Fairfax
Fairfax is an unincorporated community in Grant County, West Virginia, United States. Fairfax has an elevation of 3,054 feet.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Grant County, West Virginia
- Also known as: “Fairfax, West Virginia” and “Fairfax, WV”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fairfax Stone Historical Monument State Park and Fairfax Stone Historical Monument.
Fairfax Stone Historical Monument State Park
Park
Photo: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fairfax Stone Historical Monument State Park is a West Virginia state park commemorating the Fairfax Stone, a surveyor's marker and boundary stone at the source of the North Branch of the Potomac River.
Fairfax Stone Historical Monument
Geographical marker
Photo: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fairfax Stone Historical Monument is a geographical marker.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include William and Wilsonia.
William
Hamlet
William is an unincorporated community in the Monongahela National Forest in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States. William lies south of Fairfax and the Fairfax Stone and north of Thomas.
Wilsonia
Hamlet
Wilsonia is an unincorporated community on the North Branch Potomac River in Grant County, West Virginia, United States. Wilsonia originated as a railroad stop on the Western Maryland Railroad in northwestern Grant County. It lies off West Virginia Route 90. Wilsonia is situated 2 miles northeast of Fairfax.
Pierce
Hamlet
Pierce is an unincorporated community and coal town in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States. The community was named after one Mr. Pierce, a railroad official. Pierce is situated 2 miles southwest of Fairfax.
Fairfax
- Categories: unincorporated community and locality
- Location: Grant, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.189° or 39° 11′ 20″ northLongitude
-79.47672° or 79° 28′ 36″ westElevation
3,054 feet (931 metres)Open location code
87F25GQF+H8OpenStreetMap ID
node 158608384OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Volapük—“Fairfax” goes by many names.
- French: “Fairfax”
- Irish: “Fairfax”
- Persian: “فرفکس، ویرجینیای غربی”
- Persian: “فرفکس”
- South Azerbaijani: “فرفکس، باتی ویرجینیا”
- Urdu: “فیئرفیکس، مغربی ورجینیا”
- Urdu: “فیئرفیکس”
- Volapük: “Fairfax (WV)”
- Volapük: “Fairfax, West Virginia”
- Volapük: “Fairfax, WV”
- Volapük: “Fairfax”
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