Neabsco Iron Works Marker
Neabsco may refer to: * Neabsco Creek, a tributary of the Potomac River in Prince William County, Virginia, United States * Neabsco Iron Works, a former iron foundry in Woodbridge, Virginia, United States * Neabsco Road (SR 610), a road in Prince William County, Virginia, United States * Leesylvania, Virginia Leesylvania, formerly known as Neabsco, is a census-designated place in Prince William County in the U.S. state of Virginia. History Leesylvania plantation is located nearby in Leesylvania State Park. During the 18th century, Henry Lee II, gran ...

Neabsco Creek
Neabsco Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed August 15, 2011 tributary of the lower tidal segment of the Potomac River in eastern Prince William County, Virginia. The Neabsco Creek watershed covers about . The name Neabsco is derived from a Doeg village recorded as ''Niopsco'' by early English colonists. The creek has served as a vital waterway for trade and commerce in northern Virginia since the eighteenth century. The Neabsco's watershed is highly developed because of its proximity to the I-95 corridor and the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The EPA Office of Water recently identified the Neabsco Creek watershed as an "area of significant habitat degradation due to a loss of natural land cover and storm water management facilities designed without consideration for environmental conditions." Most of Dale City and Woodbridge empty into Neabsco Creek. Prince William County has made signifi ...
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Neabsco Iron Works
The Neabsco Iron Works (alternates: Neabsco Company; Neabsco Iron Foundry) was located in Woodbridge, Virginia, US. It was situated on by the Neabsco Creek. After abandoning the Bristol Iron Works, John Tayloe I established the Neabsco Iron Foundry around 1737. The business became a multifaceted antebellum industrial plantation. Its activities included farming, leatherworking, milling, shipbuilding, shoemaking, and smithing, as well as supplying raw materials used as weaponry during the American Revolution. The business grew and expanded with his son, John Tayloe II, when, in 1756, he bought the Occoquan Ironworks company, eventually running it as one business with the Neabsco. History The Neabsco Iron Works were the first iron works in northern Virginia. Established around 1737, By John Tayloe I, a wealthy Virginia land owner, who owned several iron works. His son, John Tayloe II, became a partner in the nearby Occoquan Iron Works. Thomas Jefferson wrote in his book, Notes on ...
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Neabsco Road
State Route 610 (SR 610) in Prince William County, Virginia Prince William County is located on the Potomac River in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population sits at 482,204, making it Virginia's second-most populous county. Its county seat is the independent city of Manass ..., United States, is a Byrd Road Act, secondary state highway officially named Cardinal Drive west of U.S. Route 1 in Virginia, U.S. Route 1 (US 1) and Neabsco Road to the east. It acts as a major east–west thoroughfare through the southeastern area of Prince William County, acting as part of the boundary between the communities Dale City, Virginia, Dale City and Montclair, Virginia, Montclair as well as bisecting the community of Leesylvania, Virginia, Leesylvania. Route description SR 610 begins at Virginia State Route 640 (Prince William County), SR 640 (Minnieville Road), heading eastward as four-lane divided highway with a speed limit and ...
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