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Fairfax, Virginia This article is about the autonomous town/city surrounded by Fairfax County. Fairfax, Virginia City of Fairfax Downtown Fairfax Official seal of Fairfax, Virginia Nickname(s): Central Fairfax, Downtown Fairfax, Fairfax City, Historic Fairfax Fairfax is positioned in Northern Virginia Fairfax - Fairfax Fairfax (/ f r.f ks/ fair-faks), colloquially Central Fairfax, Downtown Fairfax, Fairfax City, Oldtown Fairfax, Historic Fairfax, or the City of Fairfax, is an autonomous town/city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2010 census the populace was 22,565, which had risen to an estimated 24,013 as of 2015. The town/city of Fairfax is an enclave inside the separate political entity Fairfax County. The town/city of Fairfax and the region immediately encircling the historical border of the town/city of Fairfax, collectively designated by Fairfax County as "Fairfax", comprise the governmental center of county of Fairfax County. The Washington Metro's Orange Line serves Fairfax through its Vienna station, which is a mile northwest of the town/city limits. CUE Bus and Metrobus operate in Fairfax. Virginia's biggest enhance educational institution with 33,917 pupils in 2013 is George Mason University, which is positioned in unincorporated Fairfax County, along the city's southern border. Fairfax Court House, Virginia, with Union soldiers in front and on the roof, June 1863 The town/city derives its name from Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, who was awarded 5,000,000 acres (20,000 km2) of territory in northern Virginia by King Charles. The region that the town/city now encompasses was settled in the early 18th century by farmers from Virginia's Tidewater region. The town of "Providence" was established on the site by an act of the state council in 1805. The scene of the first territory battle of the Civil War, the Battle of Fairfax Court House took place here on June 1, 1861 after a Union scouting party clashed with the small-town militia with neither side gaining advantage. Fairfax was officially retitled the "Town of Fairfax" in 1859. It was incorporated as a town 1874. It was incorporated as a town/city in 1961 by court order. Under Virginia law the town/city was separated from Fairfax County yet remains the county seat. In 1904 a street car line connected Fairfax with Washington, D.C. The former Fairfax County Courthouse is the earliest and most historic building in Fairfax. The first Fairfax courthouse was established in 1742 near present-day Tyson's Corner, and is the namesake for Old Courthouse Road. It intersects with Gallows Road, which today is a primary commuter route, but at the time was the road where condemned prisoners were led to the gallows at the old courthouse. In 1752, the courthouse was moved to Alexandria, which offered to build the new courthouse at their own cost. The General Assembly specified that the new courthouse should be positioned in the center of the county, and was established at the corner of what was Old Little River Turnpike and is now Main Street and what was Ox Road and is now Chain Bridge Road on territory donated by town founder Richard Ratcliffe. The courthouse changed hands repeatedly amid the Civil War, and the first officer casualty, John Quincy Marr, occurred on the grounds. The first meeting of the Fairfax Court was held April 21, 1800.:45 The earliest two-story building in the city, assembled in 1873, the Fairfax Public School for $2,750. In addition to elementary school use the building has also homed special education, adult education, and police academy training.:144 On July 4, 1992 the building became the Fairfax Museum and Visitor Center.:156 157 Joseph Edward Willard assembled the town hall building in 1900 ted it to the then town in 1902. The Old Town Hall now homes the Huddleston Library and the Fairfax Art League. Fairfax, Virginia is positioned in Fairfax 29 Diner29 Diner Blenheim - Blenheim City of Fairfax Historic District - City of Fairfax Historic District Old Fairfax County Courthouse - Old Fairfax County Courthouse Old Fairfax County Jail - Old Fairfax County Jail Fairfax Public School - Fairfax Public School Ratcliffe Allison House - Ratcliffe Allison House City of Fairfax Historic District 1800 Junction of VA 236 and VA 123 1987 Old Fairfax County Courthouse 1800 4000 Chain Bridge Road 1974 Old Fairfax County Jail 1891 10475 Main Street 1981 Fairfax Public School 1873 10209 Main Street 1992 Fairfax, Virginia is positioned in Fairfax Area Montgomery Alexandria - Alexandria Arlington Fairfax - Fairfax Fairfax County Falls Church - Falls Church Loudoun Manassas - Manassas Manassas Park - Manassas Park Prince William Washington The town/city of Fairfax is positioned close to the geographic center of Fairfax County, at 38 51 9 N 77 18 15 W (38.852612, 77.304377). While the town/city is the county seat, a small portion of the county comprising the courthouse complex, the jail and a small region nearby is itself an exclave of the county inside the city. Fairfax County's Government Center is west of the City of Fairfax. Old Town Fairfax has undergone an extensive redevelopment, which began in 2005. The redevelopment added a new City of Fairfax Regional Library, more than 45,000 square feet (4,200 m2) of retail and restaurant space, more than 70,000 square feet (6,500 m2) of office condominiums, and 85 upscale residentiary condominium units. In May 2009, Fairfax was rated as No. 3 in the "Top 25 Places