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Springfield, Virginia
Springfield is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The Springfield CDP is recognized by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau with a population of 31,339 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Previously, per the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, the population was 30,484. Homes and businesses in bordering CDPs including North Springfield, Virginia, North Springfield, West Springfield, Virginia, West Springfield, and Newington, Virginia, Newington are usually given a Springfield mailing address. The CDP is a part of Northern Virginia, the most populous region of the Washington Metropolitan Area. Geography Springfield is located at (38.779238, −77.184636). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 7.9 square miles (20.4 km2), of which, 7.9 square miles (20.3 km2) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2) of it (0.49 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 counterparts of incorporated places, such as self-governing city (United States), cities, town (United States), towns, and village (United States), villages, for the purposes of gathering and correlating statistical data. CDPs are populated areas that generally include one officially designated but currently unincorporated area, unincorporated community, for which the CDP is named, plus surrounding inhabited countryside of varying dimensions and, occasionally, other, smaller unincorporated communities as well. CDPs include small rural communities, Edge city, edge cities, colonia (United States), colonias located along the Mexico–United States border, and unincorporated resort and retirement community, retirement communities and their environs. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Virginia
Northern Virginia, locally referred to as NOVA or NoVA, comprises several County (United States), counties and independent city (United States), independent cities in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The region radiates westward and southward from Washington, D.C., the nation's capital, and has a population of 3,257,133 people as of 2023 United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau estimates, representing over a third of the state's total population. It is the most populous region in both Virginia and the regional Washington metropolitan area. Communities in the region form the Virginia portion of the Washington metropolitan area and the larger Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area, Washington–Baltimore metropolitan area. Northern Virginia has a significantly larger job base than either Washington, D.C. or the Maryland portion of its suburbs, and is the highest-income region of Virginia, with several of the List of high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JJ Prats
JJ or jj may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * J. J. Evans, a character in the 1970s sitcom ''Good Times'' * Jennifer Jareau or JJ, a character in ''Criminal Minds'' * John Diggle Jr., a character in ''Arrow'' nicknamed "J.J." * JJ DiMeo, a character in '' Speechless'' * Jean-Jacques Leroy, a character in '' Yuri on Ice'' * JJ Jones (''Skins''), a character in the British teen drama ''Skins'' * "JJ" (''Skins'' series 3), an episode of ''Skins'' series 3 * "JJ", an episode of ''Skins'' series 4 * JJ, the production code for the 1967 ''Doctor Who'' serial '' The Macra Terror'' Music * JJ (Swedish band) * JJ, a band featuring English singer Jan Johnston * '' J.J.!'', an album by J. J. Johnson * "J.J.", a song on the soundtrack of the video game '' L.A. Noire'' * Abbreviation for Latin Jesu Juva, used by Johann Sebastian Bach at the beginning of his compositions Other media * ''JJ'' (magazine), a fashion magazine * ''JJ'' (video game), a video gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, Virginia, Alexandria to Gordonsville, Virginia, Gordonsville, with another section from Charlottesville, Virginia, Charlottesville to Lynchburg, Virginia, Lynchburg. The road played a crucial role in the American Civil War, saw the first of many mergers in 1867, and eventually became an important part of the modern-day Norfolk Southern rail system. Antebellum period The Virginia General Assembly issued a charter to the O&A on May 28, 1848, to run from Alexandria to Gordonsville. Construction began in 1850 and was completed in April 1854, when it connected with the Virginia Central Railroad in Orange County, Virginia, Orange County. Its longtime president was John S. Barbour Jr., a Virginia lawyer, part-time delegate and son of U.S. Representative John S. Barbour, John Strode Barbour. In 1854, the General Assembly granted the O&A the righ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandria, Virginia
Alexandria is an independent city (United States), independent city in Northern Virginia, United States. It lies on the western bank of the Potomac River approximately south of Washington, D.C., D.C. The city's population of 159,467 at the 2020 census made it the List of cities in Virginia, sixth-most populous city in Virginia and List of United States cities by population, 169th-most populous city in the U.S. Alexandria is a principal city of the Washington metropolitan area, which is part of the larger Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area. Like the rest of Northern Virginia and Central Maryland, present-day Alexandria has been influenced by its proximity to the U.S. capital. It is largely populated by professionals working in the United States federal civil service, federal civil service, in the United States Armed Forces, U.S. military, or for one of the many private companies which contract to Government contractor, provide services to the Federal government of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th Century
The 19th century began on 1 January 1801 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 (MCM). It was the 9th century of the 2nd millennium. It was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was Abolitionism, abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanded beyond its British homeland for the first time during the 19th century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, France, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Catholic Church, in response to the growing influence and power of modernism, secularism and materialism, formed the First Vatican Council in the late 19th century to deal with such problems an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia State Route 617 (Fairfax County)
State Route 617 (SR 617) in the U.S. state of Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ... is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 617. List References External links {{commons category, Virginia State Route 617 617 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia State Route 644 (Fairfax County)
State Route 644 (SR 644) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, is an Byrd Road Act, secondary state highway officially named Old Keene Mill Road west of Interstate 95 in Virginia, Interstate 95 and Franconia Road to the east. While only a secondary state highway, it serves as a major thoroughfare through southern Fairfax County, acting as the main street through Springfield, Virginia, Springfield and Franconia, Virginia, Franconia, as well as serving Burke, Virginia, Burke, West Springfield, Virginia, West Springfield, and Rose Hill, Fairfax County, Virginia, Rose Hill and connecting them towards Alexandria, Virginia, Alexandria and Huntington, Virginia, Huntington near the Potomac River. Route description SR 644, signed as Old Keene Mill Road, begins at Virginia State Route 286, SR 286 (Fairfax County Parkway) in Burke, Virginia, Burke as a two-lane road and heads northeast. The road then crosses Virginia State Route 643 (Fairfax County), SR 643 (L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Springfield Interchange
The Springfield Interchange, also known as the Mixing Bowl, is the interchange of Interstate 95, Interstate 395, and Interstate 495 in Springfield, Virginia, outside of Washington, D.C. The interchange is located at exit 57 on the Capital Beltway, exit 170 on I-95, and exit 1 on I-395. Some people, including many Washington-area media sources, refer to this interchange as the "Mixing Bowl" because, prior to the reconstruction, local and long-distance travelers shared the same lanes and travelers had to merge to the right or left to reach the correct lanes for their destination. The last of this weaving and merging was eliminated on April 21, 2007. History The interchange was originally built completed in 1964 as a simple interchange between I-95 and the Capital Beltway. In 1966, only two years after completion, work to adjust the ramps onto the Shirley Highway began. It was completed in 1968. After community opposition prevented its construction through the city, a projec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway)
The Capital Beltway, designated as Interstate 495 (I-495) for its entire length, is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in the Washington metropolitan area. The beltway encircles Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, and its inner suburbs in adjacent Maryland and Virginia. It also passes through the capital, near the western end of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge over the Potomac River; Prince George's and Montgomery counties in Maryland and Fairfax County; and the independent city of Alexandria in Virginia. The route is the basis of the phrase "inside the Beltway", used when referring to issues dealing with U.S. federal government and politics. Its southern and eastern half runs concurrently with I-95. It was constructed in 1964. The Cabin John Parkway, a short connector between I-495 and the Clara Barton Parkway near the Potomac River along the Maryland–Virginia border, is considered an Interstate spur (I-495X) by the Maryland State Highway Administration (M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
