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Fort Hunt

Fort Hunt is a census-designated place in , , United States. The area is named after Fort Hunt, which was built on the bank of the in 1897 to defend from naval attack and is now a public park.
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  • Type: Village with 16,000 residents
  • Description: census designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Fort Hunt, VA” and “Fort Hunt, Virginia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens and Inova Mount Vernon Hospital.

Protected area
Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mount Vernon is the former residence and plantation of George Washington, a Founding Father, commander of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War, and the first president of the United States, and his wife, Martha. is situated 2½ miles southwest of Fort Hunt.

Hospital
Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Manor estate
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was an 18th-century plantation house three miles southwest of in , . George Mason, a United States Founding Father, gave to his third son, Thomson Mason, through deeds of gift in 1781 and 1786.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waynewood and Arcturus.

Neighborhood
is a populated place in , United States. It is located on the and the .

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood within the unincorporated community of Fort Hunt in , , United States. lies south of between the and the .

Neighborhood
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is an unincorporated community in Fort Hunt, , United States, close to the in ZIP code 22306.

Fort Hunt

Latitude
38.73327° or 38° 43′ 60″ north
Longitude
-77.05596° or 77° 3′ 22″ west
Population
16,000
Elevation
33 feet (10 metres)
Open location code
87C4PWMV+8J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158583556
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4046704
Wiki­data ID
Q1374820
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Fort Hunt” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فورت هنت”
  • Basque: “Fort Hunt”
  • Catalan: “Fort Hunt”
  • Cebuano: “Fort Hunt”
  • Chechen: “Форт-Гант”
  • Chinese: “Fort Hunt”
  • Dutch: “Fort Hunt”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فورت هنت”
  • French: “Fort Hunt”
  • German: “Fort Hunt”
  • Gilaki: “فؤرت هانت (ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “فؤرت هانت”
  • Irish: “Fort Hunt”
  • Italian: “Fort Hunt”
  • Japanese: “フォート・ハント”
  • Ladin: “Fort Hunt”
  • Malagasy: “Fort Hunt, Virginia”
  • Malagasy: “Fort Hunt”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Fort Hunt”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Huntoþwīc (Uirginiæ)”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Huntoþwīc”
  • Persian: “فرت هانت، ویرجینیا”
  • Persian: “فرت هانت”
  • Polish: “Fort Hunt”
  • Portuguese: “Fort Hunt”
  • Serbian: “Форт Хант”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Fort Hunt, Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Fort Hunt”
  • South Azerbaijani: “فرت هانت، ویرجینیا”
  • Spanish: “Fort Hunt (Virginia)”
  • Spanish: “Fort Hunt”
  • Tatar: “Форт-Гант”
  • Turkish: “Fort Hunt”
  • Ukrainian: “Форт-Гант”
  • Uzbek: “Fort Hunt”
  • Uzbek: “Форт Ҳунт”
  • Volapük: “Fort Hunt”
  • Welsh: “Fort Hunt, Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Fort Hunt”

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