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The Fairfax County Parkway Trail is a multi-use trail that runs alongside the Franconia–Springfield Parkway and Fairfax County Parkway from Beulah Street in Springfield to SR 7, [10] mostly as a sidepath, but sometimes using adjacent frontage roads and old alignments of the roads that the parkway replaced.
Located in a suburban area near I-95, the station is primarily used by commuters from more distant suburbs. Its parking garage is the largest on the Metro system, with 5,069 spaces. With an average of 2,491 daily riders in 2023, Franconia–Springfield was the 41st-busiest Metro station and the ninth-busiest in Virginia. [2]
The idea for the Springfield Bypass started in the 1970s as a bypass of SR 644 (Old Keene Mill Road) in Springfield. It was soon expanded, by 1978, to include most of what is now the Fairfax County Parkway , which had been originally planned as part of the unbuilt Outer Beltway .
The Springfield CDP is recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau with a population of 31,339 as of the 2020 census. Previously, per the 2010 census, the population was 30,484. Homes and businesses in bordering CDPs including North Springfield, West Springfield, and Newington are usually given a Springfield mailing address. The population of the ...
West Springfield Elementary School; Irving Middle School; West Springfield High School; Kings Park Elementary School was defined as being in the West Springfield CDP in the 1990 U.S. Census and the 2000 U.S. Census, [8] [9] but as of the 2010 U.S. Census it was defined as being in the Kings Park CDP. It has a Springfield postal address. [10] [11]
Homestead in Linville in which Thomas Lincoln, father of President Abraham Lincoln, was born in 1778. Around 1750 Daniel Boone’s father Squire Boone moved his family from Oley, Pennsylvania to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. The Boone family farmed in the Linville Creek area for several years in the 1750s before moving on to North Carolina.
Visitors can also ride tour boats, or walk or run the 3.75 miles (6.04 km) trail loop around the lake. Other trails stretch beyond the park and connect to the Cross County Trail, with its running trails and mountain biking trail. A miniature golf course surrounds an antique carousel near the south entrance to the park.
Lincolnia is the most diverse area in Fairfax County. There were 5,166 households, out of which 36.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.7% were married couples living together, 10.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.3% were non-families. 20.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.8% ...