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Dunn Loring, VA

Dunn Loring, Virginia
Census-designated place
Location of Dunn Loring in Fairfax County, Virginia
Location of Dunn Loring in Fairfax County, Virginia
Dunn Loring, Virginia is located in Northern Virginia
Dunn Loring, Virginia
Dunn Loring, Virginia
Dunn Loring, Virginia is located in Virginia
Dunn Loring, Virginia
Dunn Loring, Virginia
Dunn Loring, Virginia is located in the US
Dunn Loring, Virginia
Dunn Loring, Virginia
Location of Dunn Loring in Fairfax County, Virginia
Coordinates: 38°53′31″N 77°13′52″W / 38.89194°N 77.23111°W / 38.89194; -77.23111Coordinates: 38°53′31″N 77°13′52″W / 38.89194°N 77.23111°W / 38.89194; -77.23111
Country  United States of America
State  Virginia
County Fairfax
Area
 • Total 2.4 sq mi (6.1 km2)
 • Land 2.4 sq mi (6.1 km2)
 • Water 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation 436 ft (133 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 8,803
 • Density 3,741/sq mi (1,444.6/km2)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 22027
Area code(s) 703
FIPS code 51-23984
GNIS feature ID 1495484

Dunn Loring is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 8,803 at the 2010 census.

Dunn Loring, the earliest platted subdivision in Fairfax County and possibly the Commonwealth of Virginia, was founded in 1886. General William McKee Dunn and his wife Elizabeth Lanier Dunn purchased about 600 acres (2.4 km2) located on the Washington, Ohio and Western Railroad, now the Washington and Old Dominion Regional Trail, from L. B. Clarke and his wife on June 8, 1886. On September 22, 1886, the land was transferred to the Loring Land and Improvement Company, composed of General Dunn, then a retired Army brigadier general and former Judge Advocate General; George B. Loring, a former congressman and Commissioner of Agriculture; and George H. LeFetra, a Washington temperance hotel proprietor. The Town of Dunn Loring was advertised for residential sales in 1887. The Loring Land and Improvement Company built a railroad station and a post office, but shortly thereafter General Dunn died, and the development stagnated. During the Spanish–American War, the founding of Camp Russell A. Alger brought growth and prosperity to Dunn Loring, and among the troops trained at Camp Alger was the celebrated author-poet Carl Sandburg, after whom the present Sandburg Street was named. In 1912, Fairfax Shield McCandlish bought out the interests of the developers, consolidated parcels, and subdivided the land into its current platting. Following World War II, the area began to develop as part of Metropolitan Washington, D.C.


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