Franconia is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 18,943 at the 2020 census.
Nall's Produce in Franconia
Shops at the Festival at Manchester Lakes shopping plaza
Alexandria is an independent city in the northern region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. It lies on the western bank of the Potomac River approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of downtown Washington, D.C. Alexandria is the third largest "principal city" of the Washington metropolitan area which is part of the larger Washington-Baltimore combined statistical area.
George Washington Masonic National Memorial in 2015 with Washington, D.C., and Arlington in the distance
An 1863 aerial view view of Alexandria from the Potomac River with Fort Ellsworth visible on the hill in the center background
Child laborers working at a glass factory in Alexandria in 1911
A Confederate memorial on George Washington Memorial Parkway, c. 1920