Colchester
Colchester is a historic unincorporated community on the Occoquan River in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Slowking4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: unincorporated community in Virginia
- Also known as: “Colchester, VA” and “Colchester, Virginia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Woodbridge station and Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
Woodbridge station
Railway station
Photo: DanTD, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Woodbridge station is a train station in Woodbridge, Virginia. It serves Amtrak's Northeast Regional service and Virginia Railway Express's Fredericksburg Line.
Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Nature reserve
Photo: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region, Public domain.
The Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located where the Occoquan River meets the Potomac River in Woodbridge, Virginia, United States between Belmont Bay and Occoquan Bay. Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge is situated 1½ miles south of Colchester.
Occoquan Historic District
Historic site
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Occoquan Historic District is a national historic district located at Occoquan, Prince William County, Virginia. It encompasses 60 contributing buildings in the town of Occoquan. Occoquan Historic District is situated 2 miles northwest of Colchester.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belmont Bay and Woodbridge.
Belmont Bay
Quarter
Belmont Bay is a planned community in northeastern Woodbridge, Virginia, United States along the Occoquan River at Belmont Bay developed by Caruthers Companies.
Woodbridge
Photo: Khalid Mahmood, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Woodbridge is a town in Prince William County and suburb of Washington, D.C., best known for the Potomac Mills shopping mall.
Occoquan
Village
Photo: AlbertHerring, CC BY 3.0.
Occoquan is a town in eastern Prince William County, Virginia, United States, founded in 1804. The population was 934 at the 2010 United States census. Occoquan is situated 1½ miles northwest of Colchester.
Colchester
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.66873° or 38° 40′ 7″ northLongitude
-77.23415° or 77° 14′ 3″ westElevation
66 feet (20 metres)Open location code
87C4MQ98+F8OpenStreetMap ID
node 158492084OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Volapük—“Colchester” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “科尔切斯特”
- French: “Colchester”
- Irish: “Colchester”
- Italian: “Colchester”
- Japanese: “コルチェスター”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Colenceaster on Fǣmnelande”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Colenceaster”
- Persian: “کولچستر، ویرجینیا”
- Persian: “کولچستر”
- Russian: “Колчестер”
- Slovenian: “Colchester”
- South Azerbaijani: “کولچستر، ویرجینیا”
- Turkish: “Colchester”
- Volapük: “Colchester (VA)”
- Volapük: “Colchester, VA”
- Volapük: “Colchester, Virginia”
- Volapük: “Colchester”
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