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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]
Fauquier County, Virginia, geography stubs (1 C, 31 P) Pages in category "Fauquier County, Virginia" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
The Six Nations ceded the entire region including modern Fauquier to Virginia Colony at the Treaty of Albany, in 1722. Fauquier County was established on May 1, 1759, from Prince William County. It is named for Francis Fauquier, [5] Lieutenant Governor of Virginia at the time, who won the land in a poker game, according to legend.
John Marshall's Leeds plantation house.. The historic district encompasses 395 contributing buildings, 45 contributing sites, and 24 contributing structures. The district is characterized as a cohesive locality that is characterized by large expanses of open agricultural land, historic roadways, and rolling foothill terrain.
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce was founded at a meeting of delegates on April 22, 1912. [13] An important catalyst for the creation of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce were two prior business engagements between the U.S. and Japan. In 1908, Eiichi Shibusawa invited the first official, modern day U.S. business delegation to visit Japan.
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