Blenheim (Willcoxon Farm)
Blenheim House
Bog Wallow Ambush
Botanical Garden
Boulders and Quartz Stone
Bowling Green
Bradley House
Brown Barracks
Buckley House
Buckley Store
Budgerigar
Bull Run Battlefields
Burke Station
Burke's Station
Burke's Station
Burkes Station Raid
Burling Defenders
Cabells Mill and Middlegate House
Camp Alger
Camp Russell A. Alger
Campaign of Second Manassas
Capital Defense
Carrolltown
Cartersville Baptist Church
Cavalry Engagement near Hunter's Mill
Centreville Methodist Church
Centreville, Virginia
Chain Bridge Road and Hunter Mill Road, Oakton, Virginia
Chantilly
Chesterbrook
Chestnut Grove Cemetery
Chestnut Grove Cemetery Association
Circa 1884
City of Fairfax Community Services and Recreation
City of Fairfax Veterans Amphitheater
Civil War Action at Vienna
Civil War at Frying Pan Spring Meeting House
Civil War Fortifications
Civil War Star Fort
Civil War Winter Quarters
Civilian Conservation Corps
Clara H. Barton
Clifton Baptist Church
Clifton Hotel
Clifton Presbyterian Church
Clifton Primitive Baptist Church
Clover Hill
Col. John Augustine Washington
Colchester
Colonel John Singleton Mosby
Colonial Fort
Colonial Revival Garden
Commerce and Transportation
Confederate Defenses
Convicts and Slaves
Copperthite Racetrack
Creatures in the Forest
Cross House
Crossing the Potomac at Rowser's Ford
Crossroads to War
Dairy
Dairy Barn Complex
David F. Strickler
David R. Pinn Community Center
Davis Buckley House
Defenses of Washington
Defenses of Washington
Delaying Tactics
Deputy Sheriff George A. Malcolm
Detwiler House
Development of a Progressive-Era Model Penal System
Devereux Station
Doeg Indians
Domestic Animals
Dr. William Gunnell House
Draper House
Dung Repository
Dunn Loring Station
Efe Quality House
Elden House
Electric Trains on the W&OD
Elwardstone
Espaliers and Cordons
Evolution of a Landscape Plantation, Prison, Park
Explore Historic Huntley
F-100 Super Sabre Society
F-86 Sabre Pilots Association
Facility 1433, Rail Bridge
Facility 2298, Rail Bridge
Fairfax
Fairfax County / Prince William County
Fairfax County Courthouse
Fairfax Court House
Fairfax Court House
Fairfax Family Cemetery
Fairfax Hay & Grain Store
Fairfax Herald & Print Shop
Fairfax House
Fairfax Monument
Fairfax Nike Missile Site
Fairfax Rosenwald School
Fairfax Station
Fairview Caught in History's Crossfire
Fallow Deer
Fence and Ditch
Ferdinando, and the End of the Fairfax Ownership
Ferenc Nagy
Ferndale
Fields of Fire
First Baptist Church of Vienna
First Battle of Manassas
First Battle of Manassas
First Confederate Officer Killed
First Court House of Fairfax County
Floods at Great Falls
Florence Jodzies
Ford Building
Forest
Forestville School
Forestville Volunteer Fire Department, est. May 5, 1942
Fort Belvoir
Fort Belvoir Military Railroad Historic Corridor
Fort Buffalo
Fort Hunt Park
Fort Lyon
Fort Marcy
Fort Marcy, Virginia
Fort Willard
Franconia
Freedom Hill Redoubt
Freeman House
Freeman Store and Museum
Fruit Garden and Nursery
Frying Pan Meeting House
Fulmer Brill House
Fulmer House
Gardener's House
Gardens and Kitchen at Belvoir
Gardiner C. Means and Caroline F. Ware
Gateway to the Nation's Capital
Gen. Corcoran
General Reno's Probe East of Ox Road
George Washington
George Washington, Farmer
George Washington's Distillery and Gristmill in 1799
George Washington's Fisheries
George Washington's Fisheries
George Washington's Forest
George Washington's Gristmill
George Washington's Landscape Design
George Washington's Mount Vernon
Gooding's Tavern
Great Falls Canal and Locks
Great Falls Nike Missile Site
Gum Springs
Gunston Hall
Ha-ha Walls
Harris House
Harrison House
Hawkins-Martz-Carroll House
Herndon Blacksmith Shops
Herndon Dairy Farming
Herndon Fire Department
Herndon Fortnightly Club
Herndon Seminary
Herndon Station
Herndon Theatre
Herndon Town Hall
Herndon Town Square
Herndon: A Summer Resort
Herndon's First Church
Herndon's Pine Street
Historic Blenheim
Historic Cemeteries
Historic Fairfax Elementary School
Historic Green Spring
Historic Jones Point
Historic White House Gates
Historical Site of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church
History of the Wharf
Hogshead
Home of George and Martha Washington / See Mount Vernon From The Water!
