Calverton is a

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(CDP) in

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, United States. The population as of the 2010 census was 239. The village runs along

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and its crossroad, Bristersburg Road. Calverton has a Southern States store, a small country store, and post office. Its ZIP code is 20138. The Calverton Historic District was listed on the

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in 2010. Calverton may have been named after

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. Gilbert Bastable's family moved to the Warrenton Junction area from Maryland between 1850 and 1860, and Bastable lived in Calvert County prior to returning to Virginia after the Civil War.

Geography

Calverton is located in southeastern Fauquier County, between Catlett to the northeast and Midland to the southwest, all along Virginia Route 28. Warrenton, the

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, is to the northwest via Casanova Road and Meetze Road. According to the

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, the Calverton CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.59%, is water. Owl Run flows through the center of Calverton; it is a tributary of Cedar Run, part of the

Occoquan River The Occoquan River is a tributary of the Potomac River in Northern Virginia, where it serves as part of the boundary between Fairfax and Prince William counties. The river is a scenic area, and several local high schools and colleges use the r ...

watershed flowing to the

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Demographics

Calverton was first listed as a

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in the 2010 U.S. Census.

Sewage-related problems

The Fauquier County government's vision for Calverton is, "Calverton will be a small rural village centered within an agricultural community. It will be a livable community with a balance of residential and non-residential development surrounded by open space and preserved wildlife." The county established less ambitious goals for Calverton's growth due to the challenges it faced in trying to deal with failed and failing

septic drain field Septic drain fields, also called leach fields or leach drains, are subsurface wastewater disposal facilities used to remove contaminants and impurities from the liquid that emerges after anaerobic digestion in a septic tank. Organic materials in ...

s in Calverton by providing public sewers.Calverton Village Plan for Board of Supervisors

References

External links

Virginia Trend Report 2: State and Complete Places (Sub-state 2010 Census Data)
* Census-designated places in Fauquier County, Virginia Census-designated places in Virginia {{FauquierCountyVA-geo-stub