Colchester
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flyingmoose
N 38° 40.189 W 077° 14.266
18S E 305319 N 4282513
Located on the northbound side of Route 1 at Furnace Road.
Waymark Code: WM14ND5
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 07/31/2021
Views: 0
Marker Text:
Colchester, founded in 1753 at the location of a ferry crossing, was the second town established in Fairfax County. Located on the main post road from Boston to Charleston, and at the end of the Ox Road leading west to the Blue Ridge, the town prospered as a trading center and tobacco port. In 1781, Gen. Washington and Comte de Rochambeau passed through Colchester en route to Yorktown. The creation of an alternate postal route over a new bridge upstream in 1805; the diversion of grain shipping from the Shenandoah Valley to Georgetown, Alexandria, and Baltimore; and, according to tradition, a great fire in 1815 contributed to the town's decline.
Marker Number: E 107
Marker Title: Colchester
Marker Location: Roadside
County or Independent City: Fairfax
Marker Program Sponsor: Department of Historic Resources, 1999
Web Site: Not listed
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