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Fairfax

Virginia, United States
Also known as: Earp’s Corner, Providence
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Fairfax, city, seat (1779) of Fairfax county (though administratively independent of it), northeastern Virginia, U.S., about 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Washington, D.C. It developed after 1799 with the construction of the county courthouse and relocation of the county seat from Alexandria. The wills of George and Martha Washington are displayed in the courthouse wing. Early known as Earp’s Corner, it was incorporated as the town of Providence in 1805 and in 1859 was...

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