Rumor Mill

If you take away one thing from this new Orange line, let it be Fairfax County residents love a good story. In the 1930s, George Wedderburn built six diminutive small Spanish-style cottages on a wedge of land, which is now bordered by the W&OD trail to the north and Cedar Lane to the east. As tall trees grew up over the property, rumor spread that the cluster of homes was a community of dwarves. Over the decades countless Fairfax County teenagers ventured (illegally) onto the property in an attempt to verify the existence of so-called “Midgetville.” In reality, though the houses Wedderburn built were, indeed, quite small, the idea that the area was a community for little people was a myth. The homes were razed in 2008.