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Germanna Community College

1970 establishments in VirginiaEducation in Culpeper County, VirginiaEducation in Fredericksburg, VirginiaEducation in Orange County, VirginiaEducation in Stafford County, Virginia
Two-year colleges in the United StatesUniversities and colleges accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and SchoolsUniversities and colleges established in 1970Use mdy dates from April 2012Virginia Community College System
2017 05 31 15 12 26 View west at the east end of Virginia State Route 375 (College Drive) at Virginia State Route 3 (Germanna Highway) at the Germanna Community College Locust Grove Campus in Germanna Bridge, Orange County, Virginia
2017 05 31 15 12 26 View west at the east end of Virginia State Route 375 (College Drive) at Virginia State Route 3 (Germanna Highway) at the Germanna Community College Locust Grove Campus in Germanna Bridge, Orange County, Virginia

Germanna Community College (GCC) is a community college in Virginia with campuses in Locust Grove, Fredericksburg, Stafford and Culpeper. Founded in 1970, it takes its name from Germanna, a settlement founded by Governor Alexander Spotswood for a group of German miners by the Rapidan River at what is now Germanna Ford.Germanna Community College is one of the twenty-three community colleges in Virginia that comprise the Virginia Community College System. The college serves the residents of Caroline, Culpeper, King George, Madison, Orange, Spotsylvania, and Stafford counties and the City of Fredericksburg.

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Germanna Community College
Germanna Point Drive, Fredericksburg Cosner's Corner

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Germanna Point Drive 10000
22408 Fredericksburg, Cosner's Corner
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2017 05 31 15 12 26 View west at the east end of Virginia State Route 375 (College Drive) at Virginia State Route 3 (Germanna Highway) at the Germanna Community College Locust Grove Campus in Germanna Bridge, Orange County, Virginia
2017 05 31 15 12 26 View west at the east end of Virginia State Route 375 (College Drive) at Virginia State Route 3 (Germanna Highway) at the Germanna Community College Locust Grove Campus in Germanna Bridge, Orange County, Virginia
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