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Burke is an unincorporated section of
Fairfax County, Virginia Fairfax County, officially the County of Fairfax, is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is part of Northern Virginia and borders both the city of Alexandria and Arlington County and forms part of the suburban ring of Washington, D.C. ...
, United States, traditionally defined as the area served by the Burke post office (Zip Code 22015). Burke includes two census-designated places: the Burke CDP, population 42,312 in 2020 and the Burke Centre CDP, population 17,518 in 2020.


History

Burke is named after Silas Burke (1796–1854), a 19th-century slave-owner, farmer, merchant, and local politician who built a house on a hill overlooking the valley of
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in approximately 1824. The house still stands. When the
Orange and Alexandria Railroad The Orange and Alexandria Railroad (O&A) was a railroad in Virginia, United States. Chartered in 1848, it eventually extended from Alexandria to Gordonsville, with another section from Charlottesville to Lynchburg. The road played a crucial rol ...
was constructed in the late 1840s, the railroad station at the base of that hill was named "Burke's Station" after Burke, who owned the land in the area and donated a right-of-way to the railroad company. The community that grew up around the railroad station acquired a
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branch in 1852. The railroad tracks located on the same historical line are owned by the
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and form part of the Manassas line of the
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system, which has two stations (Rolling Road and Burke Centre) in the Burke area. The original Burke Station building can still be seen in the community, turned 90 degrees from its historical footprint. During the
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, the railway station was garrisoned by
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troops. The
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occurred nearby in 1861. On December 28, 1862,
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under General
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raided the station. Stuart seized supplies from the area, destroyed a nearby bridge, monitored Union messages passing over the telegraph lines, and then famously sent a telegram to Union Quartermaster General
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complaining of the poor quality of the mules he had captured. Further action was seen in the neighborhood in 1863. In 1903, Henry C. Copperthite changed the name of the post office from Burke's Station to Burke after buying the Burke House and to build a racetrack for trotting and pacing horses. Copperthite was a wealthy man and the largest non-government employer in Washington, D.C.; in 1914 his factory in Georgetown produced 50,000 pies a day, earning him the nickname "King of Pie". Copperthite built four hotels, stables and expanded the general store. Burke became a popular summer destination where people attended fairs and saw horse races, foot races, motorcycle races, exhibition boxing matches and baseball games. Trains ran to Burke from
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in D.C.,
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,
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and
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counties and as far away as
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. Copperthite installed the first phones in Burke, and his stables housed the horses of President McKinley and Vice President
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. The site of the racetrack is marked by a historic marker erected by Fairfax County in 2016. The area remained predominantly rural into the mid-20th century. After
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, Burke's population grew as federal government workers moved into the area within easy commuting distance to Washington. In 1951, the U.S. Civil Aeronautics Administration announced plans to condemn of land in Burke to construct a second airport to serve the Washington metropolitan area. After a lengthy lobbying campaign by area residents, the government in 1958 selected a different site near
Chantilly, Virginia Chantilly is a census-designated place (CDP) in western Fairfax County, Virginia. The population was 24,301 as of the 2020 census. Chantilly is named after an early-19th-century mansion and farm, which in turn took the name of an 18th-century p ...
, which would become
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. Land that had been purchased to build the airport was later developed into Burke Lake Park and the planned community of Burke Centre. The first large subdivision in the vicinity, Kings Park, was constructed beginning in 1960, and was followed by many others over the next two decades, converting Burke into a densely populated suburban community. A historic marker in Burke denotes the Huldah Coffer House, owned by a prominent resident of the county for many years. Another privately erected historical marker indicates the site of the former Lee Chapel Methodist church, which was intentionally burned in 1951 after having been abandoned for some years, but whose cemetery remains on the site.


Historic sites

* Mulberry Hill (c. 1790), located at 9417 Windsor Way * Silas Burke House (original c. 1820; rebuilt c. 1853), located at 9617 Burke Lake Road * Burke Methodist Church/Burke Station (c. 1857), located at 9415 Burke Lake Road Burke * Little Zion Baptist Church and Cemetery (1891), located at 9415 Burke Lake Road


Geography and climate

Burke is located south of the center of Fairfax County at (38.781480, −77.270750). The Burke CDP is bordered by the CDPs of Burke Centre to the west, Kings Park West to the northwest, Long Branch and
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to the north, Kings Park to the northeast, West Springfield to the east, Newington Forest to the south, and South Run to the southwest.
Burke Lake Park Burke Lake Park is a public park located in Fairfax Station, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It encompasses Burke Lake. The Fairfax County public park is owned by the Fairfax County Park Authority (FCPA). It was built on land that was p ...
, which borders the Burke CDP to the southwest and is not part of any CDP, is a large recreational park operated by the Fairfax County Park Authority, featuring a golf course and woodland surrounding
Burke Lake Burke Lake is a freshwater reservoir in Fairfax Station, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It is contained within Burke Lake Park, a Fairfax County public park owned by the Fairfax County Park Authority (FCPA). Burke Lake is formed by a da ...
. According to the
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, the Burke CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.22%, is water. Most of the water making up Burke consists of artificial ponds and lakes.


