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061. GNIS feature ID. 1493393. Paris is a small unincorporated village in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States, near the borders of Loudoun and Clarke Counties. Located in Virginia's hunt country, it was established in a strategic spot at the eastern base of Ashby Gap along U.S. Route 17 and U.S. Route 50.
Paris Historic District is a national historic district located at Paris, Fauquier County, Virginia.It encompasses 53 contributing resources in the rural village of Paris. The district includes primarily residences, although the district also includes some commercial buildings, churches, a former school, and a cemete
Designated VLR. March 17, 2004 [2] Crooked Run Valley Rural Historic District is a national historic district located near Paris, Fauquier County, Virginia. The district encompasses 386 contributing buildings, 27 contributing sites, and 21 contributing structures. It includes the separately listed Delaplane Historic District and Paris Historic ...
There are 70 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 1 National Historic Landmark. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted September 5, 2024.[2] Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap.
Sky Meadows State Park is a 1,862-acre (754 ha) park in the Virginia state park system. In addition to preserved woodland, meadow and swamp, sections of the park are farmed, in part because it contains the former Mt. Bleak-Skye Farm which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. [1] Located in extreme northwest Fauquier ...
Ashby Gap, more commonly known as Ashby's Gap is a wind gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains on the border of Clarke County, Loudoun County and Fauquier County in Virginia. The gap is traversed by U.S. Route 50. The Appalachian trail also passes across the gap.
Congressional district. 10th. Website. www.fauquiercounty.gov. Fauquier County / fɔːˈkɪər / is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 72,972. [1] The county seat is Warrenton. [2] Fauquier County is in Northern Virginia and is a part of the Washington metropolitan area.
Richard Pearis was born in Ireland in 1725, the son of George and Sarah Pearis, who were Presbyterians of considerable affluence. [ 1] The family immigrated to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia when Richard was ten, and by 1750, Richard owned 1,200 acres (4.9 km 2) of land near Winchester, where he lived with his wife Rhoda and three children. [ 2]