Fairfax County, Virginia, Orange and Alexandria Railroad, Springfield, Virginia

The Founding Of Springfield, Virginia

Hamilton Historical Records

In 1847, Springfield, Virginia was founded as a station on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad.

Map of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad.

In present there is a historical marker for the Orange and Alexandria Railroad which shows how the railroad was affected during the Civil War.

Author’s Note:

Author Philip Andrew Hamilton lived in Springfield, Virginia in 2011 and from 2014 to 2015.

Published by Hamilton Historical Records

I'm a Virginia historian and legal expert who is related to individuals who rode on the Mayflower ship, American founding father George Mason IV, three Union veterans from the U.S. Civil War, two of whom marched with General Sherman to Atlanta, two Confederate veterans, and President Theodore Roosevelt’s and Franklin Roosevelt’s family.

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