Chantilly is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in western Fairfax County in Northern Virginia. A portion of Chantilly is located within the South Riding, Virginia CDP located to the immediate west, but within Loudoun County, Virginia. The Chantilly CDP population was 23,039 as of the 2010 census. Chantilly is named after an early-19th-century mansion and farm, which in turn took the name of an 18th-century plantation that was located in Westmoreland County, Virginia.
Population: 23,039
Latitude: 38° 53' 39.41" N
Longitude: -77° 25' 51.96" W
Fort Washington is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland. It borders the capital of the United States of America, Washington, D.C., situated just south of the downtown district. It is a prosperous com…
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Great Falls is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.