VA-Q4E Winchester

Marker text: WINCHESTER

At first called Fredericktown it was founded in 1744, near a Shawnee Indian village, by Colonel James Wood, a native of the English city of Winchester. The town was situated in Lord Fairfax's proprietary of the Northern Neck. It was chartered in 1752.

Conservation & Development Commission, 1930.

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Location: US 50 (eastbound) at the western entrance to Winchester., Winchester, Virginia

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