Huntington is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 11,267 at the 2010 census. It is located next to the southern border of the city of Alexandria and is part of the Washington metropolitan area. Its main component is the namesake Huntington subdivision, a late-1940s neighborhood of mainly duplex homes.
Huntington as seen from the Washington Metro; the lower parking deck of Huntington Station may be seen in the foreground.
Apartment complex along US Rte. 1 in Huntington
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
