|— Town —| |• Mayor||Gerald M. Foreman II| |• Total||1.6 sq mi
(4.1 km2)| |• Land||1.6 sq mi (4.1 km2)| |• Water||0.0 sq mi
(0.0 km2)| |Elevation||36 ft (11 m)| |Time zone||Eastern (EST)
(UTC-5)| |• Summer (DST)||EDT (UTC-4)| |Area code(s)||571, 703|
|GNIS feature ID||1499362| Dumfries is located at .(38.567853,
-77.324591) According to the United States Census Bureau, the
town has a total area of 1.6 square miles (4.1 km²), all of it
land. The town is situated approximately 25 miles/40 km south of
central Washington D.C. Dumfries history began as early as 1690
when Richard Gibson erected a gristmill on Quantico Creek. A
customhouse and warehouse followed in 1731, and many others
cropped up along the estuary by 1732. The Town of Dumfries was
formally established on 60 acres (240,000 m2) of land at the
head of the harbor of Quantico Creek, provided by John Graham.
He named the town after his birthplace, Dumfries, Scotland.
After much political maneuvering, the General Assembly
established Dumfries as the first