McNair is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), 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 count ...

located in the Oak Hill section of

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, United States. It is directly to the east of

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. The population as of the 2010 census was 17,513. Much of the population resides in the McNair Farms

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. The community has a school called McNair Elementary. McNair is also home to the Dulles Corner Business Park, home to the headquarters of

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and Northrop Grumman Technical Services.

Geography

The CDP is in northwestern Fairfax County, bordered to the northeast by the town of Herndon, to the east by Reston, to the south by Floris, and to the northwest by

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. The Dulles Toll Road (Virginia State Route 267) forms the northern edge of the CDP, and

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(Sully Road) forms part of the western border. Via the Dulles Toll Road and

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it is east to downtown

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According to the

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, the McNair CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.85%, is water.

References

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