Buckhall, Virginia is an

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in the

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(CDP) of the same name, in

Prince William County Prince William County is located on the Potomac River in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population sits at 482,204, making it Virginia's second-most populous county. Its county seat is the independent city of Manassas ...

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. Its population of was 20,420 as of the 2020 Census.

Demographics

As of the 2020 census, there where 20,420 people and 5,353 households.

Origins

It is where the remnants of the original small town are now, that Buckhall School (formerly Oak Hill School) a

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, was built in 1865, around which the village then grew up. Adjacent to the site of the school, a general store was built, which was gutted by a fire on August 21, 2007. By October 2008, however, refurbishment of the Buckhall store had been completed, and it re-opened under new management. The Buckhall Church (now Buckhall United Methodist Church) was built (ca. 1905) nearby, beside what is now

Prince William Parkway The Prince William Parkway is a road in Prince William County, Virginia. The road carries two designations. Between U.S. Route 1 U.S. Route 1 or U.S. Highway 1 (US 1) is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway that ser ...

, and still stands as of 2015. An addition was added onto the original church in 1988, and an even larger addition was completed in April 2007, while still preserving and retaining the older, historic Civil War era church building structure.

Buckhall Fire Dept.

The Buckhall Volunteer Fire Department (County Fire Station #516) is located on Yates Ford Drive just off the

Major highways

* ( Dumfries Road) ::::*connects to I-66

Interstate 66 Interstate 66 (I-66) is an east–west Interstate Highway in the eastern United States. It runs from an interchange with I-81 near Middletown, Virginia, on its western end to an interchange with U.S. Route 29 (US 29) in Washingt ...

, and (

Lee Highway The Lee Highway was a national auto trail in the United States, connecting New York City and San Francisco, California, via the South and Southwest. After receiving a letter on January 15, 1919, from Dr. Samuel Myrtle Johnson of Roswell, New Mex ...

) nine miles north of Buckhall. * ( Prince William County Parkway) ::::*connects to

Virginia State Route 28 State Route 28 (SR 28) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a primary state highway that traverses the counties of Loudoun, Fairfax, Prince William, and Fauquier in the U.S. state of Virginia. The route serves as a major artery in the Northern Vir ...

( Centerville Road) one mile north of Buckhall, and to I-95

Interstate 95 Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running from U.S. Route 1, US Route 1 (US 1) in Miami, Miami, Florida, to the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing between M ...

eleven miles south of Buckhall.

References

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