Fredericksburg, Virginia
Independent city
Historic Downtown Fredericksburg
Flag Coat of arms
Motto:  America's Most Historic City
Location of Fredericksburg in Northern Virginia
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Coordinates: 38°18′6.5″N 77°28′15″W  /  38.301806°N 77.47083°W  / 38.301806; -77.47083
Country	United States
State	Virginia
County	None (independent city)
Founded	1728
Incorporated	1781
Named for	Frederick, Prince of Wales
Area [1]
?  Independent city	10.52 sq mi (27.24 km 2 )
? Land	10.45 sq mi (27.07 km 2 )
? Water	0.07 sq mi (0.18 km 2 )
Elevation	59 ft (18 m)
Population   ( 2020 )
?  Independent city	27,982
? Density	2,700/sq mi (1,000/km 2 )
?  Urban	167,679 (US: 216th )
Time zone	UTC?05:00 ( Eastern (EST))
? Summer ( DST )	UTC?04:00 ( EDT )
ZIP Codes	22401 (USPS designates 5 zip codes for Fredericksburg, but 4 of them lie outside the Independent City in surrounding counties; only 22401 lies inside it)
Area code	540
FIPS code	51-29744 [2]
GNIS feature ID	1494947 [3]
Website	www .fredericksburgva .gov
*  Independent from Spotsylvania County in 1879

Fredericksburg is a city in Virginia in the United States . It was important in the American Civil War , because of its location on the Rappahannock River , near the capital of the North ( Washington, DC ) and the South ( Richmond, Virginia ). In late 1862 the Battle of Fredericksburg was fought there.

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