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Dranesville: VA-7 - MM 51.3 - EB
Dranesville is best known within Virginia for the Battle of Dranesville, an 1861 Union victory during the Civil War. This unincorporated Fairfax County community occupies the outer suburbs of Washington, D.C., in a largely wooded and residential part of Northern Virginia. The Potomac River runs north of the community and forms Fairfax County’s boundary with Maryland. Dranesville developed around a historic crossroads on the route now followed by Leesburg Pike, while the wider area has been shaped by major commuter roads and employment centres. Its setting brings together established neighborhoods, commercial corridors and the Potomac riverlands.
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Tucked into the rolling, wooded terrain of Fairfax County near the Potomac River, Dranesville is a place whose character is shaped by Northern Virginia’s shift from river country to metropolitan suburbia. The community takes its name from Dranesville Tavern, an 1823 building on Leesburg Pike that served troops during the Civil War. The Battle of Dranesville, fought nearby on 20 December 1861, was an early Union victory in Virginia. Residential neighborhoods now form part of the Washington metropolitan area, while historic roads and the nearby Potomac corridor recall the area’s older landscape. Browse other webcams across Fairfax County and Northern Virginia to place this setting in a wider geographic context.
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