Historic Alexandria
Land was first patented here in 1657. In 1731 a warehouse was built on Hunting Creek about which grew up the village of Belhaven. The town of Alexandria was established in 1749 and became one of the main colonial trading centers. It was a part of the original District of Columbia but was returned to Virginia in 1847.
1948 text, presented as a historical document.
Many of these markers have since been replaced or their texts revised. The marker program and its current texts are maintained by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Virginia Department of Historic Resources ↗
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesJohn Carter Brown Library, Brown UniversityDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)
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