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ing the town off in a grid pattern with 51 half-acre lots, survives. “To a remarkable extent, the present layout of the town conforms to that of the original surveyor’s scheme.”
In 1796, the town was organized by the General Assembly and its name was changed to Washington. When Rappahannock County was set off from Culpeper, Washington was made the county seat. The first session of court, in October 1833, was held at the present Washington House, then known as Coxes Hotel. At that meeting, it was ordered that a clerk’s office, courthouse and jail
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