Fairfax Station

Fairfax Station was established on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad in 1851 and was originally known as Lee's Station until 1852. It served the town of Providence, location of the Fairfax County Court House. A small, mostly Irish community grew near the station, with a post office in 1852 and Saint Mary of Sorrows Catholic Church in 1860. Between 1897 and 1921 the area was called Swetnam, then reverted to Fairfax Station in 1921. In 1907 it was known as a progressive and enterprising village with two churches, two stores, a school, and a blacksmith's shop, and its principal occupations were farming, dairying, and lumbering.

Fairfax Station, Virginia · United States