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Fairfax Station

Fairfax Station is an unincorporated, low-density census-designated place in southern Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, about 22 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. Named for its 1850s Orange & Alexandria Railroad stop, it is tied to Clara Barton's Civil War nursing and the Fairfax Station Railroad Museum. Governed by Fairfax County.

12,420 (2020 Census)

Population

Census-designated place

Type

22039

ZIP code

Fairfax

County

What Fairfax Station is known for

The Fairfax Station Railroad Museum, on the site where Clara Barton treated the wounded after Second Manassas (1862).
St. Mary of Sorrows Catholic Church (begun 1858), among the oldest Catholic churches in Fairfax County.
A semi-rural, large-lot residential character in southern Fairfax County.

Fairfax Station in the news

Patch — Burke · 35 days ago

Fairfax Station Church Burglary Suspect Arrested After Stolen Vehicle Found In Hybla Valley

A suspect was arrested after a church break-in on Ox Road and a stolen church vehicle was found in Hybla Valley, police say.…

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