Elk Run is an unincorporated hamlet in

Fauquier County, Virginia Fauquier County is a county (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 72,972. The county seat is Warrenton, Virginia, Warrenton. Fa ...

. It is centered on State Route 806 and State Route 610. Prior to European settlement, the area was home to the

Manahoac The Manahoac, also recorded as Mahock, were a Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, who lived in northern Virginia at the time of European contact. They spoke a Siouan language and numbered approximately 1,000. They lived primarily a ...

people. It is famous among the locals for the historical Elk Run Church site built in the late 18th century. All that remains is a foundation and the gravesites. The church site is now the site of a commemorative park. Its first minister was James Keith, grandfather of Chief Justice

John Marshall John Marshall (September 24, 1755July 6, 1835) was an American statesman, jurist, and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who served as the fourth chief justice of the United States from 1801 until his death in 1835. He remai ...

. He is buried at the church site. The community is small, but active. There is one commercial building serving the community. The Elk Run Church site has been preserved and marked with historical information markers.Elk Run Village
and

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Unincorporated communities in Fauquier County, Virginia Unincorporated communities in Virginia {{FauquierCountyVA-geo-stub