Stafford

Stafford is an unincorporated community in and the county seat of Stafford County in the northern part of the U.S. state of Virginia.^[1] It lies 10 miles (16 km) north of Fredericksburg, approximately 40 miles (64 km) south of metropolitan Washington, D.C., and about 60 miles (97 km) north of Richmond, the state capital (Connor, 2003). The Marine Corps Base Quantico is located north of the community. U.S. Highway 1, Interstate 95, and Virginia Railway Express commuter trains pass through Stafford. Like the rest of Northern Virginia, as well as central Maryland, modern Stafford has been shaped by its proximity to the nation's capital. It is largely populated by professionals working in the federal civil service, the U.S. military, or for one of the many private companies which contract to provide services to the federal government. The latter are known locally as beltway bandits, after the Capital Beltway, an interstate highway that circles Washington, D.C.

High schools

• Brooke Point High School
• Colonial Forge High School
• Mountain View High School
• North Stafford High School
• Stafford Senior High School

Historical sites

• Ferry Farm — George Washington's boyhood home
• Belmont Estate — the house of American artist Gari Melchers (1860–1932), a museum of his personal effects^[2]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Stafford, Virginia

• Official website for the County
• Stafford County Public Schools
• South Stafford community website

• Stafford, Virginia is at coordinates 38°25′19″N 77°24′30″W / 38.4220694°N 77.4083162°W / 38.4220694; -77.4083162 (Stafford, Virginia)Coordinates: 38°25′19″N 77°24′30″W / 38.4220694°N 77.4083162°W / 38.4220694; -77.4083162 (Stafford, Virginia)

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Stafford County, Virginia County seat: Stafford Unincorporated communities Aquia | Aquia Harbour | Argyle Heights | Arkendale | Bel Air | Berea | Brooke | Brookfield | Butzner Corner | Chatham Heights | Coal Landing | Concord | Cox Corner | Cropp | Daffan | Dahlgren Junction | Davis Corner | Dodds Corner | England Run | Falmouth | Ferry Farm | Fines Corner | Fritters Corner | Garrisonville | Glendie | Grafton Village | Hartwood | Heflin | Holly Corner | Leeland | Little Falls | McCarthys Corner | Midway Estates | Midway Island | Moores Corner | Paynes Corner | Quantico Station‡ | Ramoth | Roseville | Ruby | Shiloh | Skidmore Corner | Spring Valley | Stafford | Stones Corner | Storck | Sullivan | Tacketts Mill | Tylerton | Wallaces Corner | White Oak | Widewater | Widewater Beach | Wildcat Corner Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties