Dumfries is a historic market town that more than lives up to its local nickname, the Queen of the South. Located in the southern region of Dumfries and Galloway and connected by lovely russet-hued sandstone bridges which straddle the banks of the River Nith, this former royal burgh has an interesting history and special connection to Scotland’s National Bard.

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Moffat is a historic spa town in the Annandale Valley, 21 miles from Dumfries, and just 3 minutes from the M74. New Galloway is a picturesque village close to Loch Ken and on the edge of Galloway Forest Park. Newton Stewart is a small market town on the banks of the River Cree, surrounded by the Galloway hills, around 25 miles from Stranraer.

Dumfries was granted charter by William the Lion in 1186 to the rank of a royal burgh. Dumfries' sometimes bloody and macabre history includes great importance in the Scottish Wars of Independence. This is especially as the location where Robert the Bruce killing his rival John Comyn in 1306 sparked the Second War of Scottish Independence culminating in the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314.

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Dumfries is a town in Prince William County, Virginia, United States. The population was 4,937 at the 2000 census. Dumfries is located at 38°34′4″N 77°19′29″W / 38.56778°N 77.32472°W / 38.56778; -77.32472 (38.567853, -77.324591). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.6 square miles (4.1 km² ...

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Dumfries peaked in size and importance in 1763. For about 15 years Dumfries was a thriving port when several factors brought about its demise: the Revolutionary War, erosion and siltation, and the shift in the main shipping commodity (from tobacco to wheat and sugar). The Dumfries Cemetery contains burials of some of the Dumfries pioneers.