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Fauquier County / f ɔː ˈ k ɪər / is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census , the population was 72,972. [ 1 ] The county seat is Warrenton .
Warrenton is a town in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States. [8] It is the county seat.The population was 10,057 as of the 2020 census, [9] [10] an increase from 9,611 at the 2010 census [11] and 6,670 at the 2000 census. [6]
Eastern State Hospital traces its foundation to a speech by Francis Fauquier, Royal Governor of the colony of Virginia, on November 6, 1766.At the House of Burgesses' first meeting since the Stamp Act and Virginia Resolves, Fauquier primarily discussed the relationship between the Mother Country and these colonists, and expressed optimism for their future.
Warrenton Training Center was established on June 1, 1951, as part of a "Federal Relocation Arc" of hardened underground bunkers built to support continuity of government in the event of a nuclear attack on Washington, D.C. [1] [2] The center was ostensibly designated a Department of Defense Communication Training Activity and served as a communications training school. [1]
Bealeton is located in southwestern Fauquier County. U.S. Route 17 leads north 10 miles (16 km) to Warrenton, the county seat, and southeast 27 miles (43 km) to Fredericksburg. VA 28 leads northeast 20 miles (32 km) to Manassas and southwest 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to U.S. Routes 29 and 15, which lead an additional 13 miles (21 km) to Culpeper.
Warrenton, the Fauquier County seat, is 11 miles (18 km) to the north. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.1 square miles (10.5 km 2), of which 0.01 square miles (0.02 km 2), or 0.20%, is water. [1] The Warrenton–Fauquier Airport is situated in Midland. Ross Industries is a company that has its headquarters in ...
Notable buildings include the old Fauquier County courthouse (1890), Fauquier County Administration Building (1928), the former Fauquier County Public Library (1923), Fauquier National Bank (1925), "Paradise" (1758), the Thomas L. Moore House (1816), the James Caldwell House (1831), the John Quincy Marr House (1830), the Marshall Building (c ...