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Chopawamsic Island is the only island in the Potomac River within the territorial boundaries of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Indian Head is a town in Charles County, Maryland, United States. The population was 3,844 at the 2010 U.S. Census. It has been the site of a naval base specializing in gun and rocket propellants since 1890. Production of nitrocellulose and smokeless powder began at the Indian Head Powder Factory in 1900. The name of the base has varied over the years from Indian Head Proving Ground, to Naval Powder Factory, to Naval Propellant Plant, to Naval Ordnance Station, to the present Naval Support Facility Indian Head. The facility's main tenant activity is the Indian Head Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC/IH). Advanced research in energetic systems takes place at NSWC/IH. NSWC/IH absorbed the function of the closed Naval Ordnance Laboratory, formerly in White Oak, Maryland.
Population: 3,844
Latitude: 38° 36' 0.43" N
Longitude: -77° 09' 43.92" W
Chopawamsic Island is the only island in the Potomac River within the territorial boundaries of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Cameron Run is a 3.0-mile-long (4.8 km) tributary stream of the Potomac River, located in the U.S. state of Virginia. A third-order stream, it is formed by the confluence of Backlick Run and Holmes Run. It flows eastward from Alexandria and forms th…
Burke Lake is a 218 acres (88 ha) freshwater reservoir in 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 Centre station is located at 5671 Roberts Parkway in Burke Centre, Burke, Fairfax County, Virginia. The station serves selected Amtrak Northeast Regional trains and the Virginia Railway Express Manassas Line. Located in the northwestern corner…
Braddock Road is an island platformed Washington Metro station in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. The station was opened on December 17, 1983, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Providing service for …
Bennsville (spelled Bensville by the United States Census Bureau) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Charles County, Maryland, United States. The population was 11,923 at the 2010 census. The area is not an official postal designation, but is par…
Appomattox is the name of a bronze statue that is positioned in the center of the intersection of South Washington Street (Virginia Route 400) and Prince Street in Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, in the United States. It was created by sculptor M. C…
Alexandria Library is the public library in Alexandria, Virginia U.S.A..
WGMU Radio is a college radio station located on the Fairfax campus of George Mason University in Virginia, USA. It broadcasts a range of music, sport, news and talk.
The Rolling Road (VRE station) is located at 9016 Burke Rd in Burke, Virginia.
Purse State Park is a state park in Charles County, Maryland, United States. It is located on the freshwater-tidal (estuarine) Potomac River along Wades Bay. The undeveloped park features hunting, fishing, hiking, bird watching, and fossil hunting.
Mount Eagle, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA, was the home of Bryan Fairfax.
Marbury is an unincorporated community in Charles County, Maryland.
Lake Jackson is an unincorporated community in Prince William County, just southeast of Manassas, Virginia. It lies on Lake Jackson (38°41′56″N77°27′10″W), a reservoir that was created by the Lake Jackson Dam (38°42′18″N77°26′53″W), on the Occoquan…
Kings Park is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 4,333. It is a suburban community, built beginning in early 1962, located near the junction of Braddock, Burke Lake an…
Hollindale is an unincorporated community in Fort Hunt, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States close to the George Washington Memorial Parkway in ZIP code 22306. As of 2009, it had 926 residents. Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church and Hollin Meadows …
Fort Willard is a former Union Army installation now located in the Belle Haven area of Fairfax County in the U.S. state of Virginia. It was the southernmost fort built to defend Washington, D.C. in the American Civil War.
Fort O'Rourke is a former Union Army installation now located in the Belle Haven area of Fairfax County in the U.S. state of Virginia. It was the southernmost fort built to defend Washington, D.C.