Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Among the newest of U.S. towns · #229 of 253 in Virginia. What drives it
Most of Navy was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1998. Below: maps from 1915 on and old-book passages.
Among the newest of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Navy is among the newest of U.S. towns, #229 of 253 in Virginia. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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 Navy’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.
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 →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Navy’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Navy. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Navy.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Navy yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Navy is an unincorporated community and census designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It first appeared as a CDP in the 2020 Census with a population of 4,327.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Passages that mention Navy, cut from the printed page as they were published.
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Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Nobody well known was born in Navy itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Navy is among the newest of U.S. towns, #229 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.
0.0% of Navy’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 1998.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
