Thomas Fairfax was born in 1692 at Leeds Castle, in Kent, England. Through his mother, Catherine Culpeper, he inherited enormous holdings in Virginia's Northern Neck.

Eventually, both the government of Virginia and Lord Fairfax needed to know where the western boundary ran. So, in 1746, surveyors spent almost two months trekking 76 miles out and back through ...

The other two community colleges that will change their names honor Lord Thomas Fairfax and Revolutionary War General Thomas Nelson Jr. Fairfax owned 30 plantations throughout Virginia's Northern Neck ...