Fredericksburg

Fredericksburg is a Virginia historical marker in Fredericksburg County, dedicated 1948.

Fredericksburg County · dedicated 1948 · Jefferson Davis Hwy., northbound side about 200 feet south of intersection with Idlewild Blvd.

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Captain John Smith was here in 1608; Lederer, the explorer, in 1670. In May 1671 John Buckner and Thomas Royster patented the Lease Land Grant. The town was established in 1727 and lots were laid out. It was named for Frederick, Prince of Wales, father of George III. The court for Spotsylvania County was moved here in 1732 and the town was enlarged in 1759 and 1769. Fredericksburg was incorporated as a town in 1781, as a city in 1879, and declared a city of the first class in 1941.

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