%*%^&*#$%#$^# Wrote:
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> Ivy Bigbee Wrote:
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> > Time Machine Wrote:
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> > > A Population Chronology of Fairfax County
> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > Fairfax County Program of Studies: "Closest
> To
> > The
> > > People"
> > >
>
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dmb/fcpos/016.pdf
> > >
> > > c.1250 Indian tribes settle in what is now
> > Fairfax
> > > County.
> > > 1608 Captain John Smith explores the upper
> > Potomac
> > > River.
> > > 1742 Fairfax County established by House of
> > > Burgesses; named
> > > for William, 6th, Lord of Fairfax. Included
> > what
> > > are today
> > > Arlington, Loudoun Counties, and the Cities
> of
> > > Alexandria,
> > > Falls Church, and Fairfax.
> > > 1749 City of Alexandria organized.
> > > County population estimated to be less than
> > > 10,000, 28%
> > > were slaves.
> > > 1782 Slave population estimated to be 41% of
> > the
> > > population.
> > > 1790 Estimated population is 12,000.
> > > 1791 Virginia General Assembly cedes a part
> of
> > > Fairfax County
> > > (today’s Arlington County) to the national
> > > government for
> > > use as the new national capital of
> Washington,
> > > D.C.;
> > > returned to VA in 1847 and organized as
> > Arlington
> > > County.
> > > 1800 Fairfax Courthouse established in
> present
> > > location; served as
> > > the governing body of the county; overworked
> > soils
> > > causes
> > > economic decline; plantation economy ends;
> many
> > > slaves
> > > sold out of the area.
> > > 1840 Estimated population is 9,370.
> > > 1860 Estimated population is 11,800.
> > > 1870 Estimated population is 12,000.
> > > Local government control shifts from the
> county
> > > court to a
> > > Board of Supervisors system; County
> establishes
> > > first public
> > > grammar schools.
> > > 1906 First high school opens; economy based
> on
> > > mixed
> > > agricultural production improves as northern
> > > farmers move
> > > to the county.
> > > 1930 Population estimated at 25,000.
> > > 1940 Population estimated at 40,000.
> > > 1950 Population 248,000, due to WW II and
> > growth
> > > in national
> > > government employment; diversified service
> > > economy
> > > overtakes agricultural base.
> > > 1960 Population 248,897; migration from
> cities
> > to
> > > suburbs gains
> > > momentum.
> > > 1970 Population is 454,275.
> > > 1980 Population is 596,901; economy dominated
> > by
> > > service and
> > > government-related activity.
> > > 1990 Population is 818,584 (doubled in twenty
> > > years).
> > > 1999 Population is 948,636, economy dominated
> > by
> > > high-tech and
> > > international companies.
> > > 2010 Population estimated to be 1,082,811.
> >
> >
> > Interesting, but I would like to know more
> about
> > the local history that goes along with those
> > increases / decreases in the population. Are
> there
> > any Indian tribes still left in Northern VA? I
> > seem to recall they do an Indian Festival
> around
> > here somewhere every year, right?
>
>
> Only Indian tribes around here now are the RED DOT
> SPECIALS. You will see them running 7-11's or
> taxi cabs.
Or being doctors and engineers because their parents actually make them work hard and learn shit unlike you clearly.
Its not 1985, Indian Americans that are 2nd generation tend to be far more educated than even white people on par with Asians