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<span>2005-2007</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2005-2007-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2007-2009" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2007-2009"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.3</span> <span>2007-2009</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2007-2009-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2009-2011" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2009-2011"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.4</span> <span>2009-2011</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2009-2011-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2011-2013" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2011-2013"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.5</span> <span>2011-2013</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2011-2013-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2013-2015" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2013-2015"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.6</span> <span>2013-2015</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2013-2015-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2015-2017" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2015-2017"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.7</span> <span>2015-2017</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2015-2017-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2017-2019" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2017-2019"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.8</span> <span>2017-2019</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2017-2019-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Stafford_County_School_Board" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Stafford_County_School_Board"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Stafford County School Board</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Stafford_County_School_Board-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Law_enforcement" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Law_enforcement"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>Law enforcement</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Law_enforcement-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Presidential_elections" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Presidential_elections"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6</span> <span>Presidential elections</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Presidential_elections-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demographics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Demographics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Demographics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-2020_Census" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2020_Census"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>2020 Census</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2020_Census-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2010_Census" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2010_Census"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>2010 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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2</span> <span>Other unincorporated communities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_unincorporated_communities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Notable people</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_K%C5%ABn_(Virginia)" title="Stafford Kūn (Virginia) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Stafford Kūn (Virginia)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_County,_Virginia" title="Stafford County, Virginia – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Stafford County, Virginia" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_County_(kondado_sa_Tinipong_Bansa,_Virginia)" title="Stafford County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Virginia) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Stafford County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tum mw-list-item"><a href="https://tum.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_County,_Virginia" title="Stafford County, Virginia – Tumbuka" lang="tum" hreflang="tum" data-title="Stafford County, Virginia" data-language-autonym="ChiTumbuka" data-language-local-name="Tumbuka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiTumbuka</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_County,_Virginia" title="Stafford County, Virginia – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Stafford County, Virginia" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_County_(Virginia)" title="Stafford County (Virginia) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Stafford County (Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staffordi_maakond_(Virginia)" title="Staffordi maakond (Virginia) – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Staffordi maakond (Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Stafford_(Virginia)" title="Condado de Stafford (Virginia) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Condado de Stafford (Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_konderria_(Virginia)" title="Stafford konderria (Virginia) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Stafford konderria (Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%8C_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="شهرستان استفورد، ویرجینیا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهرستان استفورد، ویرجینیا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Stafford_(Virginie)" title="Comté de Stafford (Virginie) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Comté de Stafford (Virginie)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A4%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%9A_%D8%B4%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7)" title="استفؤرد ٚ شأرستان (ويرجينيا) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="استفؤرد ٚ شأرستان (ويرجينيا)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a 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interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contea_di_Stafford_(Virginia)" title="Contea di Stafford (Virginia) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Contea di Stafford (Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3,_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Стаффорд (округ, Виргиния) – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Стаффорд (округ, Виргиния)" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konteth_Stafford,_Virjynni" title="Konteth Stafford, Virjynni – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Konteth Stafford, Virjynni" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staffordensis_Comitatus_(Virginia)" title="Staffordensis Comitatus (Virginia) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Staffordensis Comitatus (Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_megye_(Virginia)" title="Stafford megye (Virginia) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Stafford megye (Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF_(%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7)" title="استفورد (ویرجینیا) – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="استفورد (ویرجینیا)" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_G%C3%B4ng_(Virginia)" title="Stafford Gông (Virginia) – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Stafford Gông (Virginia)" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_County_(Virginia)" title="Stafford County (Virginia) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Stafford County (Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E9%83%A1_(%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2%E5%B7%9E)" title="スタフォード郡 (バージニア州) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="スタフォード郡 (バージニア州)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4_(%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%BE,_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8)" title="Стаффорд (гуо, Виргини) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Стаффорд (гуо, Виргини)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_County_(Virginia)" title="Stafford County (Virginia) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Stafford County (Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%B9%DB%8C%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%88_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%86%D9%B9%DB%8C" title="سٹیفورڈ کاؤنٹی – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="سٹیفورڈ کاؤنٹی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_County_(Virginia)" title="Stafford County (Virginia) – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Stafford County (Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrabstwo_Stafford_(Wirginia)" title="Hrabstwo Stafford (Wirginia) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Hrabstwo Stafford (Wirginia)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Stafford_(Virg%C3%ADnia)" title="Condado de Stafford (Virgínia) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Condado de Stafford (Virgínia)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comitatul_Stafford,_Virginia" title="Comitatul Stafford, Virginia – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Comitatul Stafford, Virginia" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3,_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Стаффорд (округ, Виргиния) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Стаффорд (округ, Виргиния)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_County_(Virginia)" title="Stafford County (Virginia) – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Stafford County (Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_County,_Virginia" title="Stafford County, Virginia – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Stafford County, Virginia" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4_(%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%9F%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0)" title="Округ Стафорд (Вирџинија) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Округ Стафорд (Вирџинија)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_County,_Virginia" title="Stafford County, Virginia – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Stafford County, Virginia" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staffordin_piirikunta_(Virginia)" title="Staffordin piirikunta (Virginia) – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Staffordin piirikunta (Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_County,_Virginia" title="Stafford County, Virginia – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Stafford County, Virginia" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3,_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Стаффорд (округ, Виргиния) – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Стаффорд (округ, Виргиния)" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_County,_Virginia" title="Stafford County, Virginia – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Stafford County, Virginia" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3,_%D0%92%D1%96%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%8F)" title="Стаффорд (округ, Вірджинія) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Стаффорд (округ, Вірджинія)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%B9%DB%8C%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%88_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%86%D9%B9%DB%8C%D8%8C_%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="سٹیفورڈ کاؤنٹی، ورجینیا – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="سٹیفورڈ کاؤنٹی، ورجینیا" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qu%E1%BA%ADn_Stafford,_Virginia" title="Quận Stafford, Virginia – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Quận Stafford, Virginia" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_han_Stafford,_Virginia" title="Condado han Stafford, Virginia – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Condado han Stafford, Virginia" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%AF%E5%A1%94%E7%A6%8F%E5%BE%B7%E7%B8%A3_(%E7%B6%AD%E5%90%89%E5%B0%BC%E4%BA%9E%E5%B7%9E)" title="斯塔福德縣 (維吉尼亞州) – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="斯塔福德縣 (維吉尼亞州)" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q341755#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Edit interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Edit links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" 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org">Stafford County</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">County</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stafford_VA_courthouse.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Stafford County Courthouse"><img alt="Stafford County Courthouse" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Stafford_VA_courthouse.JPG/270px-Stafford_VA_courthouse.JPG" decoding="async" width="270" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Stafford_VA_courthouse.JPG/405px-Stafford_VA_courthouse.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Stafford_VA_courthouse.JPG/540px-Stafford_VA_courthouse.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Stafford County Courthouse</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Virginia_highlighting_Stafford_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location within the U.S. state of Virginia"><img alt="Map of Virginia highlighting Stafford County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Map_of_Virginia_highlighting_Stafford_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Virginia_highlighting_Stafford_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Map_of_Virginia_highlighting_Stafford_County.svg/450px-Map_of_Virginia_highlighting_Stafford_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Map_of_Virginia_highlighting_Stafford_County.svg/600px-Map_of_Virginia_highlighting_Stafford_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2495" data-file-height="1082" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location within the U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Virginia_in_United_States.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Virginia's location within the U.S."><img alt="Map of the United States highlighting Virginia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Virginia_in_United_States.svg/300px-Virginia_in_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Virginia_in_United_States.svg/450px-Virginia_in_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Virginia_in_United_States.svg/600px-Virginia_in_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Virginia's location within the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Stafford_County,_Virginia&params=38.41_N_77.45_W_type:city(156939)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">38°25′N</span> <span class="longitude">77°27′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">38.41°N 77.45°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">38.41; -77.45</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span>United States</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1664</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Staffordshire" title="Staffordshire">Staffordshire, England</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stafford,_Virginia" title="Stafford, Virginia">Stafford</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest community</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Aquia_Harbor,_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Aquia Harbor, Virginia">Aquia Harbor</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">280 sq mi (700 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">269 sq mi (700 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">11 sq mi (30 km<sup>2</sup>)  3.9%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-QuickFacts_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QuickFacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">156,939</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(July 2023)<sup id="cite_ref-Estimate2023_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Estimate2023-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">165,428</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">560/sq mi (220/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%924" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−4">UTC−4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_Code" title="ZIP Code">ZIP Codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">22405, 22406, 22134, 22554, 22556</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Congressional district</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 7th congressional district">7th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://staffordcountyva.gov">staffordcountyva<wbr />.gov</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Stafford County</b> is a <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">county</a> located in the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_(U.S._state)" title="Commonwealth (U.S. state)">Commonwealth</a> of <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>. It is approximately 40 miles (64 km) south of D.C. It is part of the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Virginia" title="Northern Virginia">Northern Virginia</a> region, and the D.C area. It is one of the fastest growing, and highest income counties in America. As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020 census</a>, the population sits at 156,927.