Goldvein
Goldvein’s history as a gold mining town is celebrated and shared with the public through the Goldvein Gold Mining Museum at Monroe Park just off Route 17.
Fauquier Springs
Fauquier Springs is the site of an early spa town in the county that was a watering hole of the rich and famous. On the grounds of what is today the Fauquier Springs Country Club, a thriving health spa and hotel in the early 1800s.
Elk Run
Elk Run was established by colonials who began moving into the area in the early 1700s, moving out the native Manahoac Indians. By the 1750s, Elk Run boasted a tavern, an ordinary, a blacksmith’s shop, and a brick Anglican Church that replaced a wooden chapel that was built in 1730. The Elk Run settlement and Church were an early center of government and an origination point for further expansion of what is now Fauquier County. Another church built in Warrenton in the 1750s overshadowed the Elk Run Anglican church, which fell into ruin by the mid-19th century.
Delaplane
Now home to around 15 wineries & vineyards, Delaplane’s gently rolling landscape offers ideal soils and terrain for growing grapes.
Casanova
Casanova lies at the heart of a rich collection of prominent estates in Fauquier associated with Fitzhugh family and other early plantation owners in the County including Melrose and Poplar Springs.