accotink methodist church: Village of Accotink-If You Blink You Will Miss A Piece Of Fairfax County History
- 07/16/12 12:22 PM
Unless you are paying attention you will zoom through the Village of Accotink and not think it's anything more than shortcut from Fort Belvoir to the Fairfax County Parkway. Yet these few blocks were in the late 1800's part of a a small thriving area known as The Village of Accotink.
Once part of a larger Accotink/Woodlawn community the Village of Accotink was founded by the growing local Quaker community. According to historic records and the 1860 Federal census the residents in the Village of Accotink were a combination of professionals such as lawyers and doctors as well as carpenters and … (18 comments)
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Unless you are paying attention you will zoom through the Village of Accotink and not think it's anything more than shortcut from Fort Belvoir to the Fairfax County Parkway. Yet these few blocks were in the late 1800's part of a a small thriving area known as The Village of Accotink.
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