Lorton Library

Lorton Library is a library in Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Virginia which is located on Richmond Highway. Lorton Library is situated nearby to the quarter Pohick, as well as near the village Laurel Hill.

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Type: Library
Description: public library in Lorton, Virginia, USA
Also known as: “Lorton Community Library”
Address: 9520 Richmond Highway, Lorton, VA 22079

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lorton station and Lorton station.

Lorton station

Railway station

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Lorton station is a railroad terminal in Lorton, Virginia. It is the northern terminal for Amtrak's Auto Train, which operates between this station and Sanford station in Florida. Lorton station is situated 4,100 feet northwest of Lorton Library.

Lorton station

Railway station

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Lorton station is a railroad station in Lorton, Virginia, served by the Virginia Railway Express Fredericksburg Line. The station is one mile north of Amtrak's Lorton station, the northern terminus of the Auto Train. Lorton station is situated 1¼ miles north of Lorton Library.

Davison Army Airfield

Aerodrome

Photo: USGS, Public domain.

Davison Army Airfield or Davison AAF is a military use airport of the United States Army in Fairfax County, Virginia, serving adjacent Fort Belvoir. Located fifteen miles southwest of Washington, D.C., the facility was named for noted World War II aviation engineer Brig. Davison Army Airfield is situated 2 miles northeast of Lorton Library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lorton and Pohick.

Lorton

Photo: Bureau of Land Management, Public domain.

Lorton is a community in Fairfax County, Virginia. This article also covers the nearby areas of Fort Belvoir and Mason Neck.

Pohick

Quarter

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Pohick is an unincorporated community in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Pohick is centered between the intersections of Rolling and Telegraph Roads with Richmond Highway.

Laurel Hill

Village

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Laurel Hill is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population at the 2020 census was 8,307. Formerly part of the Lorton CDP, it comprises most of what was formerly the Lorton Reformatory grounds, which were purchased by Fairfax County in 2002 following the prison's closing and redeveloped as a new suburban community. Laurel Hill is situated 1½ miles northwest of Lorton Library.

Lorton Library

Categories: library branch, public library, building, and education
Location: Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.69863° or 38° 41′ 55″ north

Longitude

-77.21364° or 77° 12′ 49″ west

Elevation

102 feet (31 metres)

Operator

Fairfax County Public Library

Open location code

87C4MQXP+FG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 551716806

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=library

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

GeoNames ID

4770716

Wikidata ID

Q69766689

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