<sup id="cite_ref-USCensusEst2019_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusEst2019-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> is <a href="/wiki/Stafford,_Virginia" title="Stafford, Virginia">Stafford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Located across the Rappahannock River from the City of <a href="/wiki/Fredericksburg,_Virginia" title="Fredericksburg, Virginia">Fredericksburg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spotsylvania_County,_Virginia" title="Spotsylvania County, Virginia">Spotsylvania County</a>, Stafford County is part of the <a href="/wiki/Washington_metropolitan_area" title="Washington metropolitan area">Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area</a>. In 2006, and again in 2009, Stafford was ranked by <i><a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a></i> magazine as the 11th <a href="/wiki/Highest-income_counties_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Highest-income counties in the United States">highest-income county in the United States</a>. According to a Census Bureau report released in 2019, Stafford County is currently the sixth highest-income county in America. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For thousands of years, various native cultures succeeded each other in their territories along the <a href="/wiki/Potomac_River" title="Potomac River">Potomac River</a> and its <a href="/wiki/Tributaries" class="mw-redirect" title="Tributaries">tributaries</a>. By the time of English colonization, there were 32 <a href="/wiki/Algonquian_languages" title="Algonquian languages">Algonquian</a>-speaking <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas" title="Indigenous peoples of the Americas">American Indian</a> tribes in the present-day coastal <a href="/wiki/Tidewater_(geographic_term)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tidewater (geographic term)">Tidewater</a> Virginia area, including those of the <a href="/wiki/Patawomeck" title="Patawomeck">Patawomeck</a> and numerous tribes that were part of the <a href="/wiki/Powhatan_Confederacy" class="mw-redirect" title="Powhatan Confederacy">Powhatan Confederacy</a>. The former small tribe, still centered in Stafford County, was recognized by the state of Virginia in 2010. </p><p>The Indians' first recorded encounter with Europeans in this area was in 1608, with <a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(explorer)" title="John Smith (explorer)">John Smith</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Jamestown_Settlement" title="Jamestown Settlement">Jamestown Settlement</a>. During a time of recurring tension between the early English colonists and local natives, the colonists led by <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Argall" title="Samuel Argall">Samuel Argall</a> captured <a href="/wiki/Chief_Powhatan" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Powhatan">Chief Powhatan</a>'s daughter, <a href="/wiki/Pocahontas" title="Pocahontas">Pocahontas</a>, while she was living with her husband, Kocoum, at the <a href="/wiki/Patawomeck" title="Patawomeck">Patawomeck</a> town of <a href="/wiki/Passapatanzy" class="mw-redirect" title="Passapatanzy">Passapatanzy</a>. The colonists took her from Passapatanzy, located in the eastern part of what is now Stafford County, to a secondary English settlement, known as <a href="/wiki/Henricus" title="Henricus">Henricus</a> (or Henrico Town). During her captivity there, <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Whitaker" title="Alexander Whitaker">Alexander Whitaker</a> converted Pocahontas to Christianity. She took the name "Rebecca" at her baptism. Rebecca/Pocahontas married English colonist <a href="/wiki/John_Rolfe" title="John Rolfe">John Rolfe</a> on April 5, 1614, in <a href="/wiki/Jamestown,_Virginia" title="Jamestown, Virginia">Jamestown</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their <a href="/wiki/Mixed-race" class="mw-redirect" title="Mixed-race">mixed-race</a> descendants were among the <a href="/wiki/First_Families_of_Virginia" title="First Families of Virginia">First Families of Virginia</a>. </p><p>The English colonial government of Virginia imposed its own order on the land and peoples. In 1664 it established Stafford County from territory previously part of <a href="/wiki/Westmoreland_County,_Virginia" title="Westmoreland County, Virginia">Westmoreland County</a><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (which had been created from <a href="/wiki/Northumberland_County,_Virginia" title="Northumberland County, Virginia">Northumberland County</a> in 1653). It was named after <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire" title="Staffordshire">Staffordshire</a>, England. As originally delineated, Stafford County included a much larger area than its current borders. As population grew, the following counties and jurisdictions were created: <a href="/wiki/Arlington_County,_Virginia" title="Arlington County, Virginia">Arlington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fairfax_County,_Virginia" title="Fairfax County, Virginia">Fairfax</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Prince_William_County,_Virginia" title="Prince William County, Virginia">Prince William</a> counties, and the <a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_Virginia" title="Alexandria, Virginia">City of Alexandria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is part of the area now considered <a href="/wiki/Northern_Virginia" title="Northern Virginia">Northern Virginia</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> spent much of his childhood in the lower part of the county at his family's home <a href="/wiki/Ferry_Farm" title="Ferry Farm">Ferry Farm</a> (which at the time was part of King George County), along the <a href="/wiki/Rappahannock_River" title="Rappahannock River">Rappahannock River</a> across from <a href="/wiki/Fredericksburg,_Virginia" title="Fredericksburg, Virginia">Fredericksburg</a>. <a href="/wiki/Colonial_Forge_High_School" title="Colonial Forge High School">Colonial Forge High School</a> was built on a tract of land owned in colonial times by his father <a href="/wiki/Augustine_Washington" title="Augustine Washington">Augustine Washington</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/George_Mason" title="George Mason">George Mason</a>, another <a href="/wiki/Founding_Fathers_of_the_United_States" title="Founding Fathers of the United States">Founding Father</a>, also lived in Stafford during his formative years.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Aquia_Church" title="Aquia Church">Aquia Church</a>, built in 1757, is unusual among local structures for having been designed on the plan of a <a href="/wiki/Greek_cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek cross">Greek cross</a> rather than the more standard Roman Cross design. In addition, Aquia Church has a rare three-tiered pulpit; it has been designated as a <a href="/wiki/National_Historic_Landmark" title="National Historic Landmark">National Historic Landmark</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_Church_(United_States)" title="Episcopal Church (United States)">Episcopal</a> church continues to be active today.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Stafford County industry and resources were important to the colony and early nation. During the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">Revolutionary War</a>, the Stafford <a href="/wiki/Ironworks" title="Ironworks">ironworks</a> furnished arms for the colonial rebel soldiers.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Aquia_Creek_sandstone" title="Aquia Creek sandstone">Aquia Creek sandstone</a>, quarried from <a href="/wiki/Public_Quarry_at_Government_Island" title="Public Quarry at Government Island">Government Island</a>, was used to build the <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Capitol" title="United States Capitol">U.S. Capitol</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>, the county was part of the battlegrounds, occupied repeatedly by more than 100,000 troops for several years. In 1862, before and after the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Fredericksburg" title="Battle of Fredericksburg">Battle of Fredericksburg</a>, some 10,000 slaves left area plantations and city households to cross the <a href="/wiki/Rappahannock_River" title="Rappahannock River">Rappahannock River</a>, reaching the Union lines and gaining freedom. This exodus and Trail of Freedom is commemorated by historical markers on both sides of the river, in Fredericksburg and in Stafford County.<sup id="cite_ref-trail_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trail-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Aquia_Creek" title="Battle of Aquia Creek">Battle of Aquia Creek</a> took place in the <a href="/wiki/Aquia_Harbour,_Virginia" title="Aquia Harbour, Virginia">Aquia Harbour</a> area.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both the <a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union Army</a> and <a href="/wiki/Confederate_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Confederate Army">Confederate Army</a> struggled to control the strategic <a href="/wiki/Potomac_Creek_Bridge" title="Potomac Creek Bridge">Potomac Creek Bridge</a> at various times during the war. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Falmouth,_Virginia" title="Falmouth, Virginia">Falmouth</a>, a town bordering Fredericksburg, was the home of late-19th century American Impressionist artist <a href="/wiki/Gari_Melchers" title="Gari Melchers">Gari Melchers</a>. His house, <a href="/wiki/Gari_Melchers_Home" class="mw-redirect" title="Gari Melchers Home">Belmont</a>, still stands and is listed on the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="20th_century_to_present">20th century to present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 20th century to present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stafford_County_Courthouse_1929_-_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Stafford_County_Courthouse_1929_-_3.jpg/220px-Stafford_County_Courthouse_1929_-_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Stafford_County_Courthouse_1929_-_3.jpg/330px-Stafford_County_Courthouse_1929_-_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Stafford_County_Courthouse_1929_-_3.jpg/440px-Stafford_County_Courthouse_1929_-_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1210" data-file-height="700" /></a><figcaption>Stafford County Courthouse in 1929</figcaption></figure> <p>Stafford County has developed to be one of the core counties of the <a href="/wiki/Washington_metropolitan_area" title="Washington metropolitan area">Washington metropolitan area</a> and Northern Virginia, the seat of government and numerous major defense installations. <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Base_Quantico" title="Marine Corps Base Quantico">Marine Corps Base Quantico</a> occupies northern areas of this county. The FBI Academy, FBI National Laboratory and NCIS HQ are located on the Stafford side of MCBQ. Many residents commute north to work there and in other defense and federal facilities, as well as private companies, in Washington and its environs on Interstate Highway 95, U.S. Route 1, and by <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Railway_Express" title="Virginia Railway Express">Virginia Railway Express</a>. Stafford County is a suburban county and home to many Washington D.C. commuters and workers which work for the Federal Government. It is also home to many military families due to its proximity to MCBQ. These facts contribute to the high-income of families in Stafford County, and the high amount of home-ownership, and college graduates. Stafford County is also one of the few counties in America where black households make more than white households. In recent years Stafford County has experienced major suburbanization, and growth as more and more workers move to the suburbs for their families. Thus, many developers are currently active in Stafford County in housing and retail projects. </p><p>In the early morning hours of May 9, 2008, a <a href="/wiki/Mid-May_2008_tornado_outbreak_sequence" class="mw-redirect" title="Mid-May 2008 tornado outbreak sequence">tornado</a> touched down in the southern part of the county, severely damaging about 140 suburban homes.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The county was severely affected by "<a href="/wiki/Snowmageddon" title="Snowmageddon">Snowmageddon</a>," the massive blizzards of December 2009 and February 2010. Stafford received some of the heaviest snow in the D.C. metropolitan area, with about 25 inches of snow in December, and 19 inches in February.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap 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style="width:6em;left:1px"><div><a href="/wiki/Caroline_County,_Virginia" title="Caroline County, Virginia">Caroline</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:98.148%;left:49.832%;font-size:100%"><div class="id" style="left:-0px;top:-0px"></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:1px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/wiki/Hanover_County,_Virginia" title="Hanover County, Virginia">Hanover</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:53.409%;left:72.505%;font-size:100%"><div class="id" style="left:-0px;top:-0px"></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:1px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/wiki/King_George_County,_Virginia" title="King George County, Virginia">King<span class="nowrap"> </span>George</a></div></div></div></div></div></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">U.S. Census Bureau</a>, the county has a total area of 280 square miles (730 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 269 square miles (700 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 11 square miles (28 km<sup>2</sup>) (3.9%) is water.<sup id="cite_ref-GR1_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR1-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Potomac_River" title="Potomac River">Potomac River</a> flows along part of the eastern border of the county, while the <a href="/wiki/Rappahannock_River" title="Rappahannock River">Rappahannock River</a> runs along the extent of the county's southern border. The independent city of Fredericksburg developed at the fall line of the river, supporting mills run by water power. To the northwest of there is the Piedmont area. <a href="/wiki/Aquia_Creek" title="Aquia Creek">Aquia Creek</a> empties into the tidal segment of the Potomac River at Brent Point in Stafford County. It is surrounded by Prince William County to the north, Fauquier County to the West, the City of Fredericksburg, and Spotsylvania County to the south. Due to its location and proximity to Washington D.C. many Federal Government workers and commuters live in Stafford County. Stafford County's location close to <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington D.C.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Base_Quantico" title="Marine Corps Base Quantico">MCB Quanico</a> are one of the major reasons of the suburbanization and growth of the county. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_bodies_of_water">Major bodies of water</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Major bodies of water"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rappahannock_River" title="Rappahannock River">Rappahannock River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potomac_River" title="Potomac River">Potomac River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aquia_Creek" title="Aquia Creek">Aquia Creek</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjacent_counties_and_independent_city">Adjacent counties and independent city</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Adjacent counties and independent city"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fauquier_County,_Virginia" title="Fauquier County, Virginia">Fauquier County</a> – northwest</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_William_County,_Virginia" title="Prince William County, Virginia">Prince William County</a> – north</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_County,_Maryland" title="Charles County, Maryland">Charles County, Maryland</a> – east</li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_George_County,_Virginia" title="King George County, Virginia">King George County</a> – southeast</li></ul> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caroline_County,_Virginia" title="Caroline County, Virginia">Caroline County</a> – south</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fredericksburg,_Virginia" title="Fredericksburg, Virginia">Fredericksburg, Virginia</a> – southwest</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spotsylvania_County,_Virginia" title="Spotsylvania County, Virginia">Spotsylvania County</a> – southwest</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culpeper_County,_Virginia" title="Culpeper County, Virginia">Culpeper County</a> – west</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_and_politics">Government and politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Government and politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid 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Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">October 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The county is divided into seven magisterial districts: George Washington, Hartwood, Falmouth, Griffis-Widewater, Aquia, Garrisonville, and Rockhill. The magisterial districts, roughly equal in population, each elect one supervisor to the Board of Supervisors which governs Stafford County. The county operates under the county form of the County Executive system of government, with an elected Board of Supervisors. The Board hires a professional, nonpartisan County Administrator to manage government agencies. The current County Administrator is Thomas C. Foley. Stafford County is currently a battleground county politically which leans Republican. Due to its rapid suburbanization and growth of families, and Federal Government employees from D.C. and being a part of Northern Virginia it has trended Democratic however has stayed Republican at the state and local level. The Board of Supervisors currently has a Republican majority, that is also true of the Stafford School Board (although they are elected on a bipartisan basis). In <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="2020 United States presidential election in Virginia">2020</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> became the first Democratic candidate to carry Stafford County since <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> in <a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1976 United States presidential election in Virginia">1976</a>. </p><p>Stafford County is represented by Congresswoman <a href="/wiki/Abigail_Spanberger" title="Abigail Spanberger">Abigail Spanberger</a> (D-Glen Allen) of <a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 7th congressional district">Virginia's 7th congressional district</a> in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a>. On the state level, it is represented by Republican <a href="/wiki/Tara_Durant" title="Tara Durant">Tara Durant</a> and Democrat <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_McPike" title="Jeremy McPike">Jeremy McPike</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_State_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia State Senate">Virginia State Senate</a>. Democrats <a href="/wiki/Candi_King" title="Candi King">Candi King</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joshua_G._Cole" title="Joshua G. Cole">Joshua G. Cole</a> and Republican <a href="/wiki/Paul_Milde_(politician)" title="Paul Milde (politician)">Paul Milde</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_House_of_Delegates" title="Virginia House of Delegates">Virginia House of Delegates</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="County-Wide_Commonwealth's_Officials"><span id="County-Wide_Commonwealth.27s_Officials"></span>County-Wide Commonwealth's Officials</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: County-Wide Commonwealth's Officials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;">Office </th> <th style="text-align:center;">Name </th> <th valign="bottom">Affiliation </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Commonwealth's Attorney </td> <td>Eric Olsen </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Commissioner of the Revenue </td> <td>Scott Mayausky </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Sheriff </td> <td>David Decatur </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Treasurer </td> <td>Michael Sienkowski </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Clerk of Circuit Court </td> <td>Kathy Sterne </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_Partisan_Composition_of_the_Board_of_Supervisors">Current Partisan Composition of the Board of Supervisors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Current Partisan Composition of the Board of Supervisors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Board of Supervisors<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" align="center" valign="bottom">Position </th> <th style="text-align:center;">Name </th> <th valign="bottom">Affiliation </th> <th valign="bottom" align="center">First election </th> <th valign="bottom" align="center">District </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Chair </td> <td>Meg Bohmke </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2013 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Falmouth </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF">  </td> <td>Vice-chair </td> <td>Tinesha Allen </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2020 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Griffis-Widewater </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#DDDDBB"> </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Monica Gary </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Independent </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2022 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Aquia </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Dr. Pamela Yeung </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2022 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Garrisonville </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Deuntay Diggs </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2024 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">George Washington </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Darrell E. English </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2022 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Hartwood </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Crystal Vanuch </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2020 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Rock Hill </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Past_composition_of_the_Board">Past composition of the Board</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Past composition of the Board"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2003-2005">2003-2005</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2003-2005"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Republican incumbent Robert Gibbons from the Rockhill District won re-election after a failed state legislature race in which he lost in the primary. Democrat Peter Fields from the George Washington district won re-election to his second term. Independent Jack Cavilier ran for re-election and won in the Griffis-Widewater district, keeping the Board of Supervisors at a gridlock 3-3-1 partisan split. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" align="center" valign="bottom">Position </th> <th style="text-align:center;">Name </th> <th valign="bottom">Affiliation </th> <th valign="bottom" align="center">First election </th> <th valign="bottom" align="center">District </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Robert Gibbons </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1991 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Rock Hill </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Kandy Hillard </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2001 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Aquia </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Gary Pash </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2001 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Garrisonville </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Gary Snellings </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2001 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Hartwood </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Mark Osborn </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2001 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Falmouth </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Peter Fields </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1999 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">George Washington </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#DDDDBB">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Jack Cavilier </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Independent </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1999 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Griffis-Widewater </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2005-2007">2005-2007</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2005-2007"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Growth being a main concern of residents four incumbents lost re-election bids. Gary Snelings, a Republican from the Hartwood district lost re-election by 36 votes to Independent Joe Brito. Republican incumbent Mark Osborn lost re-election in the Falmouth district for a second term, to Democratic political newcomer George Schwartz. Democrats in the northern part of the county were replaced by Republicans. Gary Pash, a Democrat representing the Garrisonville District and Kandy Hillard a Democrat representing the Aquia District were replaced by Republicans Mark Dudenhefer and Paul Milde, respectively. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" align="center" valign="bottom">Position </th> <th style="text-align:center;">Name </th> <th valign="bottom">Affiliation </th> <th valign="bottom" align="center">First election </th> <th valign="bottom" align="center">District </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Robert Gibbons </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1993 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Rock Hill </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Paul Milde </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2005 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Aquia </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Dudenhefer" title="Mark Dudenhefer">Mark Dudenhefer</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2005 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Garrisonville </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#DDDDBB">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Joe Brito </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Independent </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2005 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Hartwood </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>George Schwartz </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2005 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Falmouth </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Peter Fields </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1999 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">George Washington </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#DDDDBB">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Jack Cavilier </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Independent </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1999 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Griffis-Widewater </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2007-2009">2007-2009</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 2007-2009"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Peter Fields, the Democratic incumbent from the George Washington District declined to run for a third term. Harry Crisp, a Democrat who ran for the George Washington District beat, Tom Coen a Republican who also ran last election cycle against Peter Fields. Jack Cavilier, an Independent incumbent from the Griffis-Widewater district ran for re-election as a Republican and lost to Democratic newcomer Bob Woodson. Woodson made history as being the first black American ever elected to the Stafford County Board of Supervisors. Republican Incumbent Robert Gibbons declined to run for another term. Republican Cord Sterling who worked for Senator John McCain (R-AZ) ran for the Rockhill District and won against a Democrat. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" align="center" valign="bottom">Position </th> <th style="text-align:center;">Name </th> <th valign="bottom">Affiliation </th> <th valign="bottom" align="center">First election </th> <th valign="bottom" align="center">District </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Cord Sterling </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2007 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Rock Hill </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Paul Milde </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2005 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Aquia </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Dudenhefer" title="Mark Dudenhefer">Mark Dudenhefer</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2005 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Garrisonville </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#DDDDBB">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Joe Brito </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Independent </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2005 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Hartwood </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>George Schwartz </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2005 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Falmouth </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Harry Crisp </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2007 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">George Washington </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Bob Woodson </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2007 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Griffis-Widewater </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2009-2011">2009-2011</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 2009-2011"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Independent incumbent Joe Brito lost a rematch with Republican Gary Snellings in a three-way race with another independent. Democratic incumbent George Schwartz from the Falmouth District, declined to run for re-election. Former Republican Supervisor Mark Osborn ran for the seat as an independent, in a three race against Democrat Doug Filler, and Republican Susan Stimpson who ultimately won. Republican Mark Dudenhefer won re-election against Democrat Laura Sellers and Republican Paul Milde won re-election against two Independents in a three-way race. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" align="center" valign="bottom">Position </th> <th style="text-align:center;">Name </th> <th valign="bottom">Affiliation </th> <th valign="bottom" align="center">First election </th> <th valign="bottom" align="center">District </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Cord Sterling </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2007 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Rock Hill </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Paul Milde </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2005 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Aquia </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Dudenhefer" title="Mark Dudenhefer">Mark Dudenhefer</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2005 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Garrisonville </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Gary Snelings </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2001 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Hartwood </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Susan Stimpson </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2009 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Falmouth </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Harry Crisp </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2007 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">George Washington </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Bob Woodson </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2007 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Griffis-Widewater </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2011-2013">2011-2013</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 2011-2013"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Republican incumbent Mark Dudenhefer from the Garrisonville District ran for state legislature and won. Republican Ty Schieber was named Interim supervisor and won a special election to finish out Mark Dudenhefer's term. Democratic Incumbent Bob Woodson from the Griffis-Widewater district declined to run for a second term. In a three-way race former Independent Supervisor Jack Caviler won. Republican incumbent Cord Sterling won re-election in the Rockhill district. In the George Washington District Harry Crisp declined time run for re-election. Bob Thomas, a Republican won the race against a Democrat in the George Washington District. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" align="center" valign="bottom">Position </th> <th style="text-align:center;">Name </th> <th valign="bottom">Affiliation </th> <th valign="bottom" align="center">First election </th> <th valign="bottom" align="center">District </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Cord Sterling </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2007 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Rock Hill </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Paul Milde </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2005 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Aquia </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Ty Schieber </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2012 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Garrisonville </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Gary Snelings </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2001 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Hartwood </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Susan Stimpson </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2009 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Falmouth </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Bob Thomas </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2011 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">George Washington </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#DDDDBB">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Jack Caviler </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Independent </td> <td style="text-align:center;">First elected 1999-2007 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Griffis-Widewater </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2013-2015">2013-2015</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 2013-2015"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Republican incumbent from the Falmouth District Susan Stimson sought the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia and lost. Meg Bohmke, a Republican representing the district in the school board ran to represent the Falmouth District in the Board of Supervisors and won. Incumbent Republican Ty Schieber lost re-election in the Garrisonville District against Democrat Laura Sellers who ran in 2009 against Mark Dudenhefer and lost. Republican incumbent Gary Snelings from the Hartwood District won re-election. Republican incumbent Paul Milde from the Aquia District also won re-election. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" align="center" valign="bottom">Position </th> <th style="text-align:center;">Name </th> <th valign="bottom">Affiliation </th> <th valign="bottom" align="center">First election </th> <th valign="bottom" align="center">District </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Cord Sterling </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2007 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Rock Hill </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Paul Milde </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2005 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Aquia </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Laura Sellers </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2013 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Garrisonville </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Gary Snelings </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2001 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Hartwood </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Meg Bohmke </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2013 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Falmouth </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Bob Thomas </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2011 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">George Washington </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#DDDDBB">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Jack Caviler </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Independent </td> <td style="text-align:center;">First elected 1999-2007 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Griffis-Widewater </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2015-2017">2015-2017</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: 2015-2017"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Independent Jack Cavilier ran for re-election as a Republican and won in the Griffis-Widewater District. Cord Sterling declined to run for re-election. Wendy Maurer a Republican won the Republican primary, then won a three-way race against a Democrat, and longtime former Republican Supervisor Robert Gibbons who ran as an independent and won in the Rockhill District and won. Republican incumbent Bob Thomas won re-election in the George Washington District. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" align="center" valign="bottom">Position </th> <th style="text-align:center;">Name </th> <th valign="bottom">Affiliation </th> <th valign="bottom" align="center">First election </th> <th valign="bottom" align="center">District </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Wendy Maurer </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2011 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Rock Hill </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Paul Milde </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2005 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Aquia </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Laura Sellers </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2013 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Garrisonville </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Gary Snelings </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2001 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Hartwood </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Meg Bohmke </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2013 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Falmouth </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Bob Thomas </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2011 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">George Washington </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Jack Caviler </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">First elected 1999-2007 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Griffis-Widewater </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2017-2019">2017-2019</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: 2017-2019"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Republican Supervisor Bob Thomas from the George Washington District decided to run for state legislature. In a competitive Republican Primary he beat Supervisor Paul Milde from the Aquia District, and former Supervisor Susan Stimpson from the Falmouth District. Tom Coen, a Republican candidate who ran twice for the seat was named Interim Supervisor and won a special election as an Independent to finish out Bob Thomas’ term. Incumbent Republican Supervisor Meg Bohmke won re-election in the Falmouth District against a Democrat. Cindy Shelton, a Republican, beat a Democrat and an independent in a three-way race in one of the most Democratic districts in Stafford County. Democratic Incumbent Laura Sellers from the Garrisonville District ran for re-election against Mark Dudenhefer who declined to run for re-election for state legislature. In a rematch Mark Dudenhefer won again to reclaim his seat by 13 votes. Gary Snelings, the Republican incumbent from the Hartwood District won re-election. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" align="center" valign="bottom">Position </th> <th style="text-align:center;">Name </th> <th valign="bottom">Affiliation </th> <th valign="bottom" align="center">First election </th> <th valign="bottom" align="center">District </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Wendy Maurer </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2011 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Rock Hill </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Cindy Shelton </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2017 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Aquia </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Dudenhefer" title="Mark Dudenhefer">Mark Dudenhefer</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">First elected 2005-2011 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Garrisonville </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Gary Snelings </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">First elected 2001-2005 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Hartwood </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Meg Bohmke </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2013 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Falmouth </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#DDDDBB">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Tom Coen </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Independent </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2018 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">George Washington </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Supervisor </td> <td>Jack Caviler </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">First elected 1999-2007 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Griffis-Widewater </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stafford_County_School_Board">Stafford County School Board</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Stafford County School Board"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Though the school board in Stafford County, and the Commonwealth of Virginia is officially nonpartisan, candidates are endorsed by parties and tend to hold views similar to these parties. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" align="center" valign="bottom">Position </th> <th style="text-align:center;">Name </th> <th valign="bottom">Affiliation </th> <th valign="bottom" align="center">First election </th> <th valign="bottom" align="center">District </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Chair </td> <td>Maureen Siegmund </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2021 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Garrisonville </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF">  </td> <td>Vice Chair </td> <td>Maya Guy </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2021 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Aquia </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Board Member </td> <td>Patricia Healy </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1999 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Rock Hill </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Board Member </td> <td>Alyssa Halstead </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2021 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Hartwood </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF">  </td> <td>Board Member </td> <td>Dr. Sarah Chase </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2017 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Falmouth </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>Board Member </td> <td>Susan Randall </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2019 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">George Washington </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF">  </td> <td>Board Member </td> <td>Dr. Elizabeth Warner </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2019 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Griffis-Widewater </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Law_enforcement">Law enforcement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Law enforcement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Stafford County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) is the primary law enforcement agency in Stafford County. According to the department, it is the first agency in Virginia to use <a href="/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle" title="Unmanned aerial vehicle">drones</a> solely for law enforcement purposes.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Law enforcement agency</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color: #EFEFEF;">Stafford County Sheriff's Office</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Abbreviation</th><td class="infobox-data">SCSO</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #EFEFEF;">Agency overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formed</th><td class="infobox-data">1664</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Employees</th><td class="infobox-data">271</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #EFEFEF;">Jurisdictional structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Constituting instrument</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Yes</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">General nature</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_agency#locpol" title="Law enforcement agency">Local civilian police</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #EFEFEF;">Operational structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stafford,_Virginia" title="Stafford, Virginia">Stafford, Virginia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Agency executive</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">David P. Decatur, <a href="/wiki/Sheriff" title="Sheriff">Sheriff</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #EFEFEF;">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.staffordsheriff.com/">Official Website</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Presidential_elections">Presidential elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Presidential elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible floatright" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption>United States presidential election results for Stafford County, Virginia<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Year </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Third party(ies)</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="2024 United States presidential election in Virginia">2024</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">39,571 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">48.64% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">40,153 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>49.36%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,630 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="2020 United States presidential election in Virginia">2020</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">37,636 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">47.27% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">40,245 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>50.54%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,744 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.19% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="2016 United States presidential election in Virginia">2016</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">33,868 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>51.37%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">27,908 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.33% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4,158 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6.31% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="2012 United States presidential election in Virginia">2012</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">32,480 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>53.61%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">27,182 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">44.87% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">921 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.52% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="2008 United States presidential election in Virginia">2008</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">29,221 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>52.69%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">25,716 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">46.37% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">518 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.93% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="2004 United States presidential election in Virginia">2004</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">28,500 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>61.98%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">17,208 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">37.42% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">278 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.60% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="2000 United States presidential election in Virginia">2000</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">20,731 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>60.54%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">12,596 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36.78% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">919 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.68% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1996 United States presidential election in Virginia">1996</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">14,098 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>54.04%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">9,902 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">37.95% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,089 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">8.