Huckbill
Hunter Mill Road
Hunter Station
Hunters Mill
Huntley
Huntley
Hybla Valley Airport
Ice House
Icehouse
Ilda
In Memory of Mack S. "Jack" Crippen, Jr.
In Memory of the Many Faithful Colored Servants of the Washington Family
In Support of American Defense
In this Church of St. Marys
Indian Attack
Ira Noel Gabrielson
Irma Clifton
Ivakota Farm
J.E.B. Stuart at Munsons Hill
James C. ("Jim") Martinelli
James Lee Elementary School
Jeju Dolhareubang
John J. Kingman Road Crossing
John Wesley Powell (1834-1902)
Johnson-Sabin Way
Joseph W. Jordan
Joshua Gunnell House
Julia Anna Gardner (1882-1960), Ph.D.
Kearny and Stevens Monuments
Kearny's Stump and the Monument Lot
Keenes Mill
Kidwell House
Kincheloe House
Kitchen
Kune Kune Pig
La Batalla de Ox Hill (Chantilly)
Lane's Mill and Newton's Mill Ruins
Langley Fork
Laura Ratcliffe
Laura Ratcliffe
Laurel Grove Colored School and Church
Lee Chapel Church
Lewis Chapel
Lewis Chapel / Cranford Memorial Methodist Church
Life at Belvoir
Lincoln Reviews Troops at Bailey's Cross Roads
Little Hunting Creek
Little River Turnpike
Lorton Nike Missile Site
Lorton Station
Lower (Kitchen) Garden
Luther P. Jackson High School
Major General Isaac Ingalls Stevens
Major General Philip Kearny
Manassas Gap Railroad
Manassas Gap Railroad
Manassas Gap Railroad Independent Line
Maryland (Antietam / Sharpsburg) Campaign
Masons Hill
Mather Gorge
Mathers House
Matildaville
Mayhugh Tavern
McAtee's Tavern
McDaniel House
McLean
McLean Volunteer Firehouse
Meat House
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Middleton Barn
Military Railroad Terminus
Minnie Minter Carter Saunders
Missing Views, Lost Stories
Mitchell-Weeks House
Moore House
Mosby
Mosby Attacks Annandale
Mosby's Raid
Mosby's Rock
Mosbys Herndon Station Raid
Mosbys Midnight Raid
Mosbys Rock
Mount Air
Mount Air Historic Site
Mount Eagle Mansion
Mount Gilead
Mount Gilead Historic Site
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church
Mount Vernon Estate
Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
Mount Vernon's Slave Memorial
Mystery Of The Centreville Six
Native Americans
Nature is Close at Hand at the Webb Sanctuary
Necessary
New Views, New Voices
Newgate Tavern
Newington
Newton Boundary Stone
Nickell's Hardware
Noman Monroe Cole, Jr.
Non Commissioned Officers Service Club
Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority
Nursery Beds
Oak Grove School
Occoquan Workhouse
Occoquan Workhouse
Odricks Corner
Old Baptismal Area
Old Dominion Stone Company Millstone
Old Fairfax High School
Old Fairfax Jail
Old Georgetown Pike Ancient Indian Trail
Old Road To The West
Old Stone Church
Old Telegraph Line
Old Telegraph Line
Old Town Hall
Old Town Hall
On June 17, 1861
On This Site
Ona Judge
Orange and Alexandria Railroad
Orange and Alexandria RR
Organizing Nature
Origin of the Purple Heart Trail
Original Federal Boundary Stone, District of Columbia, Northwest 2
Original Federal Boundary Stone, District of Columbia, Northwest 3
Original Mount Vernon High School
Ossabaw Island Hogs
Other Useful Resources
Ox Hill Battlefield Park & Interpretive Trail
P.O. Box 1142
Parapet and Gun Platforms
Park and Parkway
Patowmack Canal
Payne House
Payne House
Paynes Church
Peake Family Cemetery
Pender
People and the Land
People and the Potomac
Peter Wagener, III
Peterson's Ice Cream Depot
Peyton Anderson
Piedmont Airlines
Pin Oak
Pohick Church
Pohick Road Crossing
Pope-Leighey
Post Office
Potomac Connections
Potters Hill
Powel Coach
Pozer Garden
Preserving the Viewshed
Prices Ordinary
Prisoners at the Workhouse
Protecting America's Legacy
Punt
Quigg House
Railroad Motorcar
Ralston's Store
Randolph Wilson Bromery (1926-2013), Ph.D.
