Gainesville, Virginia
| Gainesville, Virginia | |
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| Census-designated place (CDP) | |
Houses in Gainesville
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 Location in Prince William County and the state of Virginia. |
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| Coordinates: 38°47′41″N 77°37′14″W / 38.79472°N 77.62056°WCoordinates: 38°47′41″N 77°37′14″W / 38.79472°N 77.62056°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Prince William |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10.3 sq mi (26.6 km2) |
| • Land | 9.7 sq mi (25.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.6 sq mi (1.5 km2) |
| Elevation | 354 ft (108 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 11,481 |
| • Density | 1,150.2/sq mi (174.1/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP codes | 20155-20156 |
| Area code(s) | 703, 571 |
| FIPS code | 51-30176 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1494951 |
Gainesville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Prince William County, Virginia, United States. The population was 11,481 in the 2010 census.
Gainesville was once a changing point for stagecoach horses on the Fauquier & Alexandria Turnpike. In 1752, Thomas Jefferson reached the area and the stop became Gainesville. It was a shipping point for grain, timber, and cattle and remained a major cattle shipping point into the early 1960s. During the American Civil War, nearby Thoroughfare Gap in the Bull Run Mountains served as a path for soldiers to reach the First and Second battles of Bull Run. In 1994, the groundbreaking for Gainesville's first townhome community began; it was named Crossroads. This marked the beginning of mass-development for Gainesville.
In 2006, VDOT began working on the Gainesville Interchange improvement project in order to ease the traffic in the rapidly growing Gainesville-Haymarket area. It was completed in 2015.
Gainesville is located at 38°47′41″N 77°37′14″W / 38.79472°N 77.62056°W (38.794784, −77.620651).
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