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George Mason University has four campuses in the United States, each of which is located in Virginia. [46] Three are in the Northern Virginia suburbs of the Washington metropolitan area, and one is in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains. [46] The university also has one campus in South Korea, in the Songdo International Business District of Incheon.
The Northern Neck National Heritage Area was established in the National Heritage Area Act in 2022. [31] The National Heritage Area will help preserve historic and ...
George Mason is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.The population at the 2020 census was 11,162. [1] It consists of George Mason University and some adjacent neighborhoods to the south and southwest of the city of Fairfax, and is named for American Founding Father George Mason.
Gunston Cove is an inlet of the Potomac River, at the confluence of Accotink Creek and Pohick Creek in Northern Virginia.The Cove forms the northern boundary of Mason Neck, once home to the revolutionary hero George Mason and now site of several regional parks and the Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge.
George Mason University: Fairfax: Public Research university: SACS: 1957 39,049 George Washington University: Multiple [10] Private (not for profit) Research university: MSCHE: 1821 25,939 Germanna Community College: Locust Grove: Public (Virginia Community College System) Junior college: SACS: 1970 7,688 Hampden-Sydney College: Hampden Sydney ...
A map from 1736 map of the Northern Neck Proprietary. The Northern Neck Proprietary – also called the Northern Neck land grant, Fairfax Proprietary, or Fairfax Grant – was a land grant first contrived by the exiled English King Charles II in 1649 and encompassing all the lands bounded by the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers in colonial Virginia.
Fairfax County was formed in 1742 from the northern part of Prince William County, and was named after Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, proprietor of the Northern Neck. [6] [7] The Fairfax family name is derived from the Old English phrase for "blond hair", Fæger-feax. The county's initial settlements were along the Potomac River.
The Northern Neck George Washington Birthplace AVA is an American Viticultural Area in eastern portion of the state of Virginia. Wines made from grapes grown in Westmoreland, King George, Northumberland, Lancaster, and Richmond counties may use this appellation.