Ratcliffe Cemetery
Ratcliffe-Allison House (Earps)
Ravensworth
Red Devon Cattle
Red Gables
Reid-Ballard House
Reston
Retreat From Manassas
Revolutionary War Patriots and War of 1812 Veterans
Richard Bland Lee: Gentleman Farmer
Richard Ratcliffes Mount Vineyard Plantation
River Crossing at Conn's Ferry
River of Change
Robert E. Simon, Jr. / Reston, Virginia
Rose Hill
Rowser's Ford
Sacred Ibis
Saint Mark's Episcopal Church
Salisbury Plain
Salona
Salsbury Spring
Second and Third Oakton Schools (1874-1912)
Second Battle of Manassas
Seed Beds
Selecmans (Snyders) Ford
Sequel to Second Manassas
Sharpsburg / Antietam Campaign
Shiloh Baptist Church
Silas Burke House
Silverbrook United Methodist Church
Skirmish at St. Marys
Slave Cabin
Slave Cemetery
Slave Memorial
Slavery and Belvoir
Slavery at Mount Vernon
Slavery at Mount Vernon
Soay Sheep
Soil Improvements
Southard
Springfield Station
St. John's Episcopal Church
St. John's Episcopal Church
St. Marys Catholic Church
Stone Bridge
Strategic Junction
Sully Historic Site
Sully Plantation
Sundries Field
Sunrise to Sunset
Sunset Hills Station
Susan Riviere Hetzel
Sutphin House
Sydenstricker Schoolhouse
Telegraph Road
Terror by the Tracks
The 4-H Building
The Army Comes to Belvoir
The Attack and Death of General Stevens
The Battle of Ox Hill
The Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of "Chantilly" (Ox Hill) Then & Now
The Beehive Brick Kiln
The Beginning of Oakton Schools (1848-1873)
The Bell of Peace and Harmony
The Big Fire
The Birth of a River
The Cabin
The Cannon
The Centreville Confederate Military Railroad
The Civilian Conservation Corps
The Cross Farmhouse
The Death of General Kearny
The Distinguished Flying Cross Society
The Fairfax Family
The Fairfax Herald
The Fletcher House
The Flying Tigers
The Fruit Garden
The Great Falls Line
The Guinea Road Cemetery Reinterment
The Herndon Parkway
The Herndon School
The Herris Stone
The Huldah Coffer House
The Influence of the Fairfax Family
The Korean Bell Garden at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens
The Last Defense
The Laughlin Building
The Legato School
The Means-Ware Farm
The Moffett Family Blacksmith Shop
The Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
The Mount Vernon Wharf
The Neighborhood
The Old Vault
The Orange And Alexandria Railroad Trestle
The Origins of Lake Accotink
The Patowmack Canal
The Patowmack Canal
The People of Woodlawn
The Pines
The Potomac Watershed
The Purpose of the Korean Bell Garden
The Rail Strike of 1916
The Robert E. Simon, Jr. Plaza
The Rose Hill Raid
The Sauls House
The Silas Burke House
The Smokehouse / Curing and Smoking Meat
The Springhouse
The Spy with the Glass Eye
The Staff Sergeant John D. Linde Visitor Center
The Stone Bridge
The Story of Arrowhead Farm
The Sully Farms
The Thirteen Adjacent Elms
The Tuskegee Airmen
The Walney Dairy
The Washington-Rochambeau Route to Victory
The Washingtons at Pohick Church
The West Family of Alexandria
The Woodlawn Historic District
The Wounded Left Behind
The Yellow House
These Trees
This Is Upton Hill!
This is W&OD Trail: Herndon!
To Commemorate the 250th Anniversary
Tomb of Washington
Tracks into History
Tracks into History
Tracks Into History
Train Wrecks
Treasury Building Column Sections
Type C31 (Cupola) Caboose
U.S. Army Map Service
Unfolding Views, Hidden Stories
Union Mills Historic Site
Union Retreat
Upper Garden
US Route 1 Wall of Aviation
Vale School / Vale Community House
Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorial
Veteran's Memorial
Victorian Square Addition
Vienna Centennial Park
Vienna Station
Vietnam Memorial
Vision, Initiative, and Dedication
Visionary Farmer
Wagener
Walking in the Footsteps of History
Walney House
Walney Outbuildings
Walney Outbuildings
Walney Outbuildings
Waples Mill
War at our Doorstep
War Dogs
War in the Chesapeake
Warehouse District
Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park
Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park
Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park
Washington-Rochambeau Route
Washington's Canal
Washington's Trees
Washington's Vehicles
Wasteland or Wetland?
Water Storage Tank 188
We will never forget.
