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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 lies beside the Potomac River in the Commonwealth of Virginia. At the 2020 census, the population was 482,204, making it Virginia's second most populous county. The county seat is the independent city of Manassas. A part ...
,
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. Its population of was 20,420 as of the 2020 Census.


Demographics

Buckhall was first listed as a
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in the 2010 U.S. Census. 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
one-room school house One-room schoolhouses, or One-room schools, have been commonplace throughout rural portions of various countries, including Prussia, Norway, Sweden, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal, and Spa ...
, was built in 1865, around which the village then grew up. 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. Starting in the east at the intersection with U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in Woodbridge to the west until intersecting with Dumfries Ro ...
, 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
Prince William Parkway The Prince William Parkway is a road in Prince William County, Virginia. The road carries two designations. Starting in the east at the intersection with U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in Woodbridge to the west until intersecting with Dumfries Ro ...
.


Major highways

* ( Dumfries Road) ::::*connects to
Interstate 66 Interstate 66 (I-66) is a 76.32 mile east–west Interstate Highway in the East Coast of the United States, eastern United States. The highway runs from an interchange with Interstate 81 in Virginia, I-81 near Middletown, Virginia, on its w ...
, and (
Lee Highway The Lee Highway was a United States auto trail initially connecting from an eastern zero mile marker on the Ellipse in Washington DC to a western zero marker, the Pacific Milestone, in the center of San Diego, California — via the Ame ...
) nine miles north of Buckhall.
* ( Prince William County Parkway) ::::*connects to
Virginia State Route 28 State Route 28 (SR 28) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia that traverses the counties of Loudoun, Fairfax, Prince William, and Fauquier. The route is a major artery in the Northern Virginia region, serving as an importan ...
( Centerville Road) one mile north of Buckhall, and to
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 1) in Miami, Florida, north to the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing between Maine and the ...
eleven miles south of Buckhall.


References

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