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Marshall is an unincorporated
Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of Real property that is not a part of any municipality. To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city or town with its own government....
 village located in the hunt country
Fox hunting

Fox hunting is an activity involving the tracking, chase, and sometimes killing of a fox, traditionally a red fox, by trained foxhounds or other scent hounds, and a group of followers led by a master of foxhounds, who follow the hounds on foot or on horseback....
 of northwestern Fauquier County
Fauquier County, Virginia

Fauquier is a county located in the United States Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the United States Census, 2000, the county's population was 55,139....
, Virginia
Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia is an United States U.S. state on the East Coast of the United States of the Southern United States. The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of Lists of United States Presidents by place of birth#By state....
. Marshall was originally known as Salem. The town became Marshall after a short-lived incorporation. Marshall is named after John Marshall
John Marshall

John Marshall was an American statesman and jurist who shaped American constitutional law and made the Supreme Court a center of power. Marshall was Chief Justice of the United States, serving from February 4, 1801, until his death in 1835....
, the former United States Supreme Court Chief Justice
Chief Justice

The Chief Justice in many countries is the name for the presiding member of a Supreme Court in Commonwealth or other countries with an Anglo-Saxon justice system based on English common law, such as the Supreme Court of the United States, the Supreme Court of Canada, the Supreme Court of India, the Supreme Court of Pakistan, the Supreme Court...
 who grew up at in nearby Delaplane
Delaplane, Virginia

Delaplane is a small unincorporated area village in Fauquier County, Virginia, located approximately west of Washington, DC. Delaplane is situated along U.S....
. The village is centered along State Route 55 between two exits on Interstate 66
Interstate 66

Interstate 66 is an Interstate Highway in the eastern United States. As indicated by its even route number, it runs in an east-west direction....
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Marshall is an unincorporated
Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of Real property that is not a part of any municipality. To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city or town with its own government....
 village located in the hunt country
Fox hunting

Fox hunting is an activity involving the tracking, chase, and sometimes killing of a fox, traditionally a red fox, by trained foxhounds or other scent hounds, and a group of followers led by a master of foxhounds, who follow the hounds on foot or on horseback....
 of northwestern Fauquier County
Fauquier County, Virginia

Fauquier is a county located in the United States Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the United States Census, 2000, the county's population was 55,139....
, Virginia
Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia is an United States U.S. state on the East Coast of the United States of the Southern United States. The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of Lists of United States Presidents by place of birth#By state....
. Marshall was originally known as Salem. The town became Marshall after a short-lived incorporation. Marshall is named after John Marshall
John Marshall

John Marshall was an American statesman and jurist who shaped American constitutional law and made the Supreme Court a center of power. Marshall was Chief Justice of the United States, serving from February 4, 1801, until his death in 1835....
, the former United States Supreme Court Chief Justice
Chief Justice

The Chief Justice in many countries is the name for the presiding member of a Supreme Court in Commonwealth or other countries with an Anglo-Saxon justice system based on English common law, such as the Supreme Court of the United States, the Supreme Court of Canada, the Supreme Court of India, the Supreme Court of Pakistan, the Supreme Court...
 who grew up at in nearby Delaplane
Delaplane, Virginia

Delaplane is a small unincorporated area village in Fauquier County, Virginia, located approximately west of Washington, DC. Delaplane is situated along U.S....
. The village is centered along State Route 55 between two exits on Interstate 66
Interstate 66

Interstate 66 is an Interstate Highway in the eastern United States. As indicated by its even route number, it runs in an east-west direction....
. Although Marshall has historically been an agricultural community, its fortuitous designation as one of 5 within Fauquier County
Fauquier County, Virginia

Fauquier is a county located in the United States Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the United States Census, 2000, the county's population was 55,139....
, and exclusively within northern Fauquier County
Fauquier County, Virginia

Fauquier is a county located in the United States Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the United States Census, 2000, the county's population was 55,139....
, has resulted in a renaissance of business and professional service offerings to the mostly equestrian and agricultural interests in the surrounding region.

Marshall is home to the , as well as the One Room School House PS17 which was the last one-room schoolhouse in Fauquier County
Fauquier County, Virginia

Fauquier is a county located in the United States Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the United States Census, 2000, the county's population was 55,139....
 to close in the 1960s. It has been renovated and school groups often visit.

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