Weaver House
Welcome to Fairfax Station
Welcome to George Washington's Distillery & Gristmill at Mount Vernon
Welcome to Mount Vernon
What is Foamhenge at Cox Farms?
What Lies Beneath
Where the Battle was Fought
White Faced Capuchin
Whiteheads Mercantile & Post Office
Who Fought Here: The Generals
Who Was Claude Moore?
William Brown, M.D.
William Fairfax and His Son, George William Fairfax
William Watters
William Whann Mackall
Windmill
Wine House
Wm. E. Beckwith House
Wolf Run Shoals
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
Women Suffrage Prisoners at Occoquan Workhouse
Wood Shed
Wood That Looks Like Stone
Woodlawn
Woodlawn
Woodlawn
Woodlawn Cultural Landscape Historic District
Woodlawn Historic Landscapes
Woodlawn Methodist Church
Woodlawn Quaker Meetinghouse
Woodyard House
World War II Memorial
World War II POW Camp Site
Wounds Suffered at Ox Hill (Chantilly)
WW II: A Battle Fought at Home and Abroad
"October Glory" Red Maple
"The Texas Gate"
Thermo-Con House
Pink House
Resources within Themselves
About Fairfax County
Fairfax County Timeline
Fairfax County, located in the northern part of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has a rich and diverse history dating back to the 17th century. First settled by English colonists in the early 1600s, the area was home to Native American tribes such as the Doeg and Tauxenent. In 1742, Fairfax County was officially established and named after Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, who was the proprietor of the Northern Neck of Virginia.
During the American Revolution, Fairfax County played a significant role as it was strategically positioned between the new nation's capital, Philadelphia, and the southern colonies. George Washington, a resident of Mount Vernon in Fairfax County, played a vital role in the Revolution and would later become the nation's first president. The county also saw some military action, including the Battle of Brandywine, which occurred nearby in Pennsylvania.
In the 19th century, Fairfax County experienced growth and transformation. The construction of the Alexandria Canal in the early 1800s facilitated trade and transportation in the region. The arrival of the railroad in the 1850s brought further economic development and prompted the growth of towns and industries. However, like many areas in the country, it was deeply affected by the Civil War. Several significant battles, including the First and Second Battles of Manassas (Bull Run), were fought in the county, leaving a lasting impact.
In the 20th century, Fairfax County experienced rapid growth as a result of its proximity to Washington, D.C. The establishment of the Pentagon and other defense-related installations during World War II led to an influx of federal government workers and the expansion of business and industry. The county's population boomed, and it became a center for technology and innovation. Today, Fairfax County is a thriving suburban community, known for its vibrant economy, excellent schools, and diverse population.
During the American Revolution, Fairfax County played a significant role as it was strategically positioned between the new nation's capital, Philadelphia, and the southern colonies. George Washington, a resident of Mount Vernon in Fairfax County, played a vital role in the Revolution and would later become the nation's first president. The county also saw some military action, including the Battle of Brandywine, which occurred nearby in Pennsylvania.
In the 19th century, Fairfax County experienced growth and transformation. The construction of the Alexandria Canal in the early 1800s facilitated trade and transportation in the region. The arrival of the railroad in the 1850s brought further economic development and prompted the growth of towns and industries. However, like many areas in the country, it was deeply affected by the Civil War. Several significant battles, including the First and Second Battles of Manassas (Bull Run), were fought in the county, leaving a lasting impact.
In the 20th century, Fairfax County experienced rapid growth as a result of its proximity to Washington, D.C. The establishment of the Pentagon and other defense-related installations during World War II led to an influx of federal government workers and the expansion of business and industry. The county's population boomed, and it became a center for technology and innovation. Today, Fairfax County is a thriving suburban community, known for its vibrant economy, excellent schools, and diverse population.
Fairfax County Timeline
This timeline provides a glimpse into the major events and milestones that have shaped the history of Fairfax County, Virginia.
- 1634 - Fairfax County was founded as part of the Northern Neck Proprietary
- 1742 - Fairfax County was officially established by the Virginia colonial government
- 1757 - The county courthouse was completed in present-day Fairfax
- 1774 - Fairfax County became a hub of revolutionary activity
- 1789 - George Washington's Mount Vernon estate became part of Fairfax County
- 1861-1865 - Fairfax County was occupied by Union forces during the Civil War
- 1959 - The Fairfax County Parkway was completed, improving transportation in the area
- 1961 - The Tysons Corner Center, now one of the largest shopping malls in the United States, opened
- 1980 - The Washington Metro's Orange Line opened, connecting Fairfax County to Washington, D.C.
- 2010 - Fairfax County celebrated its 275th anniversary