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Colonial. Located on the Rappahannock River near the head of navigation at the fall line, Fredericksburg developed as the frontier of colonial Virginia shifted west from the coastal plain into the Piedmont. The land on which the city was founded was part of a tract patented in 1671.
History of Fredericksburg. Establishment. The City of Fredericksburg was established by an act of the Virginia General Assembly in 1728, on land originally patented by John Buckner and Thomas Royston of Essex County in 1681.
6. Juni 2024 · Fredericksburg, city, administratively independent of, but located in, Spotsylvania county, northeastern Virginia, U.S., at the head of navigation of the Rappahannock River. The site, settled in 1671, was laid out in 1727 and named for Prince Frederick Louis, father of King George III of England.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Historische Altstadt. Fredericksburg ist eine unabhängige Stadt im Norden des US-Bundesstaates Virginia am Rappahannock River, in der Mitte zwischen Washington, D.C. und Richmond gelegen. Das U.S. Census Bureau hat bei der Volkszählung 2020 eine Einwohnerzahl von 27.982 [2] ermittelt.
History. The corner of William and Charles Streets, in front of the former Planter's Hotel, is documented in advertisements and records as the site of at least twelve separate auctions of enslaved persons between 1847 and 1862. The shaped block of stone at the corner is closely associated with these events, and symbolizes Fredericksburg's long ...
Located halfway between the two Civil War capitals Washington, D.C., and Richmond, Va., Historic Fredericksburg, Virginia was battered bloody for three years. The city was crippled by a Federal offensive in December 1862.
Fredericksburg's identity and character are directly related to its rich history. Captain John Smith, while charting the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, reached this area in 1608, his westernmost exploration in the New World.
