Located midway between Washington, DC and Richmond, VA, Spotsylvania
County is among the fastest growing municipalities in the nation. Still largely rural, Spotsylvania is now becoming a major "bedroom community" for those who work in the Metropolitan Washington DC area.

Many military families choose to live in the county because of the proximity to the Marine Corps base at Quantico, the Army post at Fort Belvoir, and the Navy base at Dahlgren. In addition, more and more families are moving here after securing a job in Richmond.

Spotsylvania County's roots extend back to 1721, when the colony of Virginia created a vast new county that stretched past the Blue Ridge Mountains. The county was named for Alexander Spotswood who was lieutenant governor of the colony from 1710 to 1720. The City of Fredericksburg was later formed from the county in 1728. Spotsylvania's history includes the following: a skirmish near the Rappahannock River between American Indians and a group led by Capt. John Smith; the first commercially successful ironworks in North America; a slave revolt attempted in the 1810s; and one of the nation's most productive pre-1849 gold mines. The County is probably best-known for the battles fought on its soil during the Civil War. Because of Spotsylvania's strategic location, several major battles were fought here; those include Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, Fredericksburg, and Spotsylvania Court House (one of the bloodiest battles of the war). More than 100,000 troops from both sides died in Spotsylvania.

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