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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 .
A new federal district courthouse opened in 2008, but the Powell Courthouse still houses the Fourth Circuit. The United States Congress renamed the building for Supreme Court justice Lewis F. Powell Jr., in 1993. [4] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as U.S. Post Office and Customhouse. [1]
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.
Virginia – Virginia Circuit Court – court of record that has appellate jurisdiction over a county's general district court and juvenile and domestic relations court and original jurisdiction over major civil cases and all the county's felony cases. A circuit court has the power to issue death sentences and impanel grand juries.
The Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals is elected by a vote of the eleven Court of Appeals judges for a term of four years. The state has 120 Circuit Courts divided among 31 judicial circuits. The clerk of the Circuit Court is a constitutional officer and chief administrator of the Circuit Court.
The Supreme Court building in Richmond. The judiciary of Virginia is defined under the Constitution and law of Virginia and is composed of the Supreme Court of Virginia and subordinate courts, including the Court of Appeals, the Circuit Courts, and the General District Courts. Its administration is headed by the chief justice of the Supreme ...
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] The estimated population in July 2021 was 10,109. [9]
All counties, with the exception of Arlington County, are further subdivided into magisterial districts. [1] Magisterial districts are defined by the United States Census Bureau as a minor civil division that is a nonfunctioning subdivision used in conducting elections or recording land ownership, and are not governments. [ 1 ]