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History

Fairfax Parish has served Fairfax County, Virginia. The Falls Church fell within the bounds of Fairfax Parish and earlier, Truro Parish.^[1]

Founded

• 1764^[2]

Boundary

Resources

Parish History

Rev. George S. Somerville's history of The Old Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia (1907) has been digitized by Google Books.^[3]

Parish Records

Websites

• The Falls Church (official website). Includes a history in "About" section.
• The Falls Church Marker, The Historical Marker Database
• The Falls Church Marker, [another description], The Historical Marker Database

References

1. ↑ "The Falls Church," in National Register of Historic Places Inventory, p. 8, accessed 17 February 2011.
2. ↑ Freddie Spradlin, "Parishes of Virginia," VAGenWeb, accessed 29 January 2011; Hening's Statutes at Large; Emily J. Salmon and Edward D.C. Campbell Jr., The Hornbook of Virginia History (Richmond: Library of Virginia, 1994).
3. ↑ Colonial Churches: A Series of Sketches of Churches in the Original Colony of Virginia (Richmond, Va.: Southern Churchman Co., 1907), 129-133.