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Lorton

Lorton is a community in , . This article also covers the nearby areas of Fort Belvoir and Mason Neck.
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  • Type: Town with 18,600 residents
  • Description: census designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Lorton, VA” and “Lorton, Virginia”
  • Postal codes: 22079 and 22199

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lorton station and Lorton station.

Railway station
Photo: Rails, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a railroad terminal in Lorton, Virginia. It is the northern terminal for Amtrak's Auto Train, which operates between this station and in Florida.

Railway station
Photo: DanTD, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a railroad station in Lorton, Virginia, served by the Virginia Railway Express Fredericksburg Line. The station is one mile north of Amtrak's , the northern terminus of the Auto Train.

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

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Woodbridge and Newington Forest.

Photo: Khalid Mahmood, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in and suburb of , best known for the Potomac Mills shopping mall.

Village
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is a census-designated place in , , United States. The population as of the 2010 census was 12,442. It is part of the . is situated 2½ miles northwest of Lorton.

Village
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is a census-designated place in , , United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,223. The population was 12,943 at the 2010 census. is situated 3 miles northeast of Lorton.

Lorton

Latitude
38.7043° or 38° 42′ 16″ north
Longitude
-77.2203° or 77° 13′ 13″ west
Population
18,600
Elevation
141 feet (43 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US LPV
Open location code
87C4PQ3H+PV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 157633904
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4770714
Wiki­data ID
Q1375895
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Lorton” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “لورتون”
  • Basque: “Lorton”
  • Catalan: “Lorton”
  • Cebuano: “Lorton”
  • Chechen: “Лортон”
  • Chinese: “Lorton”
  • Chinese: “洛顿”
  • Danish: “Lorton”
  • Dutch: “Lorton”
  • French: “Lorton”
  • German: “Lorton”
  • Gilaki: “لورتن (ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “لورتن”
  • Hungarian: “Lorton”
  • Irish: “Lorton”
  • Italian: “Lorton”
  • Japanese: “ロートン”
  • Korean: “로턴”
  • Ladin: “Lorton”
  • Malagasy: “Lorton, Virginia”
  • Malagasy: “Lorton”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lorton”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Lārtūn on Fǣmnelande”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Lārtūn”
  • Persian: “لورتون، ویرجینیا”
  • Persian: “لورتون”
  • Polish: “Lorton”
  • Portuguese: “Lorton”
  • Russian: “Лортон (Виргиния)”
  • Russian: “Лортон”
  • Serbian: “Лортон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lorton, Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lorton”
  • South Azerbaijani: “لورتون، ویرجینیا”
  • Spanish: “Lorton (Virginia)”
  • Spanish: “Lorton”
  • Swedish: “Lorton, Virginia”
  • Swedish: “Lorton”
  • Tatar: “Лортон”
  • Turkish: “Lorton”
  • Ukrainian: “Лортон”
  • Uzbek: “Lorton”
  • Uzbek: “Лортон”
  • Volapük: “Lorton”
  • Welsh: “Lorton, Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Lorton”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Lorton”. Photo: Bureau of Land Management, Public domain.