Villages in Fairfax County Virginia
In the early days, Alexandria was a thriving village, having a church, school, store and blacksmith shop. The people hereabout are engaged in dairying, trucking, and general farming.
Langley, three miles from the "Chain Bridge" over the Potomac River, was a village surrounded by fertile lands, having a church, school, and blacksmith shop.
In the same area was Salone, built in 1801, with brick imported from England. It was this village of dairying, turcking and farming (and later the Old Dominion Electric Railway_ that sheltered Dolly Madison in her flight from the National Capital in 1814.
Lewinsville, a few miles west from Langley, situated in a fine farming and fruit-growing section, ha a church, school, store, and blacksmith shop.
Forestville, a thrifty village near the Great i'alls of the Potomac River, with grazing and fruit-growing areas, and not far from the terminus of the Great Falls and Old Dominion Electric Railway, had a church, store, and school.
Hinesville, situated on the Middle Pike, served a purpose by enabling General Braddock's Army to March through the region in April of 1755.
A Civil War battle was fought near Floris and the Chantilly farm, situated three miles from Herndon, near Old Frying Pan Church.