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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Alexandria, Virginia, USA. 18th and 19th centuries ... 1754 – Fairfax County Courthouse built. [2]
Fairfax County, officially the County of Fairfax, is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia.With a population of 1,150,309 as of the 2020 census, [1] it is the most populous county in Virginia, the most populous jurisdiction in the Washington metropolitan area, and the most populous location in the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area.
The history of Alexandria, Virginia, begins with the first European settlement in 1695.Over the next century, the town became a significant port. In 1801, much of Alexandria was swept into the new District of Columbia; it was damaged along with much of the rest of the capital during the War of 1812.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
Fairfax, Virginia (/ ˈ f ɛər f æ k s / FAIR-faks), [a] is an independent city in Virginia and the county seat of Fairfax County, Virginia, in the United States. [4] As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,146. [5] Fairfax is part of both the Washington metropolitan area and Northern Virginia regions.
Fairfax County built its first courthouse in 1742 at a site called "Spring Field", which is near present-day Tysons Corner. By the middle of the eighteenth century, the city of Alexandria , Virginia, had established itself as one of the major ports of the region for coastal and oceangoing ships, and in the year 1752, the courthouse for the ...
1914 - The Franklin Sherman School, Fairfax County's first consolidated public school, opens in McLean with 29 students. 1916 - Meetings held to establish the McLean Volunteer Fire Department. [12] 1919 - Merrywood estate built in McLean. [16] 1921 - Sharon Masonic Temple built in McLean. [12] 1923 - McLean Baptist Church opens in McLean. [12]
Two are in the City of Falls Church today: the West Cornerstone on Meridian Street, marking what is now the intersection of the boundaries of the City of Falls Church, Arlington County, and Fairfax County; and the Southwest 9 stone on Van Buren Street. In about 1800, Fairfax County built a new court house.