During the Civil War in August 1862, Clara Barton tended to wounded Union and Confederate troops at the station after the Second Battle of Bull Run (Manassas),[3][4] with headquarters at nearby St. Mary's Church.

An employee of the U.S. Patent Office in Washington at the start of the war, Barton later founded the American Red Cross in 1881.

A small skirmish, which was also the last in the county during the war, was fought at Brimstone Hill near Fairfax Station.

The construction of St. Mary's began in 1858, and it was the first Catholic church in Fairfax County.

Ekoji Buddhist Temple is also located in Fairfax Station, built 27 years ago in 1998.

The original community of Fairfax Station is located in the eastern part of the CDP, where State Route 123 (Ox Road) crosses the Norfolk Southern Railway line.

State Route 286, the Fairfax County Parkway, curves through the center of the CDP, leading northwest to Fair Lakes and southeast to Newington.

[5] At the 2020 census (some information from the 2022 American Community Survey) there were 12,420 people, 4,164 housing units and 4,158 households residing in the CDP.

Male full-time workers had a median income of $125,760 versus $75,119 for females.

The private school Islamic Saudi Academy previously had its West Campus in Fairfax Station.

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