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The first courthouse for Fauquier County was built in 1760 on two acres of land belonging to Richard Henry Lee. The settlement that grew up nearby was first known as Fauquier Court House and under that name was laid off as a town of eight acres in a survey made by James Routt on Dec. 4, 1790. The courthouse settlement was established as a municipality under the name of Warrenton on Jan. 5, 1810, and a survey made on May 8, 1811, included seventy-one acres within the town limits. Warrenton was incorporated by act of assembly on Jan. 16, 1816.
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Warrenton, Virginia · United States
