Located in Lorton, Virginia and widely considered to be “The Mother Church of Northern Virginia,” Pohick Church was the first to be established in the colony north of the Occoquan River. The church’s original site, according to George Washington’s map of the area, shows that it was originally located near the present-day Cranford Methodist Church, about two miles south of the current Pohick Church. Erected sometime before 1724, the building was originally known as the Occoquan Church. Later, its name was changed to Pohick due to its close vicinity to…
