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City Of Fairfax, VirginiaCity Of Fairfax History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and EducationEtymology - Origin of County NameThe small town in the vicinity of the courthouse was then known as Earp's Corner, and in 1805 was designated the Town of Providence by an act of the Virginia General Assembly (although people continued to informally refer to it as Fairfax Court House). The town was officially renamed the Town of Fairfax in 1874, and became an independent city in 1961 (upon which it acquired its current name, the City of Fairfax). Demographics:County QuickFacts: City Of Fairfax County HistoryFairfax Courthouse, Virginia established 14 January 1805. Earlier called Providence. [Virginia Genealogy, Sources & Resources, by Carol McGinnis, Genealogical Publishing Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1993.] Fairfax, Virginia incorporated as a town in 1892. First called Providence and name shortened to Fairfax in 1859. Incorporated as a city in 1961. County seat of Fairfax County, Virginia. [Virginia Genealogy, Sources & Resources, by Carol McGinnis, Genealogical Publishing Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1993.] The area the City of Fairfax now encompasses was settled in the early 1700s by farmers from Virginia's Tidewater
region. The Fairfax County courthouse was established at the corner of Old Little River Turnpike (now Main Street)
and Ox Road (now Chain Bridge Road) on land donated by town founder Richard Ratcliffe. The small town in the
vicinity of the courthouse was then known as Earp's Corner, and in 1805 was designated the Town of Providence by an
act of the Virginia General Assembly (although people continued to informally refer to it as Fairfax Court House). GeographyAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.3 square miles (16.3 kmē), all of it
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The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define
the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local.
And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions,
reflects the "characteristic features of this country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history. Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally." |
