Vint Hill Farms Station was a United States Army

United States Army

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 facility located in Fauquier County

Fauquier County, Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 55,139 people, 19,842 households, and 15,139 families residing in the county. The population density was 85 people per square mile . There were 21,046 housing units at an average density of 32 per square mile...

, Virginia

Virginia

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. It was used primarily mainly for eavesdropping on military and diplomatic communications from European and Soviet nations, also domestic signals of anti-war/anti-government activists broadcasting. The facility was closed in 1997 and the land was sold off in 1999 by the United States Department of Defense

United States Department of Defense

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The facility was defined as a census-designated place

Census-designated place

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at the 1970, 1980, and 1990 United States Censuses.