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Mantua is a
census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
(CDP) in
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,
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, United States. Mantua is a
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serving as a suburb to the
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metropolitan area. Most of the homes in Mantua were built between the 1950s and the 1980s. The population was 7,503 at the 2020 census.


Geography

Mantua is located in central Fairfax County at (38.852012, −77.257675). It is bordered to the west by the city of Fairfax, to the north by Merrifield, to the east by Woodburn, to the southeast by
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, and to the south by Long Branch. The northern border of the CDP follows
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(Arlington Boulevard), the southern border follows
Virginia State Route 236 State Route 236 (SR 236) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. The state highway runs from U.S. Route 29 and US 50 in Fairfax east to SR 400 in Alexandria. SR 236 is a major suburban arterial highway that connects the ind ...
(Little River Turnpike), and the eastern border follows Prosperity Avenue. The
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(Interstate 495) is to the east, and downtown Washington is to the east. According to the
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, the Mantua CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.91%, is water.
Accotink Creek Accotink Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed August 15, 2011 tributary stream of the Potomac River in Fairfax County, Virginia, in the United States. At Springfie ...
, a tributary of the
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, flows through the northern part of the CDP, and Crook Branch, a tributary of Accotink Creek, flows through the southern part.


History


Texaco oil leak

An oil distribution plant, located west of the community along
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in
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, was found in 1990 to have leaked approximately 200,000 gallons (approximately 4,700 barrels) of
petroleum Petroleum, also known as crude oil, or simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations. The name ''petroleum'' covers both naturally occurring unprocessed crud ...
into of the soil and groundwater of the Crook Branch watershed. At the time, the distribution plant was owned in part by a subsidiary of
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. The oil leakage may have occurred over up to twenty-five years, as the distribution plant had opened in April 1965. Four families were evacuated, and approximately 100 homes were connected to public water and sewer lines. The
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(EPA) directed the installation of a "pump-and-treat"
groundwater remediation Groundwater remediation is the process that is used to treat polluted groundwater by removing the pollutants or converting them into harmless products. Groundwater is water present below the ground surface that saturates the pore space in the subs ...
system, which was augmented in 2000 by digging of horizontal infiltration wells, intended to wash contaminated groundwater into the remediation system.
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s in the area were checked for leaks and relining was performed to prevent further contamination of surface water. By 2013, a four-year temporary shutdown test had shown that
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vapor intrusion in homes directly above the contaminated groundwater plume did not exceed the screening limit, and that groundwater contamination east of the distribution plant had fallen to levels controllable by natural degradation. The offsite remediation system was removed by 2016, but cleanup at the distribution plant is ongoing. The oil distribution plant remains in operation as of 2023 using nine reinforced surface tanks, despite objections that community members and a task force appointed by Governor L. Douglas Wilder had raised at the time the leak was being investigated. All underground tanks have since been removed and piping for trucks to discharge oil residual into at the loading rack was installed in 1991: both the underground tanks and the loading rack had been suspected sources of the leak. Groundwater in the Crook Branch watershed continues to be tested annually by the EPA and storm sewers are inspected for cracks.


Demographics

As of the 2010 census, there were 7,135 people, 2,628 households, and 1,936 families residing in the CDP. The
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was 3,031.0 people per square mile. There were 2,766 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 73.5%
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, 19.7%
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, 2.6%
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, 0.3% Native American, 1.2% from
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, and 2.7% from two or more races. Hispanics and Latinos of any race were 6.2% of the population. The median age was 46.1 years. 25.6% of the population was under the age of 18, 6.3% was 18 to 24, 18.6% was 25 to 44, 31.7 was 45 to 64, and 17.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the community was 48.2% male and 51.8% female. The median income for a household in the CDP was $112,008. About 3.8% of families and 5.2% of the population were below the
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, including 6.6% of those under the age of 18 and 7.2% of those 65 and older.


Education


Primary and secondary schools


Public schools

The Mantua/Frost/Woodson School Pyramid is highly desired. Mantua's former principal, Jan-Marie Fernandez, was awarded the "2010 National Distinguished Principal for Virginia" and Woodson HS is ranked #280 in U.S. News & World Report's National Rankings. The community is served by the
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. Schools serving Mantua include:Schools
." ''Mantua''.
Elementary schools serving Mantua include:
Mantua Elementary School

Fairhill Elementary School
Secondary schools serving Mantua include: * Frost Middle School * Woodson High School In addition, some Frost students may gain acceptance to
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (also known as TJHSST, TJ, or Jefferson) is a Virginia state-chartered magnet high school in Fairfax County, Virginia operated by Fairfax County Public Schools. The school occupies the buil ...
, often ranked in the top five high schools in America.


Private schools

Nearby private schools include:
Gesher Jewish Day School of Northern Virginia
(K-8)
St. Ambrose Catholic School
(K-8)


Notable residents

*
Gerry Connolly Gerald Edward Connolly (born March 30, 1950) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 11th congressional district, first elected in 2008. The district is anchored in Fairfax County, an affluent suburban coun ...
, member of the
United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the Lower house, lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States Senate, Senate being ...
* Stephen E. Gordy, member of the
Virginia House of Delegates The Virginia House of Delegates is one of the two parts of the Virginia General Assembly, the other being the Senate of Virginia. It has 100 members elected for terms of two years; unlike most states, these elections take place during odd-numbe ...
Gordy-Fairfield Heats Chilly Night in Fairfax City, ''Washington Post,'' Patricia Davis, October 10, 1985 *
Augusto and Michaela Odone Augusto Daniel Odone (March 6, 1933 – October 24, 2013) and Michaela Teresa Murphy Odone (January 10, 1939 – June 10, 2000) were the parents of Lorenzo Michael Murphy Odone (May 29, 1978 – May 30, 2008), a child with the illness adren ...
, subjects of the 1992 film ''
Lorenzo's Oil ''Lorenzo's Oil'' is a 1992 American drama film directed and co-written by George Miller. It is based on the true story of Augusto and Michaela Odone, parents who search for a cure for their son Lorenzo's adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), leading to ...
'' starring
Nick Nolte Nicholas King Nolte (born February 8, 1941) is an American actor. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1991 film ''The Prince of Tides''. He received ...
and
Susan Sarandon Susan Abigail Sarandon (; née Tomalin; born October 4, 1946) is an American actorMcCabe, Bruce"Susan Sarandon, the 'actor'" ''Boston Globe''. April 17, 1981. Retrieved January 21, 2021. and activist. She is the recipient of various accolades, ...
*
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, notable ALD patient


References


External links


Mantua.org
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