Fairchester
Fairchester is a neighborhood in Fairfax, Virginia. Fairchester is situated nearby to the neighborhood Fairfax Woods, as well as near Cobbdale.Places of Interest
Highlights include National Firearms Museum and Old Town Hall.
National Firearms Museum
Museum
The NRA National Firearms Museum is a museum located at the NRA Headquarters Building in Fairfax County, Virginia. Approximated 2,500 guns are displayed in 15,000 square feet.
Old Town Hall
Public building
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Old Town Hall is a classical revival style hall that was built in 1900 by Joseph E. Willard and subsequently donated by him to Fairfax, Virginia. Built by Arthur Thompson, a local contractor, the building retains much of its original woodwork.
Flint Hill School
School
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Flint Hill School, founded in 1956, is a private, co-educational, college preparatory school, in Oakton, Virginia, serving grades JK–12. The school has separate upper and lower school campuses about a mile apart in Fairfax County, approximately 20 miles from Washington, D.C. In 2025, Niche ranked Flint Hill School 9 out of 2,489 private schools in the United States, making it the best in Virginia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include George Mason and Oakton.
George Mason
Village
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George Mason is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population at the 2020 census was 11,162. It consists of George Mason University and some adjacent neighborhoods to the south and southwest of the city of Fairfax, and is named for American Founding Father George Mason. George Mason is situated 2 miles southeast of Fairchester.
Oakton
Town
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Oakton is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 36,732 at the 2020 census. Located in Northern Virginia, its center is 16 miles west of Washington, D.C.… Oakton is situated 2 miles northeast of Fairchester.
Fair Oaks
Village
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Fair Oaks is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population at the 2020 census was 34,052. It encompasses a large area west of the city of Fairfax, centered on Fair Oaks Mall. Fair Oaks is situated 2 miles west of Fairchester.
Fairchester
- Type: Neighborhood
- Category: locality
- Location: Fairfax, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.85678° or 38° 51′ 24″ northLongitude
-77.32221° or 77° 19′ 20″ westElevation
417 feet (127 metres)Open location code
87C4VM4H+P4OpenStreetMap ID
node 158614320OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
4758022
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