City of Fairfax, Virginia | |
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City of Fairfax | |
Nicknames: Downtown Fairfax, Fairfax City, Historic Fairfax | |
Coordinates: 38°51′9″N 77°18′15″W / 38.85250°N 77.30417°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Virginia |
Pre-incorporation County | Fairfax County (none after incorporation – Independent city) |
Founded | 1869 |
Government | |
• Type | Council–manager government |
Area | |
• Total | 6.27 sq mi (16.25 km2) |
• Land | 6.24 sq mi (16.16 km2) |
• Water | 0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2) |
Elevation | 312 ft (95 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 24,146 |
• Density | 3,900/sq mi (1,500/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
ZIP codes | 22030–22033 |
Area codes | 703, 571 |
FIPS code | 51-26496[2] |
GNIS feature ID | 1498476[3] |
Website | www |
Fairfax is an independent city of Virginia in the United States.
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The District of Columbia itself, and Virginia's incorporated cities, are county equivalents. Virginia's incorporated cities are listed under their surrounding county. The incorporated cities bordering more than one county (Alexandria, Falls Church and Fredericksburg) are listed under the county they were part of before incorporation as a city. Some unincorporated areas and census-designated places like Silver Spring and Bethesda in Maryland, Reston in Virginia, as well as the County of Arlington in Virginia are also treated as city-like entities (or principal cities) even though they have not been legally incorporated as such. |
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