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Occoquan, VA - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Occoquan  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Occoquan Home page. The Occoquan Home page provides as much information as possible on Occoquan. Knowing Occoquan’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Occoquan’s Home page, you will also find Occoquan’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Occoquan has a population of 1053. 46.9% of Occoquan’s inhabitants are Male, and 53.1 are female. 51.3% of Occoquan is married and 51.2% own their own home. The Average Home price is $405,051, and the average rent is $1,492. Household median income in Occoquan is $110,000, and the individual median income is $56,719. Occoquan’s Ethnic is the following: White(60.5%), Asian(15.8%), Hispanic(14.4%), Black(13.2%), Multiple(9.1%), Other(1.4%).


Occoquan is derived from an Algonquian Doeg Indian word, meaning "at the end of the water". Located on the Occoquan River, Occoquan was long a site of indigenous peoples' habitation. Like the British colonists after them, they relied on the river for transportation and trade, as well as fish. Early in the 1600s Capt.


John Smith sailed and explored the Occoquan River. In 1608, when the first European reached Northern Virginia, the Tauxenent tribe (also known by the English as the "Dogues") had its main village at the mouth of the Occoquan River. This tribe was more closely associated with neighbors such as the Piscataways (located across the Potomac River in what is now Maryland) than the other Algonquian-speaking tribes to the south.


The local chief was called a Tayac, who was subservient to an "emperor" located in Prince Georges County. By 1765, Anglo-American colonists had established an industrial settlement at Occoquan, with grist mills and tobacco warehouses. The Merchant's Mill was the first automated grist mill in the nation.


It operated for 175 years until destroyed by fire. During the Civil War, the post office passed letters and packages between North and South. River silting reduced ship traffic to Occoquan and ended its days as a port, as did the shift in traffic to railroads. The town has survived and thrived. Today, it is a restored artists' community, with shops, outdoor dining, ghost walks, a town boat dock and more.


A number of structures in town, including many in the downtown commercial area, are part of the Occoquan Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Rockledge, the former house of the town's founder, is also listed as a significant structure on the NRHP.


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