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History · Huntington

Half of Huntington’s homes were built after 1978

More historic than 7% of U.S. towns · #203 of 253 in Virginia. What drives it

Most of Huntington was built recently: 0.9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Below: 3 old photos and papers and maps from 1900 on.

0on the National Register
0.9%homes built before 1940
3old photos & papers
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From Huntington’s archive · credits on each photo
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About Huntington’s history

How historic is Huntington?

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More historic than 7% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
History grade

What drives Huntington’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Huntington is more historic than 7% of U.S. towns, #203 of 253 in Virginia. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Huntington’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 19400.9% of homes (±1.0) · typical VA town 1.9% · U.S. 8.4%DNational RegisterNo listings counted · typical VA town 3.6 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 7%
NewerOlder
Virginia towns of 2,500+ (253)Ahead of 20%

Virginia towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Virginia town has 3.6 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Huntington’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (17% of Virginia towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share (±1.0 points) is firm at this size.

Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Huntington’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 3 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19006 editions of the USGS map, 1900 to 1983. Watch Huntington change.Lost villages4 hamlets and corners are still on the map.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Huntington’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Huntington’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewMount Eagle 5a46306u: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Huntington on the map, 1900 to 1983

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Huntington. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Huntington on the 1900 USGS mapHuntington on the 1945 USGS mapHuntington on the 1951 USGS mapHuntington on the 1965 USGS mapHuntington on the 1971 USGS mapHuntington on the 1983 USGS map1900Washington sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Huntington.

Places that used to be

Old corners and places now gone

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Fair HavenJefferson ManorPenn DawPenn Daw Village
Gone or out of use
Fort FarnsworthmilitaryFort Lyonmilitary

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Huntington, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Huntington yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Huntington is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Huntington had a population of 13,749. It is located adjacent 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. In June 2006, the lower-lying northern section was ravaged by floods due to a torrential rainstorm that sent adjoining Cameron Run over its banks. The Washington Metro's Yellow Line terminates at the Huntington Metro station. There are also several high-rise apartment and condominium complexes on and near U.S. Route…

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 11,267 to 13,749 (+22%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Huntington, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1920s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1920s3 items
Mount Eagle 5a46306uc. 1920Mount Eagle 5a46306uTrain wreck at Cameron Run, 7-20-261926Train wreck at Cameron Run, 7-20-26Train wreck at Cameron Run, 7-20-261926Train wreck at Cameron Run, 7-20-26
1930s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
Today27 recent
Charging station in Subway, Huntingon, Virginia2018Charging station in Subway, Huntingon, VirginiaBathrooms painted green at Subway2018Bathrooms painted green at SubwayA single building at Montebello2018A single building at Montebello2016-10-22 16 28 03 View south along Virginia State Route 241 (Kings Highway) at Kathryn Street in20162016-10-22 16 28 03 View south along Virginia State R…2016-10-22 16 23 02 View south along Virginia State Route 241 (Telegraph Road) at Kings Highway on the edge of Rose Hil…20162016-10-22 16 23 02 View south along Virginia State R…2016-10-22 16 15 15 View north along Virginia State Route 241 (Kings Highway) at Virginia State Secondary Route 633 in20162016-10-22 16 15 15 View north along Virginia State R…2016-07-04 15 40 13 View south along Interstate 95 and west along the inner loop of the Capital Beltway (Interstate 495…20162016-07-04 15 40 13 View south along Interstate 95 an…2016-07-04 15 38 36 View south along Interstate 95 and west along the inner loop of the Capital Beltway (Interstate 495…20162016-07-04 15 38 36 View south along Interstate 95 an…2016-07-04 15 38 22 View south along Interstate 95 and west along the inner loop of the Capital Beltway (Interstate 495…20162016-07-04 15 38 22 View south along Interstate 95 an…2016-01-22 08 57 09 Sign warning of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge (drawbridge) being 1 mile ahead along northbound Intersta…20162016-01-22 08 57 09 Sign warning of the Woodrow Wilso…2016-01-22 08 56 59 View north along Interstate 95 and east along the outer loop of the Capital Beltway (Interstate 495…20162016-01-22 08 56 59 View north along Interstate 95 an…2016-01-22 08 56 32 View of the Hoffman Town Center in Alexandria, Virginia from northbound Interstate 95 and the eastb…20162016-01-22 08 56 32 View of the Hoffman Town Center i…2016-01-22 08 56 22 View north along Interstate 95 and east along the outer loop of the Capital Beltway (Interstate 495…20162016-01-22 08 56 22 View north along Interstate 95 an…Hunting Creek 20152015Hunting Creek 2015Houses along Telegraph Road near its intersection with Huntington Avenue2015Houses along Telegraph Road near its intersection wit…Cameron Run 20152015Cameron Run 2015Shops at Huntington Station shopping center2014Shops at Huntington Station shopping centerNew construction along South Kings Highway near2014New construction along South Kings Highway nearCameron Run, looking downstream2014Cameron Run, looking downstreamInterstate 95 - Virginia2012Interstate 95 - VirginiaInterstate 95 - Virginia2012Interstate 95 - VirginiaHuntington VA Fort Lyon Historical Marker2011Huntington VA Fort Lyon Historical MarkerCameron Run Hunting Creek, Virginia2010Cameron Run Hunting Creek, VirginiaUS Route 1 - Virginia2009US Route 1 - VirginiaInterstate 95 - Virginia2009Interstate 95 - VirginiaHuntingtonfromMetro2009HuntingtonfromMetroHuntington Apartments2009Huntington Apartments
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Mount Eagle 5a46306u
Retake this viewMount Eagle 5a46306u, c. 1920

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Huntington’s page.

Retake this view · +15
Famous people

Famous people close to Huntington

Nobody well known was born in Huntington itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Sandra BullockAmerican actress and film producer · b. 1964
Dermot MulroneyAmerican actor · b. 1963
Jeff KinneyAmerican author and cartoonist · b. 1971
Angus KingAmerican politician and lawyer · b. 1944
David M. BrownAmerican astronaut · b. 1956
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Katie CouricAmerican journalist, presenter, producer, and a… · b. 1957
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Rose HillIts storyDAlexandria45 historic placesABelle Haven1 historic placeCGroveton2 historic placesC+

Questions about Huntington’s history

How does Huntington rank for history?

Huntington is more historic than 7% of U.S. towns, #203 of 253 in Virginia. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

How old are the homes in Huntington?

0.9% of Huntington’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.0 points), against a typical 1.9% for a Virginia town; the median home was built in 1978.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

From Wikimedia Commons (30), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.