Stafford is a census-designated place (listed as Stafford Courthouse) in and the county seat of Stafford County in the northern part of the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia. The population as of the 2014 United States Census was 139,992. 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 Commonwealth capital (Connor, 2003). The Marine Corps Base Quantico is located north of the community.
Population: 4,320
Latitude: 38° 25' 19.45" N
Longitude: -77° 24' 29.95" W
The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major battle of the American Civil War, and the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville Campaign. It was fought from April 30 to May 6, 1863, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, near the village of Chancellors…
The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, between General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Major General Ambrose Burnsid…
Quantico (formerly Potomac) is a town in Prince William County, Virginia.
Fredericksburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Marine Corps Base Quantico, also known as MCB Quantico, is a United States Marine Corps installation located near Triangle, Virginia, covering nearly 55,148 acres (86.169 sq mi) of southern Prince William County, Virginia, northern Stafford County, …
The FBI Academy, located on Marine Corps Base Quantico in Quantico, Virginia, is the training site for new Special Agents and Intelligence Analysts of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation. It was first opened for use in 1972 on 385 acre…
State Normal and Industrial School for Woman at Fredericksburg (1908–1938) Mary Washington College (1938–1944; 1972–2004)
Stafford County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Within the Commonwealth of Virginia, Interstate 95 runs 179 miles (288 km) between its borders with Maryland and North Carolina. I-95 is concurrent with I-64 for 3 miles (4.8 km) in Richmond, and meets the northern terminus of I-85 in Petersburg. Al…
The National Museum of the Marine Corps is the historical museum of the United States Marine Corps.
The Second Battle of Fredericksburg, also known as the Second Battle of Marye's Heights, took place on May 3, 1863, in Fredericksburg, Virginia, as part of the Chancellorsville Campaign of the American Civil War.
MHz Networks is a Northern Virginia based independent, non-commercial educational broadcaster that serves the Washington, D.C. DMA with 12 digital broadcast channels. The legal broadcast callsigns for the two stations are WNVC (channel 24) and WNVT …
Dumfries, officially the Town of Dumfries, is a town in Prince William County, Virginia.
Ferry Farm, also known as George Washington Boyhood Home Site or Ferry Farm Site, is the name of the farm and home at which George Washington spent much of his childhood. The site is located in Stafford County, Virginia, along the northern bank of t…
The United States National Slavery Museum is a non-profit organization based in Fredericksburg, Virginia, that has been fund raising and campaigning since 2001 to establish a national museum on slavery in America. The museum is intended to have as i…
Dale City is a census-designated place (CDP) in Prince William County, Virginia, United States, located 25 miles south west of Washington, D.C.It is an annex of Woodbridge, Virginia.
The Mud March was an abortive attempt at a winter offensive in January 1863 by Union Army Major General Ambrose Burnside in the American Civil War.
Mallows Bay is a small bay on the Maryland side of the Potomac River in Charles County, Maryland, and located at (38°28′21.4″N77°16′6.9″W).