Dranesville is an unincorporated town in Fairfax County, Virginia, USA. Dranesville is located on the Leesburg Pike (Virginia State Highway 7) at its intersection with Georgetown Pike. The town is named for Washington Drane, a settler who moved there from the District of Columbia in 1810 and began the operation of Drane's Tavern. In United States law, a region of land is unincorporated if it is not a part of any municipality. ... Official website: http://www. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Virginia State Highway 7 is a major surface highway and busy commuter route in Northern Virginia. ... ...
Battle of Dranesville Conflict American Civil War Date December 20, 1861 Place Fairfax County, Virginia Result Union victory The Battle of Dranesville took place on December 20, 1861 in Fairfax County, Virginia as part of McClellans operations in northern Virginia during the American Civil War. ...
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Maps and aerial photosCoordinates: 39.0006651° -77.3458181°
Dranesville, a small Virginia hamlet, is situated in Fairfax county, about twenty miles from Washington, and about fourteen from Leesburg.
Dranesville in other days was a recipient of the bounty that flowed from the old-time commerce.
The guns of Manassas had given a quietus to the clamorous cry of "On to Richmond," and the North was awaking to the fact that the road to the Confederate capital, if traveled at all, must be traveled by a well-trained army, and was not to be attempted by a heterogeneous mob.
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