Stafford, Virginia
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Stafford is an unincorporated community in and the county seat of Stafford County in the sourthern part of the U.S. state of Virginia.[1] 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 state capital (Connor, 2003). The Marine Corps Base Quantico is located north of the community. U.S. Highway 1, Interstate 95, and Virginia Railway Express commuter trains pass through Stafford. Like the rest of Northern Virginia, as well as central Maryland, modern Stafford has been shaped by its proximity to the nation's capital. It is largely populated by professionals working in the federal civil service, the U.S. military, or for one of the many private companies which contract to provide services to the federal government. The latter are known locally as beltway bandits, after the Capital Beltway, an interstate highway that circles Washington, D.C.
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Education
High schools
- Brooke Point High School
- Colonial Forge High School
- Mountain View High School
- North Stafford High School
- Stafford Senior High School
Historical Sites
- Ferry Farm George Washington's boyhood home
References
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/usamap.cfm. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
External links
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- Stafford, Virginia is at coordinates 38°25′19″N 77°24′30″W / 38.4220694°N 77.4083162°W / 38.4220694; -77.4083162 (Stafford, Virginia)Coordinates: 38°25′19″N 77°24′30″W / 38.4220694°N 77.4083162°W / 38.4220694; -77.4083162 (Stafford, Virginia)
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