Prince William County, Virginia and Related Topics

Fairfax County, Virginia

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County in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

Piney Branch Mill, southeast of Fairfax city, Historic American Buildings Survey

Map of battles on Bull Run, near Manassas, on the line of Fairfax & Prince William Counties, in Virginia, fought between the forces of the Confederate States and of the United States of America: Generals Beauregard and Johnston commanding the Confederate and General McDowell the United States forces, on July 21, 1861, from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Children play frisbee baseball at one of Fairfax County's elementary schools

Fairfax County is, along with Washington, a "core" employment jurisdiction of the Washington Metropolitan Area as indicated by this map. A U.S. Department of Labor study published in 2007 described Fairfax County as the second "economic pillar" of the Washington-area economy, along with the District of Columbia. The county has been described in Time as "one of the great economic success stories of our time."

Falls Church Airpark, circa 1950. The road at the top of the photo is U.S. Route 50 (Arlington Blvd).

Map of Fairfax County showing incorporated towns and CDPs

Fairfax County was formed in 1742 from the northern part of Prince William County.

Northern Virginia

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Northern Virginia, locally referred to as NOVA or NoVA, comprises several counties and independent cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

A map of the former Baltimore-Washington-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV Combined Statistical Area

Map of the Northern Neck Proprietary land grant c. 1737

Mount Vernon, the plantation home of George Washington

Arlington House, a mansion commissioned by a step-grandson of George Washington, last used as a residence by Robert E. Lee

The Pentagon, headquarters of the Department of Defense

Reston, an internationally known planned community, seen from the Dulles Toll Road

Arlington is home to some of the tallest high rises in the Washington metropolitan area.

The Crystal City area was selected as the final location in Amazon's highly publicized Amazon HQ2 real estate search. The regional headquarters complex will include up to 6000000 sqft, rivaling the nearby Pentagon.

The region is home to three of the four largest U.S. intelligence agencies by budget.

Capital One Tower in Tysons, the tallest building in the Washington metro area and centerpiece of the 5000000 sqft headquarters campus for Capital One.

The National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center

Alexandria, Virginia, George Washington's adopted hometown.

Virginia's congressional districts as of 2003.

Counties and cities in blue voted for Kaine while counties and cities in red supported Kilgore.

Counties and cities in red voted for McDonnell while counties and cities in blue supported Deeds. The counties of Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William (located in the northeastern part of the state), which, even though they have been trending Democratic in Presidential, U.S. Senatorial, U.S. House, and gubernatorial elections recently, voted for McDonnell (R). However Democrat Dave Marsden would win in a 2010 special state senate election to the seat previously held by former state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R).

The Pentagon City and Tysons Galleria (pictured) malls are both attached to their own Ritz-Carlton hotels.

The Metro station at Washington National Airport

George Mason University, the largest university in the state by student population.

Most narrowly defined, Northern Virginia consists of the counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, and Stafford as well as the independent cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas, Manassas Park and Fredericksburg,

Manassas, Virginia

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Independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States.

50, the, arriving in, which is shared with and hosts the city's visitors center

The city borders Prince William County, and the independent city of Manassas Park, Virginia.

Virginia

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State in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

The story of Pocahontas was romanticized by later artists, in part because of her association with the First Families of Virginia.

Williamsburg was Virginia's capital from 1699 to 1780.

1851 painting of Patrick Henry's speech before the House of Burgesses on the Virginia Resolves against the Stamp Act of 1765

Richmond was the capital of the Confederacy from 1861 to 1865, when it was partially burned by them prior to its recapture by Union forces.

Many World War I-era warships were built in Newport News, including the USS Virginia.

Protests in 2020 were focused on the Confederate monuments in the state.

Virginia is shaped by the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed, and the parallel 36°30′ north.

Great Falls is on the fall line of the Potomac River, and its rocks date to the late Precambrian.

Oak trees in particular produce a haze of isoprene, which helps gives the Blue Ridge Mountains their signature color.

White-tailed deer are also known as Virginia deer, and up to seven thousand live in Shenandoah National Park.

Population density of Virginia counties and cities in 2020

New citizens attend a naturalization ceremony in Northern Virginia, where 25% of residents are foreign-born, almost twice the overall state average

Since 1927, Arlington National Cemetery has hosted an annual nondenominational sunrise service every Easter.

Virginia counties and cities by median household income (2010)

The Department of Defense is headquartered in Arlington at the Pentagon, the world's largest office building.

Ocean tourism is an important sector of Virginia Beach's economy.

Rockingham County accounts for twenty percent of Virginia's agricultural sales.

Colonial Virginian culture, language, and style are reenacted in Williamsburg.

