Dumfries

E18282

municipality town

Dumfries is a small historic town in Prince William County, Virginia, considered one of the oldest continuously chartered towns in the United States.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	municipality → town →
areaCode	571 → 703 →
continent	North America →
country	United States of America →
countrySubdivision	Virginia →
governingBody	Town Council of Dumfries →
governmentType	mayor–council government →
hasCharterStatus	continuously chartered town →
hasCountySeat	Manassas, Virginia →
hasDaylightSavingTimeZone	Eastern Daylight Time →
hasFeature	historic sites → small-town character →
hasHistoricSignificance	historic port town in colonial Virginia →
hasHistoricStatus	one of the oldest continuously chartered towns in the United States → one of the oldest towns in Virginia →
hasJurisdiction	Town of Dumfries, Virginia →
hasLocalGovernment	Town of Dumfries government →
hasNearbyHighway	Interstate 95 →
hasOfficialName	Dumfries, Virginia →
hasTransportation	U.S. Route 1 passes through Dumfries →
isConsideredOneOf	oldest continuously chartered towns in the United States →
isInFederalEntity	United States →
isMunicipalityOf	Prince William County, Virginia →
isPartOf	Washington metropolitan area →
locatedIn	Commonwealth of Virginia → Prince William County, Virginia →
locatedInCounty	Prince William County →
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
locatedNear	Potomac River →
namedAfter	Dumfries, Scotland →
postalCodeType	ZIP Code →
region	Northern Virginia →
state	Virginia →
subdivisionName1	Prince William County →
subdivisionName2	Virginia →
subdivisionType	town →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Northern Virginia →	hasSubregion