12 Facts About Fairfax Virginia

City of Fairfax, colloquially known as Fairfax City, Downtown Fairfax, Old Town Fairfax, Fairfax Courthouse, or simply Fairfax, is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

City of Fairfax Virginia is an enclave surrounded by the separate political entity Fairfax Virginia County.

The city is 14 miles west of Washington, D C The Washington Metro's Orange Line serves Fairfax through its Vienna station, which is a mile northeast of the city limits.

Fairfax Virginia was founded on land originally occupied by indigenous people of the Siouan and Iroquoian tribes.

The first Fairfax Virginia courthouse was established in 1742 near present-day Tysons Corner, and is the namesake for Old Courthouse Road.

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The courthouse operated there until 1790, when Fairfax Virginia ceded the land where the courthouse was located for the creation of Washington, DC.

Old Town Fairfax Virginia has undergone an extensive redevelopment, which began in 2005.

In May 2009, Fairfax Virginia was rated as No 3 in the "Top 25 Places to Live Well" by Forbes Magazine.

State elected officials who represent the City of Fairfax include the Virginia Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Virginia Senator, and Virginia Delegate .

Federal elected officials who represent the City of Fairfax include the U S President, U S Vice President, two U S Senators, and one U S Representative, 11th District .

At the meeting in Tyson's Corner, Fairfax Virginia, detectives performed the exchange and then arrested Silverthorne along with the two other men.

Fairfax Virginia was charged with felony distribution of methamphetamine and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia.