Evening star., 1953-02-18
Redistricting
Lines Submitted
For Fairfax
Affect Almost All
Seuts on Board
Of Supervisors

Fairfax residents today had a
preview of the county's new
magisterial district boundaries,
as drawn by the Redistricting
Commission.
John w. Rust, chairman Of
the commission, outlined bound
aries that tentatively have been
set by his group. He said the
commission next must employ
a surveyor to prepare a new
magisterial district map. Then
the Redistricting Commission
makes it's report to the Circuit
Court, and the new district
boundaries become effective.
AS previously announced,
seven districts are proposed. The
county now has six. This will
increase membership on the
Board of County Supervisors
from six to seven.
Most Seats Affected.
The way the new district
boundaries are drawn will af-
feet almost every seat on the
Board Of Supervisors, although
probably not until the 1854 elec-
tion.
The new plan puts Supervisors
c. B. Jett and Arthur /. Shaffer
In Lee District, Supervisors
Maurice Fox and Stuart DeBell
In Centreville District, Super
visor G. Wallace Carper in
Dranesville District, Mrs. wilkins
in the new Mason District and
no one in Mount Vernon and
Falls Church Districts.
Commonwealth's Attorney Hugh
B. Marsh has advised the Re-
districting Commission that leg
islation adopted in 1852 will re-
tain the present six members on
the Board of Supervisors until
their present terms expire and
will require a special at-large
election for the seventh member.
Supervisors will be elected from
the new districts in 1854.
Population by Districts.
Population of the seven new
districts will be as follows:
Mount Vernon. 1895: Lee,
1912; Mason, 1928; Falls
Church, 23,O73; Centreville, o.
898: Providence, 1884, and
Dranesville, 14,267.
Under the present setup, pop
ulation ranges from 4,133 in Lee
District to 80, ,279 in Mount YER
non. It was the wide variance
in populations Of each district
that led to the many petitions
for redistricting. The new plan
gives the suburban areas of the
county more representation. Only
one completely rural district,
Centreville, remains.
A general description Of the
new boundaries follows:
Dranesville District All Of
the county north of Route Z, in
Guiding part of the old Dranes-
vile District and part of the old
Prodence.
Centreville District-The re-
mainder of old Dranesville Dis
trict, plus all of the old Centre
vile District.
About the Same.
Providence DiStrict-Boundar-
les about the same as at present.
except that portion north Of
Route 7, which goes into the
new Dranesville District.
Falls Church District-The
western portion of the old Falls
Church District, extending along
Arlington Boulevard to Seven
Corners on the north, to Pohick
road on the south, and bounded
on the east by Route ga. Raw
ensworth road, Columbia pike
and Sleepy Hollow road.
Mason DiStrict-The eastern
portion of the old Falls Church
District, bounded on the east by
the new Falls Church District,
on the west by Shirley highway,
on the south by Pohick road and
on the north by the Alexandria
and Arlington boundaries.
Lee District Lines.
Lee District-Most Of the old
Mount Vernon District between
No. highway and Shirley high
way, plus part of the old Lee Dis
trict bounded on the north by
Pohick road, on the west by Wolf
run and on the south by Occo-
guam Creek.
Mount Vernon District-All of
the county east of No. / highway,
except for a small area south of
Pohick which remains in the new
90 District