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Centreville is an unincorporated community in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau as a Census Designated Place, the community population was 48,661 as of the 2000 census and is approximately 20 miles from Washington, DC.
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Centreville Education
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Residents are zoned to schools in the Fairfax County Public Schools.
Centreville has two middle schools, Liberty Middle School and Stone Middle School. Some Centreville middle school students also go to Rocky Run Middle School.
Centreville High School, located within the boundaries of the town of Clifton, serves much of Centreville. Some of Centreville is served by Chantilly High School and Westfield High School, which opened in 2000 in the community of Chantilly.
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Centreville History
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According to a tourism pamphlet published by the Fairfax County government 1907 and preserved in the University of Virginia's libraries, Centreville was the first proper town within the modern boundaries of Fairfax County, settled under the name of Newgate or New Gate at some point in the 17th or 18th century. The town never thrived, but its position on a relatively major road towards the Blue Ridge, the Shenandoah Valley, and other western destinations preserved its tavern and general store even after the town of Newgate became a memory. In later colonial times, presumably in the 18th century, when word came that a major new north-south road was to pass through the general vicinity, the few residents of the roadside locale came together and declared themselves the town of Centreville in hopes of attracting the road and becoming an important town at the intersection of north-south and east-west roads. Sadly, the road took another route; Manassas to the southwest became the local hub of transportation, and the town fell back into obscurity. The growing prosperity of the region, however, gave Centreville life enough to keep its identity to the present day.
In the Civil War, though the battles of the region happened nearer to Manassas — twice — and Chantilly than Centreville, the town was significantly fortified by the Confederacy and served as a supply depot for both sides at various points in the war. Centreville was of significant strategic value due to its proximity to several important roads, while its position atop a high ridge provided a commanding view of the surrounding area. The town was frequently associated with Confederate Colonel John S. Mosby, whose partisan rangers used its hillsides and farms as a base of operations, leading to the sobriquet of Mosby's Confederacy.
In 1943, Centreville was still so small that a state map book individually, on a map of the entire county, indicated each building in the town (and also misspelled its name). In more recent times, Centreville has become a suburb of Washington, D.C. Most growth occurred in the late '90s and early 2000s due the influx of technology companies. Now, Centreville is quite a typical wealthy American suburb, composed of luxury townhomes, strip malls, a movie theater, and large housing developments.
Throughout Centreville's history, the correct spelling of the name has been accompanied by the corruption "Centerville", which appears on the occasional map of the region from the colonial period into the early 20th century. The latter spelling occurs in the index of the aforementioned pamphlet, but the correct spelling appear in both the text and the table of contents. The 1943 map lists the town as "Centerville", but evidence for a consistent "re" spelling before this date seems substantial.
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Centreville News
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