History
1600s and 1700s
Clifton, Virginia was mainly known as a plantation through out the 1700s. Before then, Native Americans used the current town area as hunting grounds.
1800s
December 11, 1877 The Grand Lodge of Virginia A.F. & A.M. issued a charter to Acacia Lodge No. 16 which allowed freemasons to start holding monthly stated communications in what was then known as Clifton Station Virginia
1900s
The General Assembly established a charter on March 9, 1902. During the 1900s, the town was practically at its modern-day size. The first schoolhouse in Clifton was built on a 100-foot hill overlooking the heart of the town. On March 9, 1930, the Clifton General Store caught fire, and a few months later a new general store was built in its place. In the 1940s, two homes were built. In the 1960s, the town started its own holiday of Clifton Day. This celebration continues each year as a town fair with sales each October. In the 1980s and 1990s, the areas around the Town of Clifton grew quickly, with many affluent families moving into the area. To complete the main town, the Clifton Creek House (also known as the RussekRobbins House) was renovated in 1991, as well as the Titanic House at 7161 Main Street whose second owner went down on the Titanic on his 44th birthday, April 15, 1912. In the late 1960s and early 1970s many of the properties in the town were renovated as younger couples moved into town drawn by the timeless appeal of Clifton. The 1980s and 1990s were a time of mass smiling, well dressed neighbors.
2000s
There are still many families moving into the area. There have been more and more disputes with contractors and developers over land. (The area of surrounding the Town of Clifton requires all houses in the area to have at least 5 acres of land each, which prevents nearly all development other than luxury single-family homes. This is because of the formation of the Occoquan Watershed in the 1970s that limits development due to ecological concerns.) In 2002, a new community was built on the edge of town called Frog Hill. In 2006, there was major controversy about demolishing the abandoned Hetzel Home on the corner of Chapel Road and Pendelton Avenue. The building was being rebuilt and a replica home was finished in the Winter of 2007.
The Clifton Homes Tour is run by the Clifton Community Woman's Club and is always held on the third Thursday in May, not August. The Club of approximately 100 members raises money for local charities by hosting a homes tour, silent auction, boutique, and local women's art show and sale.
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