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1992 United States presidential election in Virginia">1992</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">12,528 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>50.37%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">7,718 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">31.03% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4,625 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">18.60% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1988 United States presidential election in Virginia">1988</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">12,234 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>69.07%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">5,380 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">30.37% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">98 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.55% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1984 United States presidential election in Virginia">1984</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">10,293 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>69.63%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,429 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">29.96% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">60 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.41% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1980 United States presidential election in Virginia">1980</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">7,106 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>58.85%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,211 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">34.87% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">758 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6.28% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1976 United States presidential election in Virginia">1976</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,451 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">46.84% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,900 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51.57%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">151 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.59% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1972 United States presidential election in Virginia">1972</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,222 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>72.39%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,901 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">26.35% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">91 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.26% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1968 United States presidential election in Virginia">1968</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,572 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>39.68%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,698 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">26.20% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,212 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">34.13% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1964 United States presidential election in Virginia">1964</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,888 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">43.26% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,469 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>56.58%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">7 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.16% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1960 United States presidential election in Virginia">1960</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,447 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">48.80% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,494 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>50.39%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">24 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.81% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1956 United States presidential election in Virginia">1956</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,563 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>58.94%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">978 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36.88% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">111 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4.19% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1952 United States presidential election in Virginia">1952</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,411 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>56.35%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,077 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">43.01% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">16 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.64% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1948 United States presidential election in Virginia">1948</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">732 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>46.36%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">708 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">44.84% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">139 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">8.80% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1944 United States presidential election in Virginia">1944</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">714 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>50.35%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">698 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">49.22% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.42% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1940 United States presidential election in Virginia">1940</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">463 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">36.49% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">803 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>63.28%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.24% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1936 United States presidential election in Virginia">1936</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">596 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">47.68% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">651 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>52.08%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.24% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1932 United States presidential election in Virginia">1932</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">454 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">38.12% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">731 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>61.38%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.50% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1928 United States presidential election in Virginia">1928</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">797 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>64.38%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">441 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">35.62% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1924 United States presidential election in Virginia">1924</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">433 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">46.61% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">450 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>48.44%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">46 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4.95% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1920 United States presidential election in Virginia">1920</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">599 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>56.51%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">459 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">43.30% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.19% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1916 United States presidential election in Virginia">1916</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">422 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">48.62% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">444 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51.15%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.23% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1912 United States presidential election in Virginia">1912</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">141 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">20.95% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">347 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51.56%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">185 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">27.49% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1908_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1908 United States presidential election in Virginia">1908</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">474 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>53.62%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">406 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">45.93% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.45% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1904_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1904 United States presidential election in Virginia">1904</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">384 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>55.57%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">301 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">43.56% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.87% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1900 United States presidential election in Virginia">1900</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">867 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>57.19%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">648 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.74% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.07% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1896_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1896 United States presidential election in Virginia">1896</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,084 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>63.06%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">629 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36.59% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.35% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1892_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1892 United States presidential election in Virginia">1892</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">558 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">42.40% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">742 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>56.38%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">16 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.22% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1888_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1888 United States presidential election in Virginia">1888</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">883 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>59.74%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">595 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">40.26% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1884_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1884 United States presidential election in Virginia">1884</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">762 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>54.08%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">644 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">45.71% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.21% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1880 United States presidential election in Virginia">1880</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">268 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">22.79% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">908 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>77.21%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1790_United_States_census" title="1790 United States census">1790</a></th><td>9,588</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1800_United_States_census" title="1800 United States census">1800</a></th><td>9,971</td><td></td><td>4.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1810_United_States_census" title="1810 United States census">1810</a></th><td>9,830</td><td></td><td>−1.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1820_United_States_census" title="1820 United States census">1820</a></th><td>9,517</td><td></td><td>−3.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1830_United_States_census" title="1830 United States census">1830</a></th><td>9,362</td><td></td><td>−1.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_census" title="1840 United States census">1840</a></th><td>8,454</td><td></td><td>−9.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>8,044</td><td></td><td>−4.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>8,555</td><td></td><td>6.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>6,420</td><td></td><td>−25.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>7,211</td><td></td><td>12.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>7,362</td><td></td><td>2.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>8,097</td><td></td><td>10.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>8,070</td><td></td><td>−0.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>8,104</td><td></td><td>0.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>8,050</td><td></td><td>−0.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>9,548</td><td></td><td>18.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>11,902</td><td></td><td>24.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>16,876</td><td></td><td>41.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>24,587</td><td></td><td>45.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>40,470</td><td></td><td>64.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>61,236</td><td></td><td>51.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>92,446</td><td></td><td>51.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>128,961</td><td></td><td>39.