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Northern Virginia, locally referred to as NOVA or NoVA, comprises several counties and independent cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The region radiates westward and southward from Washington, D.C., the nation's capital, and has a population of 3,257,133 people as of 2023 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, representing over a third of the state's total population.
Loudoun County (/ ˈlaʊdən /) is in the northern part of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. In 2020, the census returned a population of 420,959, [ 3 ] making it Virginia's third-most populous county. The county seat is Leesburg. [ 4 ] Loudoun County is part of the Washington–Arlington–Alexandria, DC–VA–MD–WV ...
The city derives its name from Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, who was awarded 5,000,000 acres (20,000 km 2) of land in northern Virginia by King Charles. [8] The area that the city now encompasses was settled in the early 18th century by farmers from Virginia's Tidewater region . [ 9 ]
Fairfax County, officially the County of Fairfax, is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. With a population of 1,150,309 as of the 2020 census, [ 1 ] it is the most populous county in Virginia, the most populous jurisdiction in the Washington metropolitan area, and the most populous location in the Washington–Baltimore combined ...
Arlington County is located in Northern Virginia and is surrounded by Fairfax County and Falls Church to the west, the city of Alexandria to the southeast, and the national capital of Washington, D.C. to the northeast across the Potomac River, which forms the county's northern border.
51-66672 [2] GNIS feature ID. 1499951 [3] Website. www.reston.org. Reston is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, and a principal city of both Northern Virginia and the Washington metropolitan area. [4] As of the 2020 U.S. census, Reston's population was 63,226.
Falls Church is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. [3] As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,658. [4] Falls Church is part of both Northern Virginia and the Washington metropolitan area. As of 2020, it has a median household income of $146,922, the second-highest household income of any county in the ...
1498512 [6] Website. [1] Manassas (/ məˈnæsəs / [7]), formerly Manassas Junction, [8] is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. The population was 42,772 at the 2020 Census. [9] It is the county seat of Prince William County, although the two are separate jurisdictions. [10]