to Live Well" by Forbes Magazine. Forbes commended Fairfax for its strong enhance school system, high median full time pay, and a rate of sole proprietors per capita that rates it in the top 1 percent nationwide. According to the city's 2015 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: 2 Fairfax Rehabilitation & Nursing Center 400 3 City of Fairfax 397 8 Rosenthal Fairfax Honda and Rosenthal Volkswagen Fairfax 150 The annual Chocolate Lover's Festival is held in the heart of Old Town Fairfax in early March. Each April, the City of Fairfax, in cooperation with George Mason University, Northern Virginia Community College and City of Fairfax schools, sponsors the Fairfax Spotlight on the Arts Festival. The biggest hometown parade and fireworks celebration in the Washington urbane region is held in the City of Fairfax. The day's affairs include a parade through Old Town Fairfax, tours of historic buildings and small-town museums, an Old Fashioned Fireman's Day at the Fire Station #3, and a live concert and fireworks display at Fairfax High School. Festival affairs are held in the City of Fairfax, at George Mason University, and throughout the urbane Washington region. Two improve reading programs coordinate with Fall for the Book: "All Fairfax Reads," coordinated by the Fairfax County Public Library, and "Mason Reads" at George Mason University. A Fall Festival is held in historic downtown Fairfax on the second Saturday in October. An annual Holiday Craft Show is held at Fairfax High School on the third Saturday and Sunday of November. Activities include photos with Santa, caroling, a yule log, hot mulled cider, illumination of Old Town Fairfax, and the lighting of the town/city Christmas tree. Sam Champion (raised in Fairfax and a graduate of Fairfax High School), weather anchor of ABC's Good Morning America and weather editor of ABC News Jelinek, United States Army brigadier general, lived in Fairfax while serving as Deputy Director of the Army National Guard Pierre Thuot, Space Shuttle astronaut aboard Atlantis, Endeavour, and Columbia, raised in Fairfax and graduated from Fairfax High School As an autonomous town/city of Virginia clean water an incorporated town inside a county, Fairfax derives its governing authority from the Virginia General Assembly. In order to revise the power and structure of the town/city government, the town/city must request the General Assembly to amend the charter. The present charter was granted in 1966. Every other year town/city voters elect six at large members of the council and a mayor. An exclave of Fairfax County is positioned inside the City of Fairfax. On August 4, 2016, then-Mayor Scott Silverthorne (D) was arrested in a sting operation conducted by the Fairfax County Police Department. Fairfax, Virginia is positioned in Fairfax Fairfax High School - Fairfax High School Lanier Middle School - Lanier Middle School Daniels Run Elementary School - Daniels Run Elementary School Providence Elementary School - Providence Elementary School Fairfax High School The enhance schools in the City of Fairfax are owned by the city, but administered by the Fairfax County Public Schools fitness under contractual agreement with Fairfax County. U.S. News & World Report often rates Fairfax County schools among the best in the country. City of Fairfax schools are Fairfax High School, Lanier Middle School, Daniels Run Elementary School, Providence Elementary School, and Fairfax Academy. George Mason University, the biggest university in the Commonwealth of Virginia, is positioned just to the south of the Fairfax town/city limits. Mason began as an extension of the University of Virginia in 1949 titled the Northern Virginia University Center of the University of Virginia. The Town of Fairfax purchased 150 acres (0.61 km2) for the college in 1958, though the property remained inside the county when the town became a city. Fairfax County Public Library operates the City of Fairfax Regional Library in Fairfax. The library contains the Virginia Room, a compilation of books, photographs, and manuscripts related to Fairfax County history, government, and genealogy. The Fairfax Eagles rugby league team plays in the American National Rugby League. The two primary highways join to form Fairfax Boulevard for roughly 2.8 miles (4.5 km) through the town/city before separating. SR 236 is titled Main Street in the town/city and then becomes Little River Turnpike once the town/city line is crossed. Although these stations are positioned outside town/city limits, trips to and from Fairfax are served by: The City of Fairfax operates the CUE Bus, an autonomous bus network. Multiple routes of the Washington Metrobus serve Fairfax. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fairfax, Virginia. Fairfax County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Fairfax, Virginia "Old Town Fairfax Feels the 'Love'". "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Fairfax city, Virginia". "The Fairfax Story". Historic Fairfax City. "Fairfax, City of". Battle of Fairfax Court House June 1861 and June 1863: History of the City of Fairfax, Virginia Archived May 5, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.. Advertisement in Industrial and Historical Sketch of Fairfax County, Virginia. Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. History of the Courthouse Fairfax County, Virginia. Fairfax County, Virginia: A History. Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. 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