Fairfax

Fairfax, usually called Fairfax City by the locals, is the county seat of , in the state of . The city has roots dating back to the 1700s.
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  • Type: City with 26,800 residents
  • Description: independent city in Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “City of Fairfax”, “Fairfax Court House”, “Fairfax, VA”, “Fairfax, Virginia”, and “Providence”
  • Postal codes: 22030, 22031, and 22038
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Old Town Hall and National Firearms Museum.

Public building
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is a classical revival style hall that was built in 1900 by Joseph E. Willard and subsequently donated by him to Fairfax, Virginia. Built by Arthur Thompson, a local contractor, the building retains much of its original woodwork.

Museum
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The NRA is a museum located at the NRA Headquarters Building in . Approximated 2,500 guns are displayed in 15,000 square feet.

Park
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is a park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oakton and Fair Oaks.

Town
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is a census-designated place in , United States. The population was 36,732 at the 2020 census. Located in , its center is 16 miles west of …

Village
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is a census-designated place in , , United States. The population at the 2020 census was 34,052. It encompasses a large area west of the city of Fairfax, centered on .

Village
is a census-designated place in the United States, in , southwest of At the 2020 census the population was 13,465 people…

Fairfax

Latitude
38.8462° or 38° 50′ 46″ north
Longitude
-77.3064° or 77° 18′ 23″ west
Population
26,800
Elevation
430 feet (131 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US FXX
Open location code
87C4RMWV+FF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158226165
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4758023
Wiki­data ID
Q501785
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Fairfax” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فيرفاكس”
  • Basque: “Fairfax city konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Fairfax, Virginia”
  • Bavarian: “Fairfax”
  • Belarusian: “Фэйрфакс”
  • Belarusian: “Фэрфакс”
  • Bulgarian: “Феърфакс”
  • Catalan: “Fairfax”
  • Cebuano: “Fairfax”
  • Chechen: “Ферфакс”
  • Chinese: “費爾法克斯”
  • Chinese: “费尔法克斯”
  • Czech: “Fairfax”
  • Dagbani: “Fairfax”
  • Danish: “Fairfax”
  • Dutch: “Fairfax City”
  • Dutch: “Fairfax”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فيرفاكس (ڤيرچينيا)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فيرفاكس”
  • Esperanto: “Fairfax (Virginio)”
  • Esperanto: “Fairfax”
  • Finnish: “Fairfax”
  • French: “Fairfax”
  • French: “Municipalité de Fairfax”
  • Galician: “Fairfax”
  • German: “Fairfax”
  • Gilaki: “فیرفکس (ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “فیرفکس”
  • Greek: “Φέιρφαξ”
  • Greek: “Φέρφαξ”
  • Haitian: “Fairfax, Vijini”
  • Haitian: “Fairfax”
  • Hebrew: “פיירפקס”
  • Hungarian: “Fairfax”
  • Irish: “Fairfax”
  • Italian: “Fairfax”
  • Japanese: “フェアファクス”
  • Japanese: “フェアファックス”
  • Korean: “페어팩스”
  • Ladin: “Fairfax”
  • Low German: “Fairfax”
  • Macedonian: “Ферфакс”
  • Malagasy: “Fairfax, Virginia”
  • Malagasy: “Fairfax”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fairfax”
  • Norwegian: “Fairfax”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Fægerfæx on Fǣmnelande”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Fægerfæx”
  • Ossetian: “Фэрфакс”
  • Persian: “فرفکس، ویرجینیا”
  • Persian: “فرفکس”
  • Polish: “Fairfax”
  • Portuguese: “Fairfax”
  • Romanian: “Fairfax, Virginia”
  • Romanian: “Fairfax”
  • Russian: “Фэрфакс”
  • Serbian: “Ферфакс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Fairfax, Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Fairfax”
  • Slovak: “Fairfax”
  • Slovenian: “Fairfax”
  • South Azerbaijani: “فایرفاکس، ویرجینیا”
  • Spanish: “Fairfax (Virginia)”
  • Spanish: “Fairfax”
  • Swahili: “Fairfax, Virginia”
  • Swahili: “Fairfax”
  • Swedish: “Fairfax, Virginia”
  • Swedish: “Fairfax”
  • Tatar: “Ферфакс”
  • Turkish: “Fairfax, Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Fairfax”
  • Ukrainian: “Феєрфакс”
  • Ukrainian: “Ферфакс”
  • Urdu: “فیئرفیکس، ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “فیئرفیکس”
  • Vietnamese: “Fairfax, Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Fairfax”
  • Volapük: “Fairfax”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Fairfax, Virginia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Fairfax”
  • Welsh: “Fairfax”
  • “Fairfax”

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