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It's perhaps relative, if coming from NYC, or Boston DC is "southern" to them. My wife from Boston says she feels Southern hospitality and charm when in DC. But Norther Virginia seems vapid anymore and without either influence.
No it's not so southern in atmosphere, but it's not very NE either to me.
Granted, I've spent more time in the NE than the south, so it's a point-of-reference thing for me, to some extent. Plus, right or wrong, I always think of DC in the context of the BosWash corridor. So for me, there are some similarities with the Northeast ... but on the other hand, you get out around Dulles, and you run into Frying Pan Road. That's about as typically southern a name as you can get.
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Granted, I've spent more time in the NE than the south, so it's a point-of-reference thing for me, to some extent. Plus, right or wrong, I always think of DC in the context of the BosWash corridor. So for me, there are some similarities with the Northeast ... but on the other hand, you get out around Dulles, and you run into Frying Pan Road. That's about as typically southern a name as you can get.
I always thought Chantilly was a very Southern name.
I always called Manassas, "Molasses" because it took forever to drive thru there until they got some better hwys finished.
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Just please, don't take on "Dumfries". That would be too easy.
Wellll, no that you mention it. Actually I've been to the original Dumfries in Scotland and coming into the Dumfries area going North I can see why some of the settlers decided to name it that. Suddenly the hills rise up, almost mountainous that seem to be foothills and are rolling, and it kind of reminds one of the old Dumfries. They pronounce it "Doom'frrrrees". The area with it's small valleys from the interstate and trees and hills in the background in view, etc flashes images of the Scottish Highlands around there.
So that never tweaked my mind because I actually understood that one. Now Triangle is a little odder. How square of a town can you get.
This area is surprisingly busy for small towns, being just off 95 but Quantico is so important I suppose is also a major reason. Just a comment.
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Granted, I've spent more time in the NE than the south, so it's a point-of-reference thing for me, to some extent. Plus, right or wrong, I always think of DC in the context of the BosWash corridor. So for me, there are some similarities with the Northeast ... but on the other hand, you get out around Dulles, and you run into Frying Pan Road. That's about as typically southern a name as you can get.
Also I don't think necessarily such names are Southern, perhaps more rural and country origins. They certainly have quite a bit of that in the Midwest.
And if you can interpret Spanish, out west has some dillies when you translate names.
You never know about names. A lot of people assume that Vienna, VA must be named after Vienna, Austria, especially as there is a rather substantial section known as Vienna Woods. But it's not. It's actually named after Vienna, New York (which itself is named after Vienna, Austria, and is now about a third the size of Vienna, VA), and the name came to be in the late 1850's when the village, having been known as Ayr Hill for about 85 years, found itself in need of a local doctor. It found one in that NY burg, and he was willing to move, but only on condition that the village name be changed to Vienna. It was, and that's been it for the past century and a half...
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You never know about names. A lot of people assume that Vienna, VA must be named after Vienna, Austria, especially as there is a rather substantial section known as Vienna Woods. But it's not. It's actually named after Vienna, New York (which itself is named after Vienna, Austria, and is now about a third the size of Vienna, VA), and the name came to be in the late 1850's when the village, having been known as Ayr Hill for about 85 years, found itself in need of a local doctor. It found one in that NY burg, and he was willing to move, but only on condition that the village name be changed to Vienna. It was, and that's been it for the past century and a half...
My hunch was right: The Town of Dumfries was formally established on 60 acres of land at the head of the harbor of Quantico Creek, provided by John Graham. He named the town after his birthplace, Dumfrieshire, Scotland
Dumfries Virginia--Virginia's Oldest Chartered Town (http://www.dumfriesvirginia.org/history.html - broken link)
Scot or English or Irish and Welsh names are very in keeping with Virginia however.
Why would Vienna, VA be named after Vienna, NY? Never mind I see what you meant. I think I remember seeing the name Ayr Hill in the past.
Now to Round Hill out past Leesburg. The eternal ubiquitous name of LEE found on everything.
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Scot or English or Irish and Welsh names are very in keeping with Virginia however.
Yes, the original name of Ayr Hill had come from Ayr County in Scotland.
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Why would Vienna, VA be named after Vienna, NY?
I thought I covered that, actually. It's all the fault of Dr. William Hendrick...
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