Gainesville

Home owners choose Gainseville because of newer construction communities, reasonably priced homes and proximity to jobs in Manassas, Fairfax & Washington, DC.

L ocated in Prince William County which is about 35 miles southwest of Washington, DC. Neighboring counties include Fairfax & Loudoun. Gainesville was once a changing point for stagecoach horses on the Fauquier & Alexandria Turnpike. In 1752, Thomas Jefferson reached the area and the stop became Gainesville. It was a shipping point for grain, timber, and cattle and remained a major cattle shipping point into the early 1960s. During the American Civil War, nearby Thoroughfare Gap in the Bull Run Mountains served as a path for soldiers to reach the First and Second battles of Bull Run. In 1994, the groundbreaking for Gainesville's first townhome community began; it was named Crossroads. This marked the beginning of mass-development for Gainesville.