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Fairfax County, Virginia

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65historic places

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1742formed

1,150,309pop. 2020

110cemeteries

6CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 65 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 4 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Alexandria, Great Falls, Fairfax (Independent City).

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 titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

22 of 65 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

65 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
"A" Fort and Battery Hill Redoubt-Camp Early	Manassas Park	Site	1998
29 Diner	Fairfax (Independent City)	Building	1992
Belvoir Mansion Ruins and the Fairfax Grave	Fort Belvoir	Site	1973
Blenheim	Fairfax (Independent City)	Building	2001
Bloomfield	Herndon	Building	2013
Bois Doré	McLean	Building	2020
Bowman, A. Smith, Distillery	Reston	Building	1999
City of Fairfax Historic District (Additional Documentation)	Fairfax (Independent City)	District	1987
Clifton Historic District	Clifton	District	1985
Colvin Run Mill	Great Falls	Building	1977
Cornwell Farm	Great Falls	Building	1977
D.C. Workhouse and Reformatory Historic District	Lorton	District	2006
Dranesville Tavern	Dranesville	Building	1972
Drover’s Rest	McLean	Building	2023
Fairfax Arms	Colchester	Building	1979
Fairfax County Courthouse	Fairfax (Independent City)	Building	1974
Fairfax County Courthouse and Jail (Boundary Increase)	Fairfax (Independent City)	Building	1981
Fairfax Public School	Fairfax (Independent City)	Building	1992
Floris Historic District	Herndon	District	2010
Fort Hunt	Alexandria	District	1980
Four Stairs	Great Falls	Building	2004
Freeman Store	Vienna	Building	2012
Frying Pan Meetinghouse	Floris	Building	1991
Great Falls Grange Hall and Forestville School	Great Falls	Building	2004
Great Falls Park Historic District	Great Falls	District	2014
Green Spring	Alexandria	District	2003
Gunnell, John, House	Great Falls	Building	2006
Gunnell, William, House	Great Falls	Building	2003
Gunston Hall NHL	Mason Neck	Building	1966
Herndon Depot	Herndon	Building	1979
Herndon Historic District	Herndon	District	1991
Hollin Hills Historic District	Alexandria	District	2013
Holmes Run Acres Historic District	Falls Church	District	2007
Huntley	Alexandria	Building	1972
Lake Anne Village Center Historic District	Reston	District	2017
Langley Fork Historic District	Langley	District	1982
Lexington	Lorton	Site	2013
Manassas Battlefield Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Manassas	District	2006
Merrybrook	Herndon	Building	2007
Mount Vernon NHL	Alexandria	Building	1966
Mount Vernon Enterprise Lodge #3488-Pride of Fairfax County Lodge #298	Alexandria	Building	2022
Mount Vernon High School	Alexandria	Building	2018
Northwest No. 3 Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia	Arlington	Object	1991
Oak Hill	Annandale	Building	2004
Oakton Trolley Station	Oakton	Building	1995
Pohick Church	Lorton	Building	1969
Pope-Leighey House	Accotink	Building	1970
Potomac Canal Historic District NHL	Great Falls	District	1979
Ratcliffe-Logan-Allison House	Fairfax (Independent City)	Building	1973
Salona	McLean	Building	1973
Silverbook Methodist Church	Lorton	Building	2004
Spring Hill Farm	McLean	Building	2002
St. Mary's Church	Fairfax Station	Building	1976
Sully	Chantilly	Building	1970
Sydenstricker School	Springfield	Building	2012
Taft Archeological Site #029-5411	Lorton	Site	2004
Tauxemont Historic District	Alexandria	District	2006
Tower House	Alexandria	Building	2006
U. S. Geological Survey National Center	Reston	Building	2020
Vale School-Community House	Oakton	Building	2011
Washington's, George, Distillery and Gristmill	Lorton	Building	2003
William H. Randall Estates	Alexandria	District	2026
Woodlawn Plantation NHL	Alexandria	Building	1970
Woodlawn Plantation (Boundary Increase)	Alexandria	Site	2011
Woodlawn Quaker Meetinghouse	Fort Belvoir	Building	2009

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Fairfax was formed in 1742 (1742-12-01) from Prince William.

FAIRFAX created from PRINCE WILLIAM.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Fairfax County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1790	1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
12,320	13,317	11,404	9,370	11,834	16,025	18,580	21,943	40,929	98,557	275,002	596,901	969,749	1,150,309

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	12.0 km

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

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

110 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 110 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Accotink United Methodist Church Cemetery	38.71159	-77.15917
Adams - Waters - Wren Family Cemetery	38.92535	-77.16266
All Saints Episcopal Church Cemetery	38.79126	-77.09138
Andrew Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery	38.9496	-77.26365
Annandale United Methodist Church Cemetery	38.83397	-77.1859
Arnon Chapel Cemetery	39.00294	-77.29461
Barker Family Cemetery	38.77009	-77.237
Beach Family Cemetery	38.74711	-77.29493
Beach Family Cemetery	38.81044	-77.2544
Bethel Regular Baptist Church Cemetery	38.96093	-77.26155
Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery	38.73623	-77.0655
Beulah Cemetery	38.76976	-77.15338
Broadwater Family Cemetery	38.88937	-77.2625
Broders Family Cemetery	38.77558	-77.16956
Brown's Chapel Methodist Cemetery	38.97067	-77.31148
Brown's Memorial Cemetery	38.97558	-77.30641
Burke Family Cemetery	38.78154	-77.26365
Butler - Jones Family Cemetery	38.82227	-77.44976
Calvary Memorial Gardens	38.83206	-77.28582
Cartersville Baptist Church Cemetery	38.94342	-77.31205
Cedar Grove Cemetery	38.68567	-77.16442
Chantilly Baptist Church Cemetery	38.89957	-77.44241
Chestnut Grove Cemetery	38.98387	-77.3793
Chichester Family Cemetery	38.73396	-77.1754
Clifton Town Cemetery	38.76877	-77.3896
Clifton Union Cemetery	38.76765	-77.37428
Coffer Family Cemetery	38.79156	-77.29219
Coleman Cemetery	38.73623	-77.06486
Collard - Darrell Family Cemetery	38.76575	-77.08701
Covert Family Cemetery	38.76326	-77.19593
Cranford United Methodist Church Cemetery	38.68787	-77.20825
Cross - Wrenn Family Cemetery	38.87161	-77.40999
Cub Run Memorial Cemetery	38.82449	-77.47696
Davis - Marshall Family Cemetery	38.71957	-77.27747
Davis Family Cemetery	38.7328	-77.34283
Day Family Cemetery	38.95198	-77.28804
Dranesville United Methodist Church Cemetery	39.00275	-77.35218
Elgin - Brown Family Cemetery	38.75202	-77.37088
Fahnline Family Cemetery	38.7833	-77.08868
Fairfax - Buckley Family Cemetery	38.72851	-77.35778
Fairfax Grave	38.68067	-77.12887
Fairfax Memorial Park	38.82872	-77.28637
Farr Family Cemetery	38.82116	-77.47562
First Baptist Church of Chesterbrook Cemetery	38.92081	-77.15524
Flint Hill Cemetery	38.88208	-77.29369
Ford - Ellis - Simms Cemetery	39.00255	-77.34306
Ford Family Cemetery	38.79782	-77.36108
Frying Pan Baptist Meeting House Cemetery	38.93983	-77.41276
Galloway United Methodist Church Cemetery	38.87851	-77.17397
Gooding - Seaton Family Cemetery	38.83706	-77.23554
Great Falls United Methodist Church Cemetery	38.99905	-77.29294
Greater Little Zion Baptist Church Cemetery	38.7791	-77.29232
Haley Family Cemetery	38.84082	-77.33078
Hampton Family Cemetery	38.7337	-77.35906
Hutchison - Major Family Cemetery	38.9056	-77.47502
Jackson Family Cemetery	38.94492	-77.21226
Jerusalem Baptist Church Cemetery	38.80958	-77.32647
King David Memorial Gardens	38.88427	-77.20665
Laurel Grove Baptist Church Cemetery	38.76874	-77.15507
Lee Chapel Cemetery	38.7553	-77.27616
Lewinsville Presbyterian Church Cemetery	38.92996	-77.19704
Marshall Family Cemetery	38.76072	-77.34747
Martin Family Cemetery	38.80604	-77.30153
Merrifield Cemetery	38.87569	-77.22456
Millan - Potter Family Cemetery	38.74285	-77.15476
Millan Family Cemetery	38.76954	-77.13053
Moore - Hunter Family Cemetery	38.88541	-77.27108
Mount Comfort Cemetery	38.77714	-77.0896
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery	38.9509	-77.41897
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery	38.83526	-77.15811
National Memorial Park	38.87872	-77.20276
Oakton Baptist Church Cemetery	38.89495	-77.43415
Oakton Church of the Brethren Cemetery	38.88231	-77.29303
Orrison Family Cemetery	38.98575	-77.39297
Parker Family Cemetery	38.82288	-77.36748
Pleasant Grove Church Cemetery	38.93992	-77.24533
Pleasant Valley Memorial Park	38.83816	-77.23665
Pohick Episcopal Church Cemetery	38.70852	-77.19475
Pullman - Struder Family Cemetery	38.78983	-77.08622
Reid Family Cemetery	38.95515	-77.14787

Historical populated places — 2 of 2

Name	Lat	Lon
Matildaville	38.99138	-77.26276
Tauxenent	38.70928	-77.08664

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	9.3 km	VA027
Blackburn'S Ford	1,115	15.9 km	VA004
Manassas Station Ops.	1,940	16.1 km	VA024
Dranesville	1,264	19.3 km	VA007
Manassas I	9,225	20.3 km	VA005
Manassas Ii	6,933	23.2 km	VA026

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

Historical markers

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