Garrisonville is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

Stafford County, Virginia Stafford County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is approximately south of Washington, D.C. It is part of the Northern Virginia region, and the D.C area. It is one of the fastest-growing and highest-income counties in ...

, United States.

History

The Garrison family settled here around 1715. By the early twentieth century, Garrisonville featured several stores, a post office, blacksmith’s shop, and a village hall called "Garrisonville Hall". The Austin Run Pyrite Mine operated near Garrisonville from 1906 to 1918, providing employment to local men. In 1942, business activity in Garrisonville improved following the expansion of the nearby Marine Corps base.

Geography

Approximately southwest of

Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with ...

and north of Fredericksburg, it is a suburbanized bedroom community for Washington, D.C.

Marine Corps Base Quantico Marine Corps Base Quantico (commonly abbreviated MCB Quantico) is a United States Marine Corps installation located near Triangle, Virginia, covering nearly of southern Prince William County, Virginia, northern Stafford County, and southe ...

is north of Garrisonville.

Infrastructure

Garrisonville is served by State Route 610 (Garrisonville Road), which passes east—west through the community, and

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and

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, which run north—south to the east.

References

Unincorporated communities in Stafford County, Virginia Unincorporated communities in Virginia {{StaffordCountyVA-geo-stub