Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia
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Bailey's Crossroads is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located in Fairfax County, Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the community had a total population of 23,166.
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Geography
Bailey's Crossroads is located at 38°50'58" North, 77°7'45" West (38.849474, -77.129093)Template:GR.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the community has a total area of 5.3 km² (2.0 mi²). 5.3 km² (2.0 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.
Demographics
As of the censusTemplate:GR of 2000, there are 23,166 people, 8,547 households, and 4,965 families residing in the community. The population density is 4,363.1/km² (11,276.0/mi²). There are 8,813 housing units at an average density of 1,659.9/km² (4,289.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the community is 47.90% White, 10.85% African American, 0.54% Native American, 12.37% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 18.73% from other races, and 9.51% from two or more races. 37.11% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 8,547 households out of which 29.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.4% are married couples living together, 11.2% have a female householder with no husband present, and 41.9% are non-families. 33.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 10.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.70 and the average family size is 3.40.
In the CDP the population is spread out with 23.0% under the age of 18, 10.6% from 18 to 24, 37.1% from 25 to 44, 19.0% from 45 to 64, and 10.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 33 years. For every 100 females there are 106.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 106.3 males.
The median income for a household in the community is $51,650, and the median income for a family is $51,490. Males have a median income of $35,130 versus $34,265 for females. The per capita income for the community is $24,091. 13.3% of the population and 10.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 18.4% of those under the age of 18 and 5.2% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
History of the Name "Bailey's Crossroads"
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Bailey's Crossroads has never been part of the corporate limits of Falls Church, Virginia, but the Bailey family was long connected with the community. They were prominent members of the Dulin Methodist Church, and intermarried with many Falls Church people. Hachaliah Bailey moved here from New York state and on December 19, 1837, he purchased a tract of land on the outskirts of Falls Church including what is now the intersection of Leesburg Pike and Columbia Pike. On this tract he built a large house known as "Bailey's Mansion" or "Moray;" it was reputed to have contained 100 rooms.
Circuses were part of the Bailey family business. Hachaliah's son Lewis Bailey (1795–1870) operated a travelling circus and is pioneered the use of canvas circus tents before eventually settling in 1840 to farm land in Bailey's Crossroads. Hachaliah's nephew George F. Bailey managed several shows, too, designing a tank in which a hippopotamus could be moved from place to place. Another nephew, Fred Harrison Bailey, recognized a potential circus talent in James Anthony McGuiness, later James Anthony Bailey, who united the Cooper and Bailey with Phineas Taylor Barnum's circus to form the Barnum and Bailey Circus, which later joined with the Ringling Brothers Circus to form the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus.