Evening star., 1934-08-25
FAIRFAX REALTY
VALUES INCREASE
Up $118,338 Over Last
Year, Report Reveals.
Taxes Gain $13,651.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The star.
FAIRFAX, Va, August 25.-Real
estate assessment valuations in Fair
fax County for the current year show
an increase Of $118,338 over 1888, it
was revealed today by James U. Kin
cheloe, local commissioner of revenue.
For 1888, real estate, including i'm
provementS, was assessed at $11, 49,
lot, whereas for this year 1t carries
valuation of $11, 1,607, ,445, the COM
missioner's report shows.
At the same time, residents Of the
county are scheduled to pay $217, 1872
in real estate taxes for the present
year, jump of $13,651.59 over the
amount for 1888, when the total real
estate levy was $203 3,530.41. A slight
increase in tax rates in each incorp-
Grated town and magisterial district
accounts for the disproportionate in
crease in taxes over the increase in
assessed valuations.
Land approximately Same.
Land itself is assessed at $6, ,468, ,818,
approximately the same as in 1888,
and improvements are listed at $5,-
l38,627.
An interesting fact included in the
commissioners report is that the total
acreage in the county for 1884 is
shown to be 239,42 acres, or drop
of l,274 from last year when the
total was 240,695. It was pointed
out by Kincheloe that this decrease
in acreage, which usually occurs every
year, is brought about in two ways:
New surveys Of land often reveal a
smaller acreage than has been carried
on the books in former years, and
whenever any section is subdivided
1t ceases to be carried on the COM
m1ss1oner's books as acreage.
OF the magisterial districts, Prov-
dence shows the greatest assessed val
uation for realty this year, its total
being So, 1857, q jump of $44, $3.50
over 1888. Residents of that district
will pay real estate taxes in the ag-
gregate Of $51, ,403.62. Mount Vernon
district ranks second in assessed val
uation for real estate with q total of
$2,333, 1913, an increase by $26, ,531 over
the year passed. The tax levied in
the latter district amounts to $39,-
1880.
Other. Districts Listed.
Assessed valuations of realty in
the other districts, together with the
amount of increase over 1888 and
the taxes owners are scheduled to
pay, are as follows:
Centreville district-Assessed valua-
tion, $868,314; increase over past
year, $4,010, and tax levied, $12,-
937.88. Dranesville district-Assessed
valuation, $1,153,744; increase over
past year, $9,l74, and tax levied,
$33, ,343.20. Falls Church district
Assessed valuation, $1,571,361; in
crease over past year, $12,932, and
tax levied, $32,841.44. Lee district
Assessed valuation, $683, $50; increase
over past year. $3.50. and tax levied,
Sic, 0,1e085.
Similar figures for incorporated
towns are: Town of Clifton-As-
sessed valuation, $52,916, no change
from last year, and tax levied, $788. As.
Town Of Fairfax-Assessed valuation,
$362,215; increase over past year,
$1,804, and tax levied, $5,940.32.
Town of Falls Church-Assessed val
uation, $772,697; incraese over past
year, $6,304, and tax levied, $14,68l "a.
Town of Herndon-Assessed valua-
ton, $371, ,465; increase over past
year, $50, and tax levied, $10,735.34.
Town Of Vienna-AsseSsed valuation,
$258,008; increase over past year,
$5,478, and tax levied, $4,231.3 80. Town