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Stafford County was established by the British colonial government of
Virginia in 1664
from territory that was previously part of Westmoreland County, Arlington County, the City of Alexandria, Fairfax County, and Prince William County, and thusly
encompassed the majority of what is now considered Northern
Virginia. The county is named for Staffordshire,
England and is
the sister
city of Stafford,
Pocahontas,
the Indian princess, was kidnapped at Marlborough Point in the
eastern part of the county and taken to a secondary English settlement known as
Henricus (or
George Washington spent much of his childhood in
the lower part of the county on his family's home, Ferry Farm,
along the Rappahannock River across from the city of Fredericksburg. It was during this time
that George supposedly cut down the legendary cherry tree. Colonial Forge High School was built on
a tract of land owned by his father, Augustine Washington.[1]
Aquia Episcopal Church, a National Historic Landmark, was built in 1757 and
remains open today [2].
During the Revolutionary War the
Aquia sandstone quarried from Stafford's
More than 100,000 troops occupied
In Falmouth, a town in the southern part of
Stafford County today is considered part of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area
and many residents commute north on Interstate Highway 95, U.S. Route 1, and Virginia Railway Express.
40 Miles South of
10 Miles North of
65 Miles North of
