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Welcome to Fairfax Station ...Fairfax Station is located in Fairfax County<1>. The location of Fairfax Station has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Fairfax Station, you might consider that their post office opened in 1852. A typical abbreviation for Fairfax Station: Fairfax Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.) Fairfax Station is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Fairfax Station lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area codes for Fairfax Station: (703) and (571)<4> Websites for Fairfax Station ...Chamber of Commerce: www.fccc.org/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Fairfax Station, the following might be of interest: Communities near Fairfax Station ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fairfax Station.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Fairfax Station. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fairfax Station. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fairfax Station. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fairfax Station. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fairfax Station. See our Newspapers Page for Fairfax Station. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fairfax Station ...Looking for more information about Fairfax Station? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Fairfax Station, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Fairfax Station. Adding Fairfax Station to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Fairfax Station in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Fairfax Station was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Fairfax Station in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Fairfax Station. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fairfax Station. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Fairfax County: www.co.fairfax.va.us/ The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/ Footnotes ...
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