On the Lighter Side

Centreville: The Center of Everything

Mike Conway drives Braddock Road from end to end.

In her introductory column, my talented colleague Rebecca Wood posed the question: "Centreville- The Center of What?"  It's a fair question, since most topographical maps put Centreville in far northern Virginia, on the western edge of Fairfax County.  According to Wikipedia-my one-stop source with sometimes questionable provenance that, nonetheless, can answer non-critical questions quickly- Centreville was so-named in because it's central to Alexandria, Colchester, Middleburg, Dumfries, Georgetown, Leesburg and Warrenton.  So if anybody asks where you live, just tell them "halfway to Dumfries." Recently, though, as I researched an up-coming column, I stumbled upon another, less literal answer to this question.  I needed to find a …

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