Regarding George Washington.... ?

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Regarding George Washington.... ?

When he was a surveyor, he helped to lay out a Virginia town. What was the town's name then and now?

2006-06-19 12:05:30 · 4 answers · asked by I am Sunshine 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History

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Belhaven (now Alexandria

2006-06-19 12:08:36 · answer #1 · answered by longhunter17692002 5 · 4⤊ 2⤋

George surveyed the land of Thomas Fairfax in the Shenandoah Valley. The towns name is Fairfax. George owned 70,00 acres in Virginia and 40,000 more in what is now West Virginia. And the best that I can tell he did this at age 16. The surveying of Fairfax

2006-06-19 12:36:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

Little Washington

2006-06-19 12:25:50 · answer #3 · answered by sweet & sour 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

it was Alexandria whos former name was Belhaven

2006-06-19 15:41:02 · answer #4 · answered by chuck s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