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Oxon Hill, Maryland History History reports that Oxon Hill was named after the city of Oxford in England due to its landscape resemblance. Today, Oxon Hill is located in the southern part of Prince George’s County, Maryland and located southeast of Washington, D.C. and east of Alexandria, Virginia.  The community is bisected by the busy…

Manassas, VA History Formerly known as Manassas Junction, Manassas is an independent city of the Commonwealth of Virginia. In the 1860’s it was the battlegrounds of the first major land battles of the American Civil War, the First and Second Battles of Manassas – also known as the First and Second  Battle of Bull Run.…

Centreville, VA History Centreville, formally known as Newgate in the 1760’s, was a town established with a pattern of mixed residential and commercial use. Frame houses, several taverns, stores, blacksmith shops, tanyards, and a school house were constructed on the 1/2 acre town lots. In 1792, the landowner petitioners reasoned that the name Centreville would…

Welcome to Chantilly, VA History In the 1700s, Chantilly was home to a number of colonial plantations. It included the Sully Plantation, George Richard Lee Turberville's "Leeton Grove", the John Hutchison Farm, and the Chantilly Plantation, after which Chantilly is named. During the Civil War, federal troops destroyed the main residence of the Chantilly Plantation…