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Fairfax city, Virginia

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1historic places

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1961formed

24,146pop. 2020

4cemeteries

8CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 1 listed property in the county, first listed in 1977. Most listings are in or near Fairfax.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Virginia is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Fairfax city titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

0 of 1 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

1 listed property

Property	City	Type	Listed
Hope Park Mill and Miller's House	Fairfax	Building	1977

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Fairfax (Ic) was formed in 1961 (1961-07-01) from unknown / original county.

Fairfax made an independent city from FAIRFAX.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Fairfax city population from 1970 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1970	1980	2000	2020
21,970	19,390	21,498	24,146

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts	Park unit	9.8 km
Great Falls Park	Park unit	16.0 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

4 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 4 of 4 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Fairfax Cemetery	38.84719	-77.31314
Fairfax County Cemetery	38.86223	-77.32332
Jermantown Cemetery	38.85391	-77.32809
Ratcliffe Family Cemetery	38.85037	-77.31312

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

Battlefield	Study acres	Dist.	Site ID
Chantilly	562	6.3 km	VA027
Blackburn'S Ford	1,115	14.6 km	VA004
Manassas Station Ops.	1,940	15.5 km	VA024
Dranesville	1,264	16.2 km	VA007
Manassas I	9,225	18.5 km	VA005
Manassas Ii	6,933	21.1 km	VA026
Bristoe Station	5,578	26.7 km	VA040
Buckland Mills	2,196	34.3 km	VA042

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

HMdb link

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