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Stafford County is in the Northern Virginia region
on the Interstate 95 corridor positioned midway
between Washington, D.C., and Richmond, Va. The city
of Fredericksburg is located just south of the
county about 15 miles away. Richmond Va is about 45
miles away.
Stafford
was
established
in 1663
and
named
for
Staffordshire,
England,
and was
a major
port on
the
north
bank of
the
Rappahannock
River.
History
buffs
can
visit
Goerge
Washington's
Ferry
Farm,
historic
Fredericksburg,
famous
Civil
War
battlefields,
such as
Fredericksburg,
Chancellorsville
and The
Wilderness.
There
are many
site
seeing
tours
that you
can
visit at
all the
above
locations.
The
county's
location
between
the Blue
Ridge
Mountains
to the
west and
the
Chesapeake
Bay to
the east
allows
visitors
to
choose
from an
extensive
selection
of
recreational
and
cultural
advantages.
The
county
is full
of
equestrian
activities
in
Virginia's
"Horse
Country."
The
Rappahannock
River is
noted
for
challenging
white
water
canoeing. |
