Minnieville
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N 38° 38.160 W 077° 21.135
18S E 295262 N 4279009
Prince William Historical Commission sign dated 1978. Corner of Cardinal Drive and Minnieville Road, Woodbridge, VA
Waymark Code: WM7A82
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 09/26/2009
Views: 7
"Minnieville
Nearby is Bel Air Plantation (c.1740) burial site of Parson Mason Locke Weems, first buiographer of George Washington. French and American troops moved through this community on their way to Yorktown in 1781. Northern dairymen developed large farms here in the early 19th century. The Confederate 3d Brigade was located in this area in 1861-62. On this corner stood the Minniville Post Office (1884-1924)."
Wikipedia:
"Minnieville is an extinct unincorporated town that was once located in Prince William County, Virginia. The Minnieville post office stood at the corner of what is now known as Minnieville Road and Cardinal Drive from 1884 to 1924. The town was surrounded by large dairy farms, but subsequent suburban encroachment from the communities of Dale City and Montclair have since subsumed these farms into subdivision developments.
Bel Air Plantation was the prominent feature here prior to the early 1800s, when large dairy farms began to flourish nearby. The plantation was located on the North side of Minnieville Road between Cardinal Drive and Spriggs Road. The main house was built about 1740. Parson Mason Locke Weems, the first biographer of George Washington is buried on the property. The house still stands as of 2008.
Though there are many residents of the subdivisions now located on land that once was recognized as being part of the town of Minnieville, the name itself is no longer used to identify this area, hence the designation of "extinct". A roadside marker is the only remnant."
Group that erected the marker: Prince William County Historical Commission
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
14607 Cardinal Drive
Woodbridge, VA USA
22193
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