Stafford, Virginia, United States

History

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Stafford is a place (listed as Stafford Courthouse) in and the county seat of Stafford County in the northern part of the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia. It lies 10 miles (16ย km) north of Fredericksburg, approximately 40 miles (64ย km) south of Washington, D.C., and about 60 miles (97ย km) north of Richmond, the state capital. Marine Corps Base Quantico is located north of the community. Stafford Courthouse is located at the intersections of U.S. Route 1 and Courthouse Road.

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History English sea captain Samuel Argall abducted Pocahontas near this area in April 1613 in an attempt to secure release of some English prisoners held by her father. She married English colonist John Rolfe in 1614. They sailed in 1616 to England where Pocahontas died in 1617.

It was a stop on the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad in the nineteenth Century; CSX Transportation is the RF&P's successor today.

Accokeek Furnace Archeological Site, Aquia Church, Public Quarry at Government Island, Redoubt No. 2, and Stafford Training School are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Stafford, Virginia, United States 
<b>Stafford, Virginia, United States</b>
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Stafford has a population of over 4,320 people. Stafford also forms the centre of the wider Stafford County which has a population of over 128,984 people.

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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Stafford has links with:

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Antipodal to Stafford is: 102.6,-38.417

Locations Near: Stafford -77.4,38.4167

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Fredericksburg -77.471,38.302 d: 14.2  

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Woodbridge -77.25,38.633 d: 27.4  

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Manassas -77.453,38.768 d: 39.3  

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Burke -77.271,38.782 d: 42.1  

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Fairfax County -77.28,38.83 d: 47.1  

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Centreville -77.465,38.845 d: 48  

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Fairfax -77.3,38.85 d: 49  

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ La Plata -76.967,38.533 d: 39.9  

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Warrenton -77.783,38.717 d: 47.2  

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Vienna -77.267,38.9 d: 55  

Antipodal to: Stafford 102.6,-38.417

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Bunbury 115.637,-33.327 d: 18712.9  

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Mandurah 115.721,-32.529 d: 18660.4  

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Rockingham 115.717,-32.267 d: 18644.8  

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ City of Cockburn 115.833,-32.167 d: 18629.6  

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Vincent 115.834,-31.936 d: 18615.1  

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Perth 115.86,-31.956 d: 18614.3  

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Cannington 115.934,-32.017 d: 18612.4  

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Wanneroo 115.803,-31.747 d: 18605.4  

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Guildford 115.973,-31.9 d: 18602  

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Midland 116.01,-31.888 d: 18598.3  

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