Demographics

As of the
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of 2000, there were 59,830 people, 19,215 households, and 15,756 families residing in the community. Burke is the largest community in Virginia recognized by the Census Bureau, other than counties and incorporated cities (although 11 cities and
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have greater populations). The
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was 5,008.0 people per square mile (1,933.4/km2). There were 19,367 housing units at an average density of 1,679.9/sq mi (648.5/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 74.36%
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, 14.66%
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, 5.04%
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, 3.27% from two or more races, 0.21% Native American, 0.08%
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, and 2.37% from
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.
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or
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of any race were 7.43% of the population. There were 19,215 households, out of which 44.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.6% were
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living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.0% were non-families. 13.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.99 and the average family size was 3.30. The population distribution by age is 27.9% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 30.6% from 45 to 64, and 5.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 95.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.1 males. According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for a household in Burke is $113,034, and the median income for a family was $125,905. Males had a median income of $66,149 versus $41,933 for females. The
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for the CDP was $34,936. About 1.5% of families and 2.3% of the population were below the
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, including 2.4% of those under age 18 and 6.0% of those age 65 or over.


Education


Primary and secondary schools

Elementary and secondary school students in Burke are served by the
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. The elementary schools in Burke ar
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Burke is home to
Lake Braddock Secondary School Lake Braddock Secondary School (LBSS) in Burke, Virginia, United States, administered by Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), is one of three 7-12 secondary schools in Fairfax County; the other two are Hayfield SS and Robinson SS. Lake Bra ...
, though many students within the district attend
Robinson Secondary School James W. Robinson, Jr. Secondary School is a six-year public school in the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. Known as Robinson Secondary School, it is located in Fairfax County, a suburb southwest of Washington, D.C. Opened in ...
and West Springfield High School, as well as
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.


Public libraries

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operates the Pohick Regional Library, the Burke Centre Library, and the Kings Park Library in the CDP.


Transportation

Burke is served by two
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stations, Burke Centre and
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, both on the Manassas line. It is also served by the
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system, via the 17A, B, G, H, K, and L and the 18G, H, J, P, R, and S routes, with rush-hour-only service to the Pentagon and Springfield Metro stations.


Recreation and events


Recreation

Along the boundaries of adjoining
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, Burke Lake Park is an park centered on a recreational lake. The park contains a jogging trail, campsites, numerous picnic and sports areas, an 18-hole par three golf course with driving range, a
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course, miniature golf course, boat rental, amphitheater, ice cream parlor, carousel, and miniature train ride.


Events

* From April through December, the Burke Farmers Market takes place each Saturday morning, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., in the Burke Centre VRE station parking lot. * Burke Centre hosts a fall festival for two days, every September. * Burke Nursery & Garden Center hosts a Pumpkin Playground every October.


Communities

Burke Centre is a planned community that was formerly part of the Burke CDP but is now a separate census-designated area. It is located west of Burke and is divided into five subcommunities: The Commons, The Landings, The Oaks, The Ponds and The Woods. Other notable communities in the Burke area include Rolling Valley West, Burke Village I & II, Lakepointe, Longwood Knolls, Burke Lake Meadows, Edgewater, Lake Braddock, Signal Hill, Crownleigh, and Cherry Run along with Burke Station Square.


Nearby towns, communities, etc.

All distances are by road from Burke Station, the original settlement of Burke: * Annandale (5 miles NE) *
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(8 miles W) * Fairfax (5 miles NW) * Lorton (9 miles SE) *
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(6 miles E)


Notable people

* Retesh Bhalla, aka
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, head coach of the University of North Carolina men's basketball team, former professional basketball player * Chad Dukes, Washington-area radio personality *
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, blogger and author *
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, actress *
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, drummer for Everclear *
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, American retired professional soccer player, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion who attended
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in Burke *
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, singer- songwriter, musician,
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& returned to
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in Fairfax Virginia but home address was Rt.1, in Burke * Allen Johnson, gold medalist in 1996 Olympics in Atlanta (110 metre hurdles) and a four-time world champion; attended Lake Braddock Secondary School *
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, South Vietnamese general and chief of the South Vietnamese National Police who lived in Burke from 1975 until his death in 1998 and was the subject of an iconic Vietnam-era picture by Eddie Adams. *
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, Virginia state senator *John William Minton, aka
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, former professional wrestler *
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, member of the band
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*Ryan Newell, lead guitarist in Sister Hazel *
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,
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and medic (retired),
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recipient * Mary Simpson, violinist * Timothy L. Smith, historian and educator * Joseph Sobran, journalist and writer for the ''
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