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>156,927</td><td></td><td>21.7%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-DecennialCensus_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DecennialCensus-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1790–1960<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1900–1990<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1990–2000<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2010<sup id="cite_ref-2010CensusP2_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010CensusP2-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusP2_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusP2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_Census">2020 Census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: 2020 Census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption><b>Stafford County, Virginia - Demographic Profile</b><br /> (<i>NH = Non-Hispanic</i>) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race / Ethnicity </th> <th>Pop 2010<sup id="cite_ref-2010CensusP2_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010CensusP2-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Pop 2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusP2_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusP2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>% 2010 </th> <th>% 2020 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_whites" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino whites">White</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>87,434 </td> <td>85,587 </td> <td>67.80% </td> <td>54.54% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_African_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans">Black or African American</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>21,259 </td> <td>29,492 </td> <td>16.48% </td> <td>18.79% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> or <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Native" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska Native">Alaska Native</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>454 </td> <td>601 </td> <td>0.35% </td> <td>0.38% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>3,545 </td> <td>6,137 </td> <td>2.75% </td> <td>3.91% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_Americans" title="Pacific Islander Americans">Pacific Islander</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>149 </td> <td>241 </td> <td>0.12% </td> <td>0.15% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_census" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States census">Some Other Race</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>293 </td> <td>1,105 </td> <td>0.23% </td> <td>0.70% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">Mixed Race/Multi-Racial</a> (NH) </td> <td>3,952 </td> <td>10,118 </td> <td>3.06% </td> <td>6.45% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> (any race) </td> <td>11,875 </td> <td>23,646 </td> <td>9.21% </td> <td>15.07% </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b>128,961</b> </td> <td><b>156,927</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i>Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_Census">2010 Census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: 2010 Census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the census<sup id="cite_ref-GR8_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR8-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2010, there were 128,961 people, 38,237 households, and 24,481 families residing in the county. The population density was 342 inhabitants per square mile (132/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 31,405 housing units at an average density of 116 units per square mile (45 units/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the county was 72.5% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">White</a>, 15.6% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">African American</a>, 0.4% Native American, 2.8% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Asian</a>, 0.10% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 3.2% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 4.0% from two or more races. 9.2% of the population were <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Latino</a> of any race. Due to the rapid suburbanization of the county the demographics have increasingly changed in the past 20 years and will continue to change in the near future as Stafford County continues to grow. </p><p>By 2005, Stafford County's population was 72.8% non-Hispanic whites. black Americans were 17.0% of the total population. Native Americans were 0.4% of the county total, Asians 2.3%, and Native Hawai'ians and other Pacific islanders 0.2%. Latinos were 6.4% of the population. This was higher than the total for all of Virginia. </p><p>As of 2000 there were 38,187 households, out of which 46.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.00% were married couples living together, 9.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.90% were non-families. 13.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.01 and the average family size was 3.32. </p><p>In the county, the age distribution of the population shows 31.60% under the age of 18, 7.80% from 18 to 24, 33.70% from 25 to 44, 21.10% from 45 to 64, and 5.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.50 males. </p><p>The median income for a household in the county was $75,546, and the median income for a family was $78,575 (these figures had risen to $85,793 and $95,433 respectively as of a 2007 estimate<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>). Males had a median income of $47,080 versus $31,469 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the county was $24,762. About 2.40% of families and 3.50% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 3.30% of those under age 18 and 5.30% of those age 65 or over. Stafford County is also one of the seven counties in America where black households make more than white households. Between 2010 and 2014 the typical black household made $105,628 in the county. The highest out of all the seven counties, while white households made an average $99,533. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stafford County being a part of the D.C. area and Northern Virginia is covered by D.C. cable news stations. These include FOX 5(WTTG), NBC 4(WRC-TV), ABC 7(WJLA-TV), CBS 9(WUSA), and PBS 26(WETA-TV). Stafford County is covered by northern Virginia newspapers and Fredericksburg newspapers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Newspapers">Newspapers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Newspapers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Free_Lance%E2%80%93Star" title="The Free Lance–Star">The Free Lance–Star</a></i></li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.insidenova.com/news/stafford/">InsideNoVa</a> - North Stafford</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i></li> <li><i>Potomac Local</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colleges">Colleges</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Colleges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Germanna_Community_College" title="Germanna Community College">Germanna Community College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strayer_University" title="Strayer University">Strayer University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Mary_Washington" title="University of Mary Washington">University of Mary Washington</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="K-12_schools">K-12 schools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: K-12 schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Stafford_County_Public_Schools" title="Stafford County Public Schools">Stafford County Public Schools</a> serves most of the county. However, places on <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Base_Quantico" title="Marine Corps Base Quantico">Marine Corps Base Quantico</a> are zoned to <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Defense_Education_Activity" title="Department of Defense Education Activity">Department of Defense Education Activity</a> (DoDEA) schools.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>County high schools include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brooke_Point_High_School" title="Brooke Point High School">Brooke Point High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Forge_High_School" title="Colonial Forge High School">Colonial Forge High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_View_High_School_(Virginia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mountain View High School (Virginia)">Mountain View High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Stafford_High_School" title="North Stafford High School">North Stafford High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stafford_Senior_High_School" title="Stafford Senior High School">Stafford Senior High School</a></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Quantico_Middle_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Quantico Middle High School">Quantico Middle High School</a> serves the DoDEA property. </p> <dl><dt>Private schools</dt></dl> <ul><li>Holy Cross Academy</li> <li>Merit School</li> <li>Fredericksburg Christian School</li> <li>Saint William of York Catholic School</li> <li>Fredericksburg Academy</li> <li>Grace Preparatory School</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2019-06-24_12_39_17_View_north_along_Interstate_95_from_the_overpass_for_Virginia_State_Route_610_(Garrisonville_Road)_in_Garrisonville,_Stafford_County,_Virginia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/2019-06-24_12_39_17_View_north_along_Interstate_95_from_the_overpass_for_Virginia_State_Route_610_%28Garrisonville_Road%29_in_Garrisonville%2C_Stafford_County%2C_Virginia.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/2019-06-24_12_39_17_View_north_along_Interstate_95_from_the_overpass_for_Virginia_State_Route_610_%28Garrisonville_Road%29_in_Garrisonville%2C_Stafford_County%2C_Virginia.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/2019-06-24_12_39_17_View_north_along_Interstate_95_from_the_overpass_for_Virginia_State_Route_610_%28Garrisonville_Road%29_in_Garrisonville%2C_Stafford_County%2C_Virginia.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>I-95 northbound in Stafford County</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:StaffordRegionalAirport.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/StaffordRegionalAirport.jpg/220px-StaffordRegionalAirport.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/StaffordRegionalAirport.jpg/330px-StaffordRegionalAirport.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/StaffordRegionalAirport.jpg/440px-StaffordRegionalAirport.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="360" /></a><figcaption>Stafford Regional Airport</figcaption></figure> <p>Stafford County is approximately 40 miles south of Washington D.C. Stafford County is the start of the I-95 Express lanes which start in the center part of the county and go to Washington D.C, the I-95 Express Lanes are currently being extended to the Southern tip of the county. A study done by INRIX Roadway Analytics awarded Southbound I-95 from D.C. to the southern tip of Stafford County the worst single traffic hotspot in the nation. A stretch of Northbound I-95 from Northern Spotsylvania County to the Northern tip of Stafford County was ranked the seventh worst traffic hotspot in the nation. Due to booming growth in the county, and Northern Virginia, Stafford County is in a gridlock and has one of the worst traffic situations in Northern Virginia, Virginia, and the nation. Thus, the Commonwealth of Virginia has poured big amounts of money in road infrastructure in Stafford County. Major U.S. Routes also pass through such as U.S. 1, and U.S. 17. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_highways">Major highways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Major highways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/I-95.svg/24px-I-95.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/I-95.svg/36px-I-95.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/I-95.svg/48px-I-95.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_95_(Virginia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 95 (Virginia)">I-95</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/US_1.svg/24px-US_1.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/US_1.svg/36px-US_1.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/US_1.svg/48px-US_1.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_1_in_Virginia" title="U.S. Route 1 in Virginia">US 1</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/US_17.svg/24px-US_17.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/US_17.svg/36px-US_17.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/US_17.svg/48px-US_17.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_17_in_Virginia" title="U.S. Route 17 in Virginia">US 17</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Virginia_3.svg/24px-Virginia_3.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Virginia_3.svg/36px-Virginia_3.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Virginia_3.svg/48px-Virginia_3.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Virginia_State_Route_3" title="Virginia State Route 3">SR 3</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Virginia_212.svg/30px-Virginia_212.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Virginia_212.svg/45px-Virginia_212.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Virginia_212.svg/60px-Virginia_212.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Virginia_State_Route_212" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia State Route 212">SR 212</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Virginia_218.svg/30px-Virginia_218.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Virginia_218.svg/45px-Virginia_218.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Virginia_218.svg/60px-Virginia_218.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Virginia_State_Route_218" title="Virginia State Route 218">SR 218</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mass_transportation">Mass transportation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Mass transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leeland_(VRE_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Leeland (VRE station)">Leeland (VRE station)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooke_(VRE_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brooke (VRE station)">Brooke (VRE station)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Airport">Airport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Airport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stafford_Regional_Airport" title="Stafford Regional Airport">Stafford Regional Airport</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Points_of_interest">Points of interest</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Points of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:US_VA_Falmouth_Chatham_Manor.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/US_VA_Falmouth_Chatham_Manor.jpg/220px-US_VA_Falmouth_Chatham_Manor.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/US_VA_Falmouth_Chatham_Manor.jpg/330px-US_VA_Falmouth_Chatham_Manor.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/US_VA_Falmouth_Chatham_Manor.jpg/440px-US_VA_Falmouth_Chatham_Manor.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Chatham Manor</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ferry_Farm" title="Ferry Farm">Ferry Farm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gari_Melchers_Home" class="mw-redirect" title="Gari Melchers Home">Belmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aquia_Church" title="Aquia Church">Aquia Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chatham_Manor" title="Chatham Manor">Chatham Manor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_Oak_Church" title="White Oak Church">White Oak Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Rappahannock_Regional_Library" title="Central Rappahannock Regional Library">Central Rappahannock Regional Library</a></li> <li>Aquia Park, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://staffordcountyva.gov/1931/Sports-Recreation">Government Island</a></li> <li>Widewater State Park,<sup id="cite_ref-dcr.virginia.gov_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dcr.virginia.gov-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div 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title="Camp Barrett, Virginia (CDP)">Camp Barrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falmouth,_Virginia" title="Falmouth, Virginia">Falmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Base_Quantico" title="Marine Corps Base Quantico">Quantico Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Gateway,_Virginia" title="Southern Gateway, Virginia">Southern Gateway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stafford,_Virginia" title="Stafford, Virginia">Stafford Courthouse</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_unincorporated_communities">Other unincorporated communities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Other unincorporated communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/Erin_Cahill" title="Erin Cahill">Erin Cahill</a>, actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Vivian_Daniel" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter Vivian Daniel">Peter Vivian Daniel</a>, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 1842–1860</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Garrard" title="James Garrard">James Garrard</a>, Governor of Kentucky 1796–1804</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Lenzi" title="Mark Lenzi">Mark Lenzi</a>, Olympic medalist in diving, 25th (Barcelona, 1992) and 26th (Atlanta, 1996) Olympic Games</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arlene_Limas" title="Arlene Limas">Arlene Limas</a>, Olympic medalist in taekwondo, 24th Olympic Games (Seoul, 1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Maine" title="John Maine">John Maine</a>, former pitcher for the New York Mets, born in Fredericksburg, graduated from North Stafford High School</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Player" title="Jessica Player">Jessica Player</a>, child actress, graduated