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4 unusual facts about Fairfax County


Fort Marcy

Fort Marcy Park, an earthwork fort completed in 1862 as a companion to Fort Ethan Allen, located in Fairfax County, Virginia and currently a public park

JV's Restaurant

J V's Restaurant is a Falls Church and Fairfax County, Virginia institution that evolved from a strip mall eatery, founded in October 1947, into one of the Washington, D.C. region's premiere locations for live music, without losing its rustic atmosphere.

Marc R. Alexander

He completed his secondary education in 1976 at Mount Vernon High School in Alexandria, Virginia.

Nicholas F. Benton

Nicholas F. Benton is the founder, owner, and editor of the Falls Church News-Press, a weekly merchandiser distributed in Falls Church, Virginia, and in parts of Fairfax County, Arlington County, and Washington D.C.


Archibald Henderson

Born in Colchester, Fairfax County, Virginia to successful merchant Alexander Henderson, Archibald Henderson was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps on 4 June 1806 and served aboard USS Constitution during his famous victories in the War of 1812.

Bob Brower

Brower attended James Madison High School in Vienna, Virginia and graduated in 1978.

Charles Cutts

Cutts moved to Fairfax County, Virginia and settled near Lewinsville, where he died in 1846; interment was in a nearby private cemetery.

Chuck Caputo

He represented the 67th district, made up of parts of Fairfax and Loudoun Counties.

County seat

In Virginia, a county seat may be an independent city surrounded by, but not part of, the county of which it is the administrative center; for example, Fairfax City is both the county seat of Fairfax County and is completely surrounded by Fairfax County, but the city is politically independent of the county.

Don Warren

After retiring from football, he spent several years as baseball and football coach at Centreville High School in Centreville, Virginia where his three boys went.

Edelman Financial Field

The stadium is named after Ric Edelman’s Fairfax-based Edelman Financial Services which bought the naming rights to the site and will also hold an office at One Loudoun.

Gerald L. Gordon

Gerald L. Gordon, Ph.D., is the president and chief executive officer of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA) in Fairfax County, Virginia, a position he has held since late 1983.

Herndon ArtSpace

Devoted to the development of visual arts and media, the Artspace has been supporting the developments of arts within the Herndon community and Fairfax County, Virginia.

International Children's Festival at Wolf Trap

The International Children's Festival is sponsored by the Arts Council of Fairfax County in cooperation with the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts and the National Park Service.

Kathleen Seefeldt

Seefeldt expressed concerns over the environmental and traffic impact of the proposed development, but supported the mall as a strong economic development tool, one that might compete with the large, popular, and profitable Tysons Corner Center in neighboring Fairfax County.

Mike Glennon

Glennon attended Westfield High School in Fairfax County, Virginia, and played for the Westfield Bulldogs high school football and basketball teams.

Northern Virginia Scholastic Hockey League

George Mason/Edison Mustangs/Eagles

Ormond Stone Middle School

Stone feeds into Westfield High School in Chantilly, Virginia, but students can opt to go to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology via successful application or Centreville High School for Spanish immersion programs.

Phil Hubbard

Hubbard's daughter, Whitney, is a graduate of Hampton University and played high school volleyball also for Westfield High School.

Virginia HOT lanes

At the left is the I-495 interchange with Route 123 and the elevated ramp access to the HOT lanes from Route 123 (Tysons Corner), in Fairfax County, Virginia.

Virginia State Route 123

SR 123 is a partial circumferential highway in Northern Virginia that connects Woodbridge in eastern Prince William County with the independent city of Fairfax and the Fairfax County communities of Vienna, Tysons Corner, and McLean, the last the home of the National Counterterrorism Center and the Central Intelligence Agency.


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Belmont Bay

The bay adjoins the Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge and Mason Neck State Park on the Fairfax County side and the Occoquan River National Wildlife Refuge in Prince William County.

FFX

Fairfax Connector, a public bus service in Fairfax County, Virginia

Janet Oleszek

Janet Oleszek is a former at-large member of the Fairfax County school board in Virginia.

Virginia Senate, District 36

The 36th District comprises parts of the neighborhoods of Groveton, Hayfield, Hybla Valley, Lorton and Newington in Fairfax County.

Virginia State Route 28

Route 28/Centreville Road enters Fairfax County at Centreville, at which point it transitions from an undivided to a divided highway.