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The Virginia Room can be found on the second floor of
The City of Fairfax Regional
Library
10360 North Street
Fairfax, VA 22030-2514
Telephone: 703-293-6227 and press 6
TTY: 711
email
The Fairfax County Public Library's Virginia Room maintains a collection rich in regional history and genealogy, as well as local and state government information and legal resources. A particular strength is Confederate Civil War military history. Other resources available for use are: maps, an extensive photographic archive, manuscripts, local newspapers, and rare books.
To protect the fragile and rare materials in the Virginia Room's collection, food and beverages (including bottled water) are not permitted.
Watch the introduction to the Virginia Room video. (Length: 6 minutes 23 seconds)
Watch a Fairfax County Channel 16 story on the Virginia Room.
Friends Group President: Phylis Salak
Library Hours of Operation
Sunday: 1 - 5 No service by phone
Monday: 10 - 9
Tuesday: 10 - 9
Wednesday: 10 - 9
Thursday: 10 - 9
Friday: 10 - 6
Saturday: 10 - 5
Available Resources in the Virginia Room
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Online Resources
- Accessible Archives — available only in the Virginia Room
- Fairfax County Public Library Historical Photographs
- Fairfax County Public Library Photograph Collection
- Fairfax County Genealogy and Local History Sites
- Fairfax County Public Library Historical Newspaper Index
- Fairfax County Cemetery Survey
- Fairfax County Courthouse Exhibit
- Fairfax County Inventory of Historic Sites
- Folklore: The Bunny Man Unmasked
- Analytical Index to the Historical Society of Fairfax County Yearbook v. 1 - 9
- Supplementary Index to the Historical Society of Fairfax County Yearbooks v. 10 - 15
- American Ancestors - New England Historic Genealogical Society — available only in the Virginia Room
- Snake Hill to Spring Bank: An Oral History
- Crafts and Trades of Colonial Virginia
- Timeline
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Historical Washington Post (articles from 1877-1994 through
the library's
subscription to ProQuest) - Handley Library
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Local History
- CD-ROM and database resources
- City directories
- Civil War in Northern Virginia
- Civil War Washington
- The Fairfax County Courthouse
- Fractured Land and Return to Union
- Frying Pan Farm
- Green Spring Farm
- History Index
- Local History and Genealogy Websites
- Newspapers
- Prince William Public Library System Digital Library
- Exploring Fairfax through Family Papers: John M. Sherwood Collection Exhibit
- Telephone books
- Genealogy
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Government Documents & Voter Services
- 1930 census of Virginia and Washington, D.C.
- Fairfax County Road Orders: 1749-1800 provided by the Virginia Department of Transportation
- Statistics
- Planning
- Schools (including boundary maps)
- Demographics
- Budget
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Military History
- Civil War Records
- Colonial wars to the present with CW Rocco Sansone collection
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Maps
- Originals and reproductions of the Fairfax region and Virginia
- Photograph Archive
- Manuscripts
- Rare Books
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Natural History and Environment
- STAR
- Virginia climatological data
- Virginia History and Biography
- Virginia Legal Resources
- Virginia Related Websites
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