Jermantown, Virginia

Not to be confused with Germantown, Virginia.

Jermantown, Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°51′25″N 77°19′56″W / 38.85694°N 77.33222°W / 38.85694; -77.33222Coordinates: 38°51′25″N 77°19′56″W / 38.85694°N 77.33222°W / 38.85694; -77.33222
Country	United States
State	Virginia
County	Fairfax
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID	1495006^[1]

Jermantown is an unincorporated community in Fairfax County, Virginia, USA. Various parts of Jermantown are included within the independent city of Fairfax to its south and east. Today, this once rural community is centered at the intersection of Jermantown Road and Lee Jackson Memorial Highway (U.S. Route 50). The Old Jermantown School ^[2] was located at the present site of Providence Elementary School.

History

Map of Ox Hill battle

Jermantown/Germantown, located near the critical intersection of the Little River Turnpike (today Route 50) and Warrenton Turnpike (today Route 29), was part of the Ox Hill battlefield on September 1, 1862, and was held by Union troops under General Joseph Hooker.

References

Municipalities and communities of Fairfax County, Virginia, United States

County seat: Fairfax

Towns	Clifton Herndon Vienna

CDPs	Annandale Bailey's Crossroads Belle Haven Burke Burke Centre Centreville Chantilly Crosspointe Dranesville Dunn Loring Fair Lakes Fair Oaks Fairfax Station Floris Fort Belvoir Fort Hunt Franconia Franklin Farm George Mason Great Falls Greenbriar Groveton Hayfield Huntington Hybla Valley Idylwood Kings Park Kings Park West Kingstowne Lake Barcroft Laurel Hill Lincolnia Long Branch Lorton Mantua Mason Neck McLean McNair Merrifield Mount Vernon Newington Newington Forest North Springfield Oakton Pimmit Hills Ravensworth Reston Rose Hill Seven Corners South Run Springfield Tysons Corner Wakefield West Falls Church West Springfield Wolf Trap Woodburn Woodlawn

Unincorporated communities	Accotink Arcturus Barkers Crossroads Blevinstown Browns Mill Butts Corner Cobbs Corner Colchester Colchester Hunt Comptons Corner Cooktown Crowells Corner Culmore Donovans Corner Doveville Farrs Corner Five Forks Four Corners Hattontown Hollindale Jermantown Langley Lees Corner Lewinsville Lewis Park Makleys Corner New Alexandria Oak Hill Odricks Corner Pohick Rainbow Rutherford Schneider Crossroads Shady Oak Sleepy Hollow South Alexandria Strathmeade Springs Uniontown Westhampton West McLean

Ghost towns	Matildaville South Falls Church

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