Kingstowne, Virginia

Kingstowne is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It is a planned community amid the Washington, D.C. suburbs of Springfield, Alexandria, and Franconia, Virginia, and is centered on the intersection of South Van Dorn Street and Kingstowne Boulevard. The population as of the 2020 census was 16,825.^[1]

Kingstowne, Virginia
Census-designated place
Shops and office building in Kingstowne, August 2015
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Coordinates: 38°46′37″N 77°8′11″W
Country	United States
State	Virginia
County	Fairfax
Area
• Total	2.9 sq mi (7.5 km2)
• Land	2.9 sq mi (7.4 km2)
• Water	0.04 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation	200 ft (60 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	16,825
• Density	5,889/sq mi (2,273.6/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP code	22315
FIPS code	51-42746
GNIS feature ID	2584862

Kingstowne has a town center containing office and retail businesses. The entire community comprises numerous subdivisions containing apartments, condominiums, single-family homes, and townhomes. It began construction in the 1980s through the Halle Companies and is still expanding today^[when?] in the town center with commercial and office space and in the subdivisions with more single-family homes. Kingstowne has its own ZIP code, 22315, a substation of the Alexandria U.S. Post Office.

Geography

The Kingstowne CDP is in southeastern Fairfax County, bordered to the north and west by Franconia, to the northeast by Rose Hill, to the southeast by Hayfield, to the south by Fort Belvoir, and for a short distance at its southwestern end by Newington. Downtown Washington, D.C., is 13 miles (21 km) to the northeast.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Kingstowne CDP has a total area of 2.9 square miles (7.5 km²), of which 2.9 square miles (7.4 km²) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²), or 1.49%, is water.^[2]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	16,825		—
U.S. Decennial Census[3] 2010[4] 2020

Kingstowne was first listed as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. Census formed from part of Franconia CDP and Rose Hill CDP.^[4]