Dorset
Dorset is a residential area in Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Virginia. Dorset is situated nearby to the forest Edgeware Vale, as well as near Olander and Margaret Banks Neighborhood Park.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Franconia–Springfield station and Hayfield Secondary School.
Franconia–Springfield station
Railway station
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Franconia–Springfield station is a Washington Metro rapid transit station and Virginia Railway Express commuter rail station located in Springfield, Virginia, United States. Franconia–Springfield station is situated 1½ miles west of Dorset.
Hayfield Secondary School
School
Hayfield Secondary School is a secondary school in the Fairfax County Public Schools system of Virginia. It opened in 1968 and graduated its first senior class in 1971. Hayfield Secondary School is situated 4,000 feet southwest of Dorset.
Springfield Town Center
Shopping center
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Springfield Town Center is an enclosed shopping center located in the Springfield census-designated place of unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia. It opened in 1973 as Springfield Mall, an enclosed shopping mall, which closed on June 30, 2012 as part… Springfield Town Center is situated 2 miles northwest of Dorset.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hayfield and Kingstowne.
Hayfield
Village
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Hayfield is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 census was 3,909. It is located in southeastern Fairfax County, bordered by Kingstowne to the northwest, Rose Hill to the north, Groveton to the east, and Fort Belvoir to the south.
Kingstowne
Village
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Kingstowne is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It is a planned community amid the Washington, D.C. suburbs of Springfield, Alexandria, and Franconia, Virginia, and is centered on the intersection of South Van Dorn Street and Kingstowne Boulevard.
Franconia
Village
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Franconia is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 18,943 at the 2020 census. Located just southwest of Alexandria, Franconia has existed as a community since the 1870s, when a station by that name opened on the RF&P Railroad. Franconia is situated 1½ miles north of Dorset.
Dorset
- Type: Residential area
- Location: Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.7611° or 38° 45′ 40″ northLongitude
-77.13706° or 77° 8′ 13″ westOpen location code
87C4QV67+C5OpenStreetMap ID
way 1220074479OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residential
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