Woodbridge VA Homes For Sale

Woodbridge, VA is named after a wooden toll bridge built in the late eighteenth century by a historic landowner, Thomas Mason, the son of one of our Founding Fathers, George Mason. After inheriting the land from his father, Thomas named his land Woodbridge.  He did so because he was the one that hired the legendary engineer,Theodore Burr,to design the wood bridge to replace a ferry that carried passengers from his land across the Occoquan River beneath where Rt. 1 is located today.Woodbridge like so many other Northern Virginia suburbs was originally farm land.

In the 1960’s Cecil Hylton put Woodbridge “on the map” when he began developing Dale City. He named the area Dale City because of the hills and dales topography of Dale City.  Like Thomas Mason, Cecil Hylton, was also an amazingly resourceful man. Originally he sold farm produce in Washington D.C. He then started a sod business which required trucking a lot of sod which lead to Hylton’s breakthrough innovation in the sod industry.The baby boom markets lead Hylton into the building business and he built a city, Dale City. He was ahead of his time. He had his own utility companies, a sewer company and his own cable television company. A private company,Virginia American Water,provides Dale City’s water service today because Dale City was there before the Prince William County Service Authority. Virginia American Water is the largest investor owned utility in the State.

Speaking of the largest, Potomac Mills, outlet Mall in Woodbridge, is one of Northern Virginia’s largest shopping centers attracting shoppers up and down the I95 Interstate.Russell House and Store and Rippon Lodge are historic Woodbridge landmarks. Russell House is now Daks Restaurant and Rippon Lodge offers tours from May to October. The Hylton Memorial Chapel hosts events year round.  Thomas Mason’s Woodbridge Plantation is now, the magnificent golf course development, Belmont Bay.Woodbridge also has an impressive list of recreation facilities all part of the Prince William County Parks and Recreation. The Woodbridge Community Center offers aSports Center, a Rolling and Skating Center, an Aquatic Center and the Skyline Mini-Golf. Lake Ridge Park has Lake Ridge Golf, Lake Ridge Miniature Golf and Lake Ridge Marina. The Veteran’s Memorial Park offers Vets Skate Park, Veterans Memorial Park Pool and Veterans Park Community Center. Waterworks Waterpark in Dale City in theAndrew Leitch Parkis a lot of fun too.Two of Woodbridge’s greatest natural resources are Leesylvania State Park and Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Both of these facilities are excellent. Occoquan Bay’s frequent Osprey sighting’s are breathtaking and Leesylvaniais an excellent choice to picnic, go fishing or boating.

Woodbridge has two VRE (Virginia Railway Express) Stations, Woodbridge Station andRippon Station. Both of the VRE railways take their passengers to Union Station in Washington, D.C. which is located a stone’s throw from the United States Capital. Once you arrive at Union Station you can get on board with Amtrak and go almost anywhere in the United States. The VRE also provides you the ability to connect easily with five Metrorail stations located at Franconia-Springfield, Alexandria (King Street), Crystal City, L’Enfant and Union Station.

Woodbridge is home to two major sports teams, the Minor League Potomac Nationals baseball team and the Northern Virginia Royals soccer team.Woodbridge has four great high schools: Woodbridge High School, Garfield High School, C.D. Hylton High School andFreedom High School. Each school is committed to excellence in academics and athletics. The Northern Virginia Community College Woodbridge Campus is another fabulous advantage to living in Woodbridge.

If you enjoy golfing you will love the Old Hickory Golf Club andThe Osprey’s At Belmont Bay. After your round, you do not have to travel far for some great restaurants. We included a few of the finest Woodbridge restaurants for you here: Daks, Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Dixie Bones Real Pit Barbeque, Famous Dave’s, Charbroil Grill, Siam Bistro, The Electric Palm Restaurant and theTaste of Tandoor.

There are numerous gorgeous developments within Woodbridge. The top twenty Woodbridge developments Homes For Sale were selected and made available to you at the click of your mouse to your immediate right on this page.

The history of how the name Woodbridge came about is consistent with what continues there today. Historically, the old wooden bridgewas built to accommodate the need of that generation to cross the Occoquan River. From that humble beginning, Woodbridge continues meeting the need of subsequent generations. We are confident Woodbridge will continue to do so now and in the future because Woodbridge is committed to providing for their residentsdesires.For all of the aforementioned reasons, Woodbridge has plenty to offer you and is a great place to call home.

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