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Chantilly is a census-designated place (CDP) in western Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The population was 24,301 as of the 2020 census. [ 1 ] Chantilly is named after an early-19th-century mansion and farm, which in turn took the name of an 18th-century plantation that was located in Westmoreland County, Virginia . [ 6 ]
Sully Historic Site, is both a Virginia landmark and nationally registered historic place in Chantilly, Virginia. [4] The earliest recorded claim to the land was made by the Doeg. Later the Lee family of Virginia owned the land from 1725 to 1839. Richard Bland Lee [5] did not build the main house until 1794. [6]
State Route 657 in Fairfax County, Virginia is a secondary state highway which traverses the western portion of the county. [1] It runs 8.4 miles from SR 28 near the boundary between Centreville and Chantilly to SR 228 at the town limits of Herndon .
In 2000, two Virginia Historical Markers were put up at the park entrance. Marker B-13, titled Battle of Ox Hill (Chantilly), commemorates the battle while Marker B-29, titled Maryland (Antietam/Sharpsburg) Campaign, commemorates the start of General Lee's Maryland Campaign, which included the Battle of Antietam. Nearby there is one ...
Ellanor C. Lawrence Park is located in Chantilly, Virginia, just north of Centreville, on Route 28.The park preserves the cultural and natural resources of western Fairfax County and has a long and complex history lasting 8,000 years.
U.S. Route 50 enters the state from the West Virginia border, descending from the Appalachian Mountains in Frederick County, the most northern Virginia county, and carrying the name of Northwest Turnpike. It is on a winding, two lane road until it passes the former lumbering town of Gore, at which point it widens to a four-lane highway.
Aldie is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located between Chantilly and Middleburg in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States.The historic village of Aldie is located on the John Mosby Highway (U.S. Route 50) in a gap between the Catoctin Mountains and Bull Run Mountains, through which the Little River flows.
Chantilly is a historic archaeological site located near Montross, Westmoreland County, Virginia. The site was the home of U.S. Founding Father Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794) in his later years. [ 3 ]