Another place of historic significance in Dumfries is the bandstand in Merchant Park. The bandstand is a memorial to William Grayson. He was best know as one of Virginia's first senators.
Dumfries VA is located on Interstate 95 just a little south of Woodbridge. Montclair, a lovely lake community just west of Dumfries, used to use Dumfries for its mailing address. Montclair now has its own zipcode -- Dumfries is Dumfries is part of Prince William County, a county packed full of American history. Also to the south is The Quantico National Cemetery. The rest of the "towns" are called unincorporated communities.
The next time you are traveling in northern Virginia, stop in to see this quiet little piece of American history. Relax and enjoy the town of Dumfries. Virginia Prince William Fred E. Yohey According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.
The population was 4, at the census. There were 1, households out of which The average household size was 3. About The Town of Dumfries was formally established on 60 acres of land at the head of the harbor of Quantico Creek, provided by John Graham.
He named the town after his birthplace, Dumfries, Scotland. The General Assembly established Dumfries as the first of seven townships in the county. Dumfries received its charter on May 11, , making it the oldest continuously chartered town in Virginia.
When Dumfries became the second leading port in Colonial America receiving tobacco from the upland, it rivaled New York, Philadelphia and Boston. For most prospective residents, the real story of the D.
Just south across the Potomac in Virginia lies Fairfax County, a built-up area including the satellite city of Arlington and the larger suburbs of Alexandria, McLean, and the more upscale Fairfax.
This is hardly the whole Northern Virginia story — the sprawling D. The super-suburbs especially west include such names Reston, Herndon, Ashburn and extend to Leesburg, all very large and mostly new residential suburbs, some well-planned and some not. Extensive commercial and corporate developments lie along the corridor with new-economy names like AOL, Nextel, Siebel, Oracle, IBM and Accenture mixed with numerous other businesses and government contractors.
Employment in the greater DC area is strong in general and particularly strong in this zone. Many do commute to the DC area proper but more often commute to other places in the suburbs.
Areas east of the city are more industrial and generally uninspiring, while the Maryland suburbs along I northwest through Bethesda, Silver Spring, Rockville, and Gaithersburg have been split off into another metro area. The dominance of the U. Government and its impact on the local economy and culture cannot be overstated.
Not surprisingly, the area has a high percentage of well-educated citizens. But a significant number of educationally and economically disadvantaged people are also within its borders.
Arts, entertainment and cultural assets in total are among the best. The Cost of Living Index is high but not exorbitant for this type of area.
Housing options and costs have escalated in recent years, but there are signs of softening. Growth and sprawl is a major concern, with development and business activity flung farther out into the countryside and even across venerated Civil War historic sites. Public transportation works well as far out as Dulles Airport and northwest into Maryland, but whether it relieves traffic issues further out is yet unclear. Bottom line - Washington, D.
It does have downsides, and they are becoming strong enough even in the suburbs to negatively impact the ranking. The D. Washington lies at the western edge of the mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain, about 50 miles east of the Blue Ridge Mountains and 35 miles west of Chesapeake Bay. The immediate area is flat with rolling hills starting just outside the city to the northwest and southwest. The climate is coastal continental with a subtropical influence.
Summers are warm and humid with occasional hot, sticky spells and thunderstorms. Winters are cold but not severe. Precipitation is uniformly distributed throughout the year. Potomac floods can result from heavy rains, sometimes augmented by snowmelt and high tides. Normal winter snowfall is 18 inches, but occasional heavy snows of 25 inches or more do occur. First freeze is early November, last is April 1. Dale City, VA 2. Property values in Dumfries, VA. Here: 4. Construction Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 6.
Air pollution and air quality trends lower is better. City: City: 0. City: 7. Services: public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service, public transit connection. Services: partially wheelchair accessible, public payphones, vending machines, paid short-term parking, call for taxi service, public transit connection.
Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, free short-term parking, call for taxi service. User-submitted facts and corrections: Dumfries has the 7th largest concentration of post-marine arachnoids in the south eastern United States.
Average household size: This town: 3. Percentage of family households: This town: Percentage of households with unmarried partners: This town: 9. Education Gini index Inequality in education Here: Number of grocery stores : 64 This county : 1. State : 2. Number of supercenters and club stores : 4 Prince William County : 0. Virginia : 0. Number of convenience stores no gas : 43 Prince William County : 1.
Virginia : 1. Number of convenience stores with gas : 92 This county : 2. Virginia : 4. Number of full-service restaurants : Prince William County : 5. State : 7. Adult diabetes rate : Prince William County : 8. Adult obesity rate : This county : Low-income preschool obesity rate : Prince William County : Healthy diet rate : This city: Average overall health of teeth and gums : This city: Average BMI : Dumfries: People feeling badly about themselves : Dumfries: People not drinking alcohol at all : Dumfries: Average hours sleeping at night : Here: 6.
Overweight people : This city: General health condition : This city: Average condition of hearing : Here: Here: 9. Prince William County: 0. WPER
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