Herndon
Herndon is a town in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Located in Northern Virginia, it is part of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. In 2020, the population at the census was 24,655, which makes it the largest of three incorporated towns in the county.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 24,700 residents
- Description: town in Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Herndon, Fairfax County, Virginia”, “Herndon, VA”, and “Herndon, Virginia”
- Postal codes: 20170-20172, 20192, and 22095
Places of Interest
Highlights include Herndon Depot Museum and Herndon Historic District.
Herndon Depot Museum
Museum
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The Herndon Depot Museum, also known as the Herndon Historical Society Museum, is located in the town of Herndon in Fairfax County, Virginia. Built in 1857 for the Alexandria, Loudoun & Hampshire Railroad, the depot later served the Richmond and Danville Railroad, the Southern Railway and the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad.
Herndon Historic District
Historic site
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Herndon Historic District is a national historic district located at Herndon, Fairfax County, Virginia. It encompasses 173 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing structure in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Herndon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Reston and Sterling.
Reston
Reston is in Virginia, United States of America) and is 20 miles west of Washington, D.C. The population of Reston is approximately 58,000 people.
Sterling
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Sterling is in Loudoun County, Virginia, about 26 miles west of Washington, D.C.. The population is approximately 41,000 people.
McNair
Village
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McNair is a census-designated place located in the Oak Hill section of Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It is directly to the east of Washington Dulles International Airport.
Herndon
- Categories: town in the United States and locality
- Location: Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.9695° or 38° 58′ 10″ northLongitude
-77.3859° or 77° 23′ 9″ westPopulation
24,700Elevation
361 feet (110 metres)United Nations Location Code
US HRVOpen location code
87C4XJ97+RJOpenStreetMap ID
node 157609260OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Herndon” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “هيرندون”
- Basque: “Herndon”
- Catalan: “Herndon”
- Cebuano: “Herndon”
- Chechen: “Герндон”
- Chinese: “Herndon”
- Chinese: “赫尔顿市”
- Chinese: “赫恩敦”
- Chinese: “赫恩登（维吉尼亚州）”
- Chinese: “赫恩登”
- Chinese: “赫恩頓”
- Chinese: “赫爾頓市”
- Czech: “Herndon”
- Dutch: “Herndon”
- French: “Herndon”
- German: “Herndon”
- Gilaki: “هرندون (ويرجينيا)”
- Gilaki: “هرندون”
- Haitian: “Herndon, Vijini”
- Haitian: “Herndon”
- Hebrew: “הרנדון”
- Hungarian: “Herndon”
- Italian: “Herndon”
- Japanese: “ハーンドン”
- Ladin: “Herndon”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Herndon”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Herndon”
- Norwegian: “Herndon”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Hyrnetūn on Fǣmnelande”
- Persian: “هرندن، ویرجینیا”
- Persian: “هرندن”
- Polish: “Herndon”
- Portuguese: “Herndon”
- Russian: “Херндон”
- Serbian: “Херндон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Herndon, Virginia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Herndon”
- Slovak: “Herndon”
- Slovenian: “Herndon”
- South Azerbaijani: “هرندون، ویرجینیا”
- Spanish: “Herndon (Virginia)”
- Spanish: “Herndon”
- Tatar: “Герндон”
- Turkish: “Herndon, Virginia”
- Turkish: “Herndon”
- Ukrainian: “Герндон”
- Uzbek: “Herndon”
- Uzbek: “Ҳерндон”
- Volapük: “Herndon”
- Welsh: “Herndon, Virginia”
- Welsh: “Herndon”
- “Herndon”
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