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3 unusual facts about Prince William County


John Tyler Linton

Linton's Ford was part of the land owned by a family of English "Cavaliers" (followers of King Charles I of England) who came to Virginia from Scotland just after the English Civil War and settled in Prince William County, Virginia.

Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland

Intermittently, between 1682 and 1688, he served as Secretary of State for the Southern Department, Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire, and Lord President of the Council; in 1687, he signed the King's grant of religious freedom for the Brenttown (Brenton) tract in Prince William County, Virginia, to encourage settlement of French Protestants.

The Stone House, Manassas National Battlefield Park

The Stone House, Manassas National Battlefield Park, is a two-story, stone structure in Prince William County, Virginia.


Quantico National Cemetery

Quantico National Cemetery is located on land that was part of the U.S. Marine Corps training base adjacent to Quantico in Prince William 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.

Kathleen Seefeldt

In Prince William County, once the Democrats' bastion in Northern Virginia, the County Sheriff, Commonwealth's Attorney, and two members of the Board of Supervisors were the only Democrats left in County Government.

PRTC

Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission, a public bus service in Prince William County, Virginia

Quantico

Quantico, Virginia, a town in Prince William County located in Washington Metropolitan Area

Quantico Creek, a tidal tributary of the Potomac River located in eastern Prince William County, Virginia