from Stafford High School</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pocahontas" title="Pocahontas">Pocahontas</a>, Pamunkey princess who resided here with her Patawomeck husband, Kocoum at the time of her abduction</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregg_Ritchie" title="Gregg Ritchie">Gregg Ritchie</a>, former Major League Baseball player and coach, and head coach of the George Washington University baseball team</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Rouse" title="Jeff Rouse">Jeff Rouse</a>, Olympic medalist in swimming, 25th (Barcelona, 1992) and 26th (Atlanta, 1996) Olympic games</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torrey_Smith" title="Torrey Smith">Torrey Smith</a>, National Football League wide receiver</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Mason_III" title="George Mason III">George Mason III</a>, Father of <a href="/wiki/George_Mason" title="George Mason">George Mason</a> and member of <a href="/wiki/Virginia_House_of_Burgesses" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia House of Burgesses">Virginia House of Burgesses</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a>, boyhood home Ferry Farm is located in Stafford County</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Stafford_County,_Virginia" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Stafford County, Virginia">National Register of Historic Places listings in Stafford County, Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stafford_County_Sheriff%27s_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="Stafford County Sheriff's Office">Stafford County Sheriff's Office</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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/></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Fauquier_County,_Virginia" title="Fauquier County, Virginia">Fauquier County</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Flag_of_Prince_William_County%2C_Virginia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Prince_William_County%2C_Virginia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Flag_of_Prince_William_County%2C_Virginia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Prince_William_County%2C_Virginia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Flag_of_Prince_William_County%2C_Virginia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Prince_William_County%2C_Virginia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="315" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Prince_William_County,_Virginia" title="Prince William County, Virginia">Prince William County</a></td> <td></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span 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2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Culpeper_County,_Virginia" title="Culpeper County, Virginia">Culpeper County</a></td> <td style="width:33%;"> <div style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span title="West"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/17px-Pfeil_links.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/25px-Pfeil_links.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/34px-Pfeil_links.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" /></span></span><b style="display:inline-block; vertical-align:middle; margin:0.75em 1em">Stafford County</b><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span title="East"><img alt="" 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Charles_County%2C_Maryland.png/46px-Flag_of_Charles_County%2C_Maryland.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="216" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Charles_County,_Maryland" title="Charles County, Maryland">Charles County, Maryland</a></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="South"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/14px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/21px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/28px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></td> <td></td> </tr><tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Spotsylvania_County,_Virginia" title="Spotsylvania County, Virginia">Spotsylvania County</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Fredericksburg,_Virginia" title="Fredericksburg, Virginia">City of Fredericksburg</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Caroline_County,_Virginia" title="Caroline County, Virginia">Caroline County</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" 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style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3" style="color:inherit;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Stafford_County,_Virginia" title="Template:Stafford County, Virginia"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:inherit">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Stafford_County,_Virginia" title="Template talk:Stafford County, Virginia"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:inherit">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Stafford_County,_Virginia" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Stafford County, Virginia"><abbr 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title="Aquia Harbour, Virginia">Aquia Harbour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boswell%27s_Corner,_Virginia" title="Boswell's Corner, Virginia">Boswell's Corner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camp_Barrett,_Virginia_(CDP)" class="mw-redirect" title="Camp Barrett, Virginia (CDP)">Camp Barrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falmouth,_Virginia" title="Falmouth, Virginia">Falmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quantico_Base,_Virginia_(CDP)" class="mw-redirect" title="Quantico Base, Virginia (CDP)">Quantico Base</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Gateway,_Virginia" title="Southern Gateway, Virginia">Southern Gateway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stafford,_Virginia" title="Stafford, Virginia">Stafford</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Map of Virginia highlighting Stafford County"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Map_of_Virginia_highlighting_Stafford_County.svg/180px-Map_of_Virginia_highlighting_Stafford_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Map_of_Virginia_highlighting_Stafford_County.svg/270px-Map_of_Virginia_highlighting_Stafford_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Map_of_Virginia_highlighting_Stafford_County.svg/360px-Map_of_Virginia_highlighting_Stafford_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2495" data-file-height="1082" /></span><figcaption>Map of Virginia highlighting Stafford County</figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">Unincorporated<br />communities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aquia,_Virginia" title="Aquia, Virginia">Aquia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argyle_Heights,_Virginia" title="Argyle Heights, Virginia">Argyle Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arkendale,_Virginia" title="Arkendale, Virginia">Arkendale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bel_Air,_Virginia" title="Bel Air, Virginia">Bel Air</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berea,_Virginia" title="Berea, Virginia">Berea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooke,_Virginia" title="Brooke, Virginia">Brooke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brookfield,_Virginia" title="Brookfield, Virginia">Brookfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chatham_Heights,_Virginia" title="Chatham Heights, Virginia">Chatham Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cropp,_Virginia" title="Cropp, Virginia">Cropp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daffan,_Virginia" title="Daffan, Virginia">Daffan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferry_Farm,_Virginia" title="Ferry Farm, Virginia">Ferry Farm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garrisonville,_Virginia" title="Garrisonville, Virginia">Garrisonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glendie,_Virginia" title="Glendie, Virginia">Glendie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grafton_Village,_Virginia" title="Grafton Village, Virginia">Grafton Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartwood,_Virginia" title="Hartwood, Virginia">Hartwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heflin,_Virginia" title="Heflin, Virginia">Heflin</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Holly_Corner,_Virginia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Holly Corner, Virginia (page does not exist)">Holly Corner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leeland,_Virginia" title="Leeland, Virginia">Leeland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Falls,_Virginia" title="Little Falls, Virginia">Little Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midway_Island,_Virginia" title="Midway Island, Virginia">Midway Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramoth,_Virginia" title="Ramoth, Virginia">Ramoth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roseville,_Virginia" title="Roseville, Virginia">Roseville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruby,_Virginia" title="Ruby, Virginia">Ruby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiloh,_Stafford_County,_Virginia" title="Shiloh, Stafford County, Virginia">Shiloh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spring_Valley,_Stafford_County,_Virginia" title="Spring Valley, Stafford County, Virginia">Spring Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Storck,_Virginia" title="Storck, Virginia">Storck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sullivan,_Virginia" title="Sullivan, Virginia">Sullivan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tacketts_Mill,_Virginia" title="Tacketts Mill, Virginia">Tacketts Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tylerton,_Virginia" title="Tylerton, Virginia">Tylerton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_Oak,_Virginia" title="White Oak, Virginia">White Oak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Widewater,_Virginia" title="Widewater, Virginia">Widewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Widewater_Beach,_Virginia" title="Widewater Beach, Virginia">Widewater Beach</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;">Footnotes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="3" style="color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portal:Virginia_(state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal:Virginia (state)"><span>Virginia portal</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portal:United_States" title="Portal:United States"><span>United States portal</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Commonwealth_of_Virginia" style="padding:3px"><table 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title="Music of Virginia">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Virginia" title="List of people from Virginia">People</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Declaration_of_Rights" title="Virginia Declaration of Rights">Rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Virginia" title="List of rivers of Virginia">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scouting_in_Virginia" title="Scouting in Virginia">Scouting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_is_for_Lovers" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia is for Lovers">Slogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_teams_in_Virginia" title="Sports teams in Virginia">Sports teams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Fair_of_Virginia" title="State Fair of Virginia">State Fair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Virginia_state_parks" title="List of Virginia state parks">State parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Virginia_state_symbols" title="List of Virginia state symbols">Symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tourist_attractions_in_Virginia" title="Category:Tourist attractions in Virginia">Tourist attractions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_in_Virginia" title="Transportation in Virginia">Transportation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Native_American_tribes_in_Virginia" title="Native American tribes in Virginia">Tribes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Virginia" title="Culture of Virginia">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Virginia" title="Abortion in Virginia">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Virginia" title="Crime in Virginia">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Virginia" title="Demographics of Virginia">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Virginia" title="Economy of Virginia">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Virginia" title="Education in Virginia">Education</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Virginia" title="List of colleges and universities in Virginia">Colleges and universities</a></li></ul></li> <li>Media <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Virginia" title="List of newspapers in Virginia">Newspapers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_Virginia" title="List of radio stations in Virginia">Radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_Virginia" title="List of television stations in Virginia">TV</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Virginia" title="Politics of Virginia">Politics</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States#Virginia" title="List of regions of the United States">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allegheny_Mountains" title="Allegheny Mountains">Allegheny Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_coastal_plain" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic coastal plain">Atlantic Coastal Plain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Ridge_Mountains" title="Blue Ridge Mountains">Blue Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay" title="Chesapeake Bay">Chesapeake Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Mountains" title="Cumberland Mountains">Cumberland Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delmarva_Peninsula" title="Delmarva Peninsula">Delmarva Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Shore_of_Virginia" title="Eastern Shore of Virginia">Eastern Shore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads" title="Hampton Roads">Hampton Roads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_Peninsula" title="Middle Peninsula">Middle Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Neck" title="Northern Neck">Northern Neck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Virginia" title="Northern Virginia">Northern Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piedmont_region_of_Virginia" title="Piedmont region of Virginia">Piedmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridge-and-Valley_Appalachians" title="Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians">Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shenandoah_Valley" title="Shenandoah Valley">Shenandoah Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Hampton_Roads" title="South Hampton Roads">South Hampton Roads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southside_(Virginia)" title="Southside (Virginia)">Southside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwest_Virginia" title="Southwest Virginia">Southwest Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Valley" title="Tennessee Valley">Tennessee Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tidewater_(region)" title="Tidewater (region)">Tidewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tri-Cities,_Virginia" title="Tri-Cities, Virginia">Tri-Cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Peninsula" title="Virginia Peninsula">Virginia Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Virginia" title="Western Virginia">Western Virginia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Virginia_statistical_areas" title="Virginia statistical areas">Metro areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blacksburg%E2%80%93Christiansburg_metropolitan_area" title="Blacksburg–Christiansburg metropolitan area">Blacksburg-Christiansburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bluefield_micropolitan_area" title="Bluefield micropolitan area">Bluefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsport%E2%80%93Bristol%E2%80%93Bristol,_Tennessee-Virginia_Metropolitan_Statistical_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingsport–Bristol–Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area">Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlottesville,_Virginia_metropolitan_area" title="Charlottesville, Virginia metropolitan area">Charlottesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danville,_Virginia_micropolitan_area" title="Danville, Virginia micropolitan area">Danville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisonburg_metropolitan_area" title="Harrisonburg metropolitan area">Harrisonburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynchburg_metropolitan_area" title="Lynchburg