Americana Roots Folk Rock band The Steel Wheels play at the Jefferson Theater in Charlottesville

The annual Pony Penning features more than two hundred wild ponies swimming across the Assateague Channel into Chincoteague.

USA Today, the nation's most circulated newspaper, has its headquarters in McLean.

Virginia's public schools serve over a million students at over 2,200 schools.

The University of Virginia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, guarantees full tuition scholarships to all in-state students from families earning up to $80,000.

Patients are screened for COVID-19 outside Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, the Navy's oldest continuously operating hospital.

The Silver Line extension of the Washington Metro system opened in Tysons Corner in 2014.

The Virginia State Capitol, designed by Thomas Jefferson and Charles-Louis Clérisseau, is home to the Virginia General Assembly.

Unlike the federal system, justices of the Virginia Supreme Court have term limits and a mandatory retirement age, and select their own Chief Justice.

Mirroring Virginia's political transition, the annual Shad Planking event in Wakefield has evolved from a vestige of the Byrd era into a regular stop for many state campaigns.

Republicans gained seven seats (red) in the 2021 General Assembly elections.

Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, Virginia's two U.S. Senators, are both former governors.

The annual Monument Avenue 10K in Richmond has become one of the ten largest timed races in the U.S.

Mike Scott and Joe Harris of the Virginia Cavaliers battle Cadarian Raines of the Virginia Tech Hokies for a rebound at Cassell Coliseum

The state slogan, "Virginia is for Lovers", has been used since 1969 and is featured on the state's welcome signs.

Neighboring Prince William County is Virginia's second most populous county, with a population exceeding 450,000, and is home to Marine Corps Base Quantico, the FBI Academy and Manassas National Battlefield Park.

Woodbridge, Virginia

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Damage to the Route 1 Bridge over the Occoquan during hurricane Agnes.

Remains of the Route 1 Bridge following Hurricane Agnes

Woodbridge is a census-designated place (CDP) in Prince William County, Virginia, United States, located 20 mi south of Washington, D.C. Bounded by the Occoquan and Potomac rivers, Woodbridge Magisterial District had 44,668 residents at the 2020 census.

Virginia Railway Express

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Commuter rail service that connects outlying small cities of Northern Virginia to Union Station in Washington, D.C. It operates two lines which run during weekday rush hour only: the Fredericksburg Line from Fredericksburg, Virginia, and the Manassas Line from Broad Run station in Bristow, Virginia.

VRE RP39-2C locomotive with train outside of Fredericksburg

By 1986, it became apparent that Prince William and Stafford counties and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park could not reach agreement on how to support VRE by joining NVTC, so the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission was created for them.

Washington metropolitan area

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Metropolitan area centered on Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States.

Map highlighting labor patterns of regional counties

View of downtown Washington, with the skylines of Arlington and Tysons Corner in the distance.

The average household income within a 5 mi radius of Tysons Corner Center is $174,809.

Rosslyn is home to the tallest high-rises in the region, partly due to the District's height restrictions. As a result, many of the region's tallest buildings are outside the city proper.

Capital One Tower in Tysons, the tallest building in the region and centerpiece of the 5000000 sqft headquarter campus for Capital One.

The Metro Center station on the Washington Metro

PRTC – Prince William County, Manassas and Manassas Park

Haymarket, Virginia

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Built in 1883 in Greek Revival and Victorian style to serve as both a schoolhouse and town hall, in 2001 it was adapted as the Haymarket Museum.

Haymarket is a town in Prince William County, Virginia, United States.

Fredericksburg, Virginia

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Independent city located in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

Fredericksburg, Virginia, March 1863. View from across the Rappahannock River. To the right is the steeple of Fredericksburg Baptist Church, and toward the center is the tower of St. George's Church. To the left of center are two mill buildings of the manufacturing district.

The RF&P Subdivision rail bridge over the Rappahannock River in 2017

St. George's Episcopal Church in downtown Fredericksburg was established in 1720.

Monroe Hall, built in 1911, at the University of Mary Washington.

View south along I-95 and US 17 in Fredericksburg

The Fredericksburg train station, formerly of the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad

Wounded soldiers being tended at Marye's House in Fredericksburg in May 1864

American Civil War: Union Army soldiers of 6th Corps, Army of the Potomac, in trenches before storming Marye's Heights at the Second Battle of Fredericksburg during the Chancellorsville campaign, Virginia, May 1863 (#B-157).

James Monroe Museum in downtown Fredericksburg

Many Fredericksburg-area residents commute to work by car, bus, and rail to Washington D.C. and Richmond, as well as Fairfax, Prince William, and Arlington counties.

Stafford County, Virginia