metropolitan area">Lynchburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martinsville,_Virginia_micropolitan_area" title="Martinsville, Virginia micropolitan area">Martinsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Richmond_Region" title="Greater Richmond Region">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roanoke_metropolitan_area" title="Roanoke metropolitan area">Roanoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staunton%E2%80%93Waynesboro_metropolitan_area" title="Staunton–Waynesboro metropolitan area">Staunton-Waynesboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads" title="Hampton Roads">Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_metropolitan_area" title="Washington metropolitan area">Washington-Arlington-Alexandria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winchester,_VA%E2%80%93WV_MSA" title="Winchester, VA–WV MSA">Winchester</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_counties_in_Virginia" title="List of cities and counties in Virginia">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Accomack_County,_Virginia" title="Accomack County, Virginia">Accomack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albemarle_County,_Virginia" title="Albemarle County, Virginia">Albemarle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alleghany_County,_Virginia" title="Alleghany County, Virginia">Alleghany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amelia_County,_Virginia" title="Amelia County, Virginia">Amelia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amherst_County,_Virginia" title="Amherst County, Virginia">Amherst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Appomattox_County,_Virginia" title="Appomattox County, Virginia">Appomattox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arlington_County,_Virginia" title="Arlington County, Virginia">Arlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augusta_County,_Virginia" title="Augusta County, Virginia">Augusta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bath_County,_Virginia" title="Bath County, Virginia">Bath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedford_County,_Virginia" title="Bedford County, Virginia">Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bland_County,_Virginia" title="Bland County, Virginia">Bland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Botetourt_County,_Virginia" title="Botetourt County, Virginia">Botetourt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brunswick_County,_Virginia" title="Brunswick County, Virginia">Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buchanan_County,_Virginia" title="Buchanan County, Virginia">Buchanan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buckingham_County,_Virginia" title="Buckingham County, Virginia">Buckingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campbell_County,_Virginia" title="Campbell County, Virginia">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caroline_County,_Virginia" title="Caroline County, Virginia">Caroline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carroll_County,_Virginia" title="Carroll County, Virginia">Carroll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_City_County,_Virginia" title="Charles City County, Virginia">Charles City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_County,_Virginia" title="Charlotte County, Virginia">Charlotte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesterfield_County,_Virginia" title="Chesterfield County, Virginia">Chesterfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarke_County,_Virginia" title="Clarke County, Virginia">Clarke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_County,_Virginia" title="Craig County, Virginia">Craig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culpeper_County,_Virginia" title="Culpeper County, Virginia">Culpeper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Virginia" title="Cumberland County, Virginia">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickenson_County,_Virginia" title="Dickenson County, Virginia">Dickenson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinwiddie_County,_Virginia" title="Dinwiddie County, Virginia">Dinwiddie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essex_County,_Virginia" title="Essex County, Virginia">Essex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairfax_County,_Virginia" title="Fairfax County, Virginia">Fairfax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fauquier_County,_Virginia" title="Fauquier County, Virginia">Fauquier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floyd_County,_Virginia" title="Floyd County, Virginia">Floyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fluvanna_County,_Virginia" title="Fluvanna County, Virginia">Fluvanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Virginia" title="Franklin County, Virginia">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_County,_Virginia" title="Frederick County, Virginia">Frederick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giles_County,_Virginia" title="Giles County, Virginia">Giles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloucester_County,_Virginia" title="Gloucester County, Virginia">Gloucester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goochland_County,_Virginia" title="Goochland County, Virginia">Goochland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grayson_County,_Virginia" title="Grayson County, Virginia">Grayson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greene_County,_Virginia" title="Greene County, Virginia">Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greensville_County,_Virginia" title="Greensville County, Virginia">Greensville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halifax_County,_Virginia" title="Halifax County, Virginia">Halifax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanover_County,_Virginia" title="Hanover County, Virginia">Hanover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henrico_County,_Virginia" title="Henrico County, Virginia">Henrico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_County,_Virginia" title="Henry County, Virginia">Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highland_County,_Virginia" title="Highland County, Virginia">Highland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Wight_County,_Virginia" title="Isle of Wight County, Virginia">Isle of Wight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_City_County,_Virginia" title="James City County, Virginia">James City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_and_Queen_County,_Virginia" title="King and Queen County, Virginia">King and Queen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_George_County,_Virginia" title="King George County, Virginia">King George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_William_County,_Virginia" title="King William County, Virginia">King William</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancaster_County,_Virginia" title="Lancaster County, Virginia">Lancaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_County,_Virginia" title="Lee County, Virginia">Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loudoun_County,_Virginia" title="Loudoun County, Virginia">Loudoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisa_County,_Virginia" title="Louisa County, Virginia">Louisa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunenburg_County,_Virginia" title="Lunenburg County, Virginia">Lunenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison_County,_Virginia" title="Madison County, Virginia">Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathews_County,_Virginia" title="Mathews County, Virginia">Mathews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg_County,_Virginia" title="Mecklenburg County, Virginia">Mecklenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlesex_County,_Virginia" title="Middlesex County, Virginia">Middlesex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Virginia" title="Montgomery County, Virginia">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelson_County,_Virginia" title="Nelson County, Virginia">Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Kent_County,_Virginia" title="New Kent County, Virginia">New Kent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northampton_County,_Virginia" title="Northampton County, Virginia">Northampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northumberland_County,_Virginia" title="Northumberland County, Virginia">Northumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nottoway_County,_Virginia" title="Nottoway County, Virginia">Nottoway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_Virginia" title="Orange County, Virginia">Orange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Page_County,_Virginia" title="Page County, Virginia">Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_County,_Virginia" title="Patrick County, Virginia">Patrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsylvania_County,_Virginia" title="Pittsylvania County, Virginia">Pittsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Powhatan_County,_Virginia" title="Powhatan County, Virginia">Powhatan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Edward_County,_Virginia" title="Prince Edward County, Virginia">Prince Edward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_George_County,_Virginia" title="Prince George County, Virginia">Prince George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_William_County,_Virginia" title="Prince William County, Virginia">Prince William</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulaski_County,_Virginia" title="Pulaski County, Virginia">Pulaski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rappahannock_County,_Virginia" title="Rappahannock County, Virginia">Rappahannock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond_County,_Virginia" title="Richmond County, Virginia">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roanoke_County,_Virginia" title="Roanoke County, Virginia">Roanoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockbridge_County,_Virginia" title="Rockbridge County, Virginia">Rockbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockingham_County,_Virginia" title="Rockingham County, Virginia">Rockingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_County,_Virginia" title="Russell County, Virginia">Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_County,_Virginia" title="Scott County, Virginia">Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shenandoah_County,_Virginia" title="Shenandoah County, Virginia">Shenandoah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smyth_County,_Virginia" title="Smyth County, Virginia">Smyth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southampton_County,_Virginia" title="Southampton County, Virginia">Southampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spotsylvania_County,_Virginia" title="Spotsylvania County, Virginia">Spotsylvania</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Stafford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surry_County,_Virginia" title="Surry County, Virginia">Surry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sussex_County,_Virginia" title="Sussex County, Virginia">Sussex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tazewell_County,_Virginia" title="Tazewell County, Virginia">Tazewell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_County,_Virginia" title="Warren County, Virginia">Warren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Virginia" title="Washington County, Virginia">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westmoreland_County,_Virginia" title="Westmoreland County, Virginia">Westmoreland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wise_County,_Virginia" title="Wise County, Virginia">Wise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wythe_County,_Virginia" title="Wythe County, Virginia">Wythe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York_County,_Virginia" title="York County, Virginia">York</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Independent_city_(United_States)#Virginia" title="Independent city (United States)">Independent<br />cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_Virginia" title="Alexandria, Virginia">Alexandria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol,_Virginia" title="Bristol, Virginia">Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buena_Vista,_Virginia" title="Buena Vista, Virginia">Buena Vista</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlottesville,_Virginia" title="Charlottesville, Virginia">Charlottesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesapeake,_Virginia" title="Chesapeake, Virginia">Chesapeake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Heights,_Virginia" title="Colonial Heights, Virginia">Colonial Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Covington,_Virginia" title="Covington, Virginia">Covington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danville,_Virginia" title="Danville, Virginia">Danville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emporia,_Virginia" title="Emporia, Virginia">Emporia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairfax,_Virginia" title="Fairfax, Virginia">Fairfax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falls_Church,_Virginia" title="Falls Church, Virginia">Falls Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin,_Virginia" title="Franklin, Virginia">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fredericksburg,_Virginia" title="Fredericksburg, Virginia">Fredericksburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galax,_Virginia" title="Galax, Virginia">Galax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton,_Virginia" title="Hampton, Virginia">Hampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisonburg,_Virginia" title="Harrisonburg, Virginia">Harrisonburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopewell,_Virginia" title="Hopewell, Virginia">Hopewell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Virginia" 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area</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Principal cities (and <br /> city-like entities)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Maryland</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Silver_Spring,_Maryland" title="Silver Spring, Maryland">Silver Spring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick,_Maryland" title="Frederick, Maryland">Frederick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockville,_Maryland" title="Rockville, Maryland">Rockville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethesda,_Maryland" title="Bethesda, Maryland">Bethesda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaithersburg,_Maryland" title="Gaithersburg, Maryland">Gaithersburg</a></li> <li><a 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</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Counties (and <br /> county equivalents)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Maryland</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Calvert_County,_Maryland" title="Calvert County, Maryland">Calvert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_County,_Maryland" title="Charles County, Maryland">Charles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_County,_Maryland" title="Frederick County, Maryland">Frederick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Maryland" title="Montgomery County, Maryland">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_George%27s_County,_Maryland" title="Prince George's County, Maryland">Prince George's</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Virginia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arlington_County,_Virginia" title="Arlington County, Virginia">Arlington</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_Virginia" title="Alexandria, Virginia">Alexandria, City of</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarke_County,_Virginia" title="Clarke County, Virginia">Clarke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culpeper_County,_Virginia" title="Culpeper County, Virginia">Culpeper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairfax_County,_Virginia" title="Fairfax County, Virginia">Fairfax</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fairfax,_Virginia" title="Fairfax, Virginia">Fairfax, City of</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falls_Church,_Virginia" title="Falls Church, Virginia">Falls Church, 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore%E2%80%93Washington_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area">Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area</a> (CSA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeast_megalopolis" title="Northeast megalopolis">Northeast megalopolis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">The District of Columbia itself, and <a href="/wiki/Independent_city_(Virginia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent city (Virginia)">Virginia's incorporated cities</a>, are <a href="/wiki/County-equivalent" class="mw-redirect" title="County-equivalent">county equivalents</a>. 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