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Chantilly is a
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(CDP) in western Fairfax County,
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. The population was 24,301 as of the 2020 census. 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
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. The name "Chantilly" originated in France with the Château de Chantilly, about 28 miles north of
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. Located in the
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portion of the
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, Chantilly sits approximately west of
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, via Interstate 66 and
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. It is located between Centreville to the south, Herndon and Reston to the north and northeast, respectively, and Fairfax to the southeast. U.S. Route 50 and
Virginia State Route 28 State Route 28 (SR 28) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a primary state highway that traverses the counties of Loudoun, Fairfax, Prince William, and Fauquier in the U.S. state of Virginia. The route serves as a major artery in the Northern ...
intersect in Chantilly, and these highways provide access to the Dulles/Reston/ Tysons Corner technology corridor and other major employment centers in Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C.


History

Chantilly was home to a number of colonial plantations in the 1700s, including the Sully Plantation (now the
Sully Historic Site Sully Historic Site, more commonly known as Sully Plantation, is both a Virginia landmark and nationally registered historic place in Chantilly, Virginia. The earliest recorded claim to the land was made by the Doeg. Later the Lee family o ...
) built by Richard Bland Lee I. Other plantations included George Richard Lee Turberville's "Leeton Grove" (originally a 5,000+ acre plantation, the main house of which still stands at 4619 Walney Rd.), the John Hutchison Farm, and the Chantilly Plantation, after which Chantilly is named. Cornelia Lee Turberville Stuart, who was born at Leeton and was the daughter of George Richard Lee Turberville and Henrietta Lee, inherited a portion of Leeton in 1817 from her father. Stuart and her husband Charles Calvert Stuart, whom she had married in 1816, constructed the Chantilly Plantation and named it after the Westmoreland County plantation owned by her grandfather,
Richard Henry Lee Richard Henry Lee (January 20, 1732June 19, 1794) was an American statesman and Founding Father from Virginia, best known for the June 1776 Lee Resolution, the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from ...
, a signer of the
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. During the
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, federal troops destroyed by fire the Chantilly Plantation manor house. One building remains, a stone house across Route 50 from the Greenbriar Shopping Center. While it is not clear what this stone house was used for, most historical evidence suggests it was probably a plantation overseer's quarters during the antebellum period, and a tavern or boarding house following the war. After the war, Cornelia Stuart, who had become deeply in debt, sold her Chantilly estate. The advertisement for the sale referenced several "tenements", one of which was the Stone House. The village grew during the 19th century, particularly following the construction of the Little River Turnpike to
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. The evolution of the Chantilly area into an outer suburb of Washington, D.C., gained momentum after 1980, as developers built residential subdivisions and commercial areas, filling in the farmland south of Dulles Airport. File:Chantilly VA Historical Marker.jpg, Historic marker commemorating Old Chantilly Farm House File:FallHouse.JPG, alt=FallHouse.JPG, Sully Plantation (
Sully Historic Site Sully Historic Site, more commonly known as Sully Plantation, is both a Virginia landmark and nationally registered historic place in Chantilly, Virginia. The earliest recorded claim to the land was made by the Doeg. Later the Lee family o ...
) Main House File:Chantilly VA Historic Building.jpg, The Stone House. The only building of the former Chantilly Plantation (not to be confused with the Sully Plantation) that still exists today. It is located on the north side of Route 50, across from the Greenbriar Shopping Center. Historical evidence strongly suggests the Stone House was an overseer's quarters before the
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, and became a tavern later.


Civil War

During the
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on September 1, 1862, the
Battle of Chantilly The Battle of Chantilly (or Ox Hill, the Confederate name) took place on September 1, 1862, in Fairfax County, Virginia, as the concluding battle of the Northern Virginia Campaign of the American Civil War. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's corps ...
(or Ox Hill) was fought nearby. Following his victory at the
Second Battle of Bull Run The Second Battle of Bull Run or Battle of Second Manassas was fought August 28–30, 1862, in Prince William County, Virginia, as part of the American Civil War. It was the culmination of the Northern Virginia Campaign waged by Confederat ...
(or Second Manassas), Confederate General Robert E. Lee directed Major General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson to cross Bull Run on August 31 and sweep around the position of Major General John Pope's Union Army of Virginia at Centreville. Reaching the Little River Turnpike (now U.S. Route 50) northwest of Centreville, Jackson turned southeastward toward Fairfax Court House (now the city of Fairfax) to strike in rear of Pope's army. During September 1, Pope, apprised of Jackson's movement, began to withdraw toward Fairfax Court House. Late in the day, Jackson clashed with Union forces under Brigadier General
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and Major General Philip Kearny near Ox Hill, west of Fairfax. During the ensuing battle, which was fought amid a raging storm, both Union generals Stevens and Kearny were killed. The fighting ended at dusk, and Pope's army continued its withdrawal to Fairfax and subsequently to the Washington defenses. Although commercial and residential development now covers most of the Chantilly (Ox Hill) battlefield, the small Ox Hill Battlefield Park preserves a portion of the battle site.


Geography

Chantilly is located in western Fairfax County at (38.894146, −77.431407). It is bordered to the west by the South Riding CDP in
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, to the north by
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, to the northeast by the Franklin Farm CDP, to the east by the Greenbriar CDP, and to the south by Centreville. To the southwest is Schneider Crossroads, not part of any census-designated area. The present center of Chantilly is located around the intersection of
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(Lee Jackson Memorial Highway) and Virginia Route 28 (Sully Road). According to the
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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.07%, is water.


Governance

Chantilly is part of Sully District in Fairfax County and is governed by the
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. The current supervisor for Sully District is Kathy Smith.


Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 23,039 people, 7,218 households, and 5,939 families residing in the CDP. The
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was 1,916.7 people per square mile (740.1/km2). There were 7,403 housing units at an average density of 615.9/sq mi (237.8/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 57.6%
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, 6.5%
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, 0.3% Native American, 25.2% Asian, 0.1%
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, 6.1% some other race, and 4.3% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 15.9% of the population. There were 7,218 households, out of which 47.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.0% were headed by
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living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.7% were non-families. Of all households 13.0% were made up of individuals, and 2.4% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.19, and the average family size was 3.46. In the CDP the population was spread out, with 27.8% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 29.3% from 45 to 64, and 6.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36.1 years. For every 100 females there were 100.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.7 males. For the period 2010 through 2014, the estimated median annual income for a household in the CDP was $118,991, and the median income for a family was $130,280. Male full-time workers had a median income of $81,596 versus $62,228 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $46,341. About 7.5% of families and 8.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.3% of those under age 18 and 6.2% of those age 65 or over.


Economy

The
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is headquartered adjacent to
Washington Dulles International Airport Washington Dulles International Airport , typically referred to as Dulles International Airport, Dulles Airport, Washington Dulles, or simply Dulles ( ), is an international airport in the Eastern United States, located in Loudoun County and F ...
, near Chantilly.Chantilly CDP, Virginia
." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on September 16, 2009.
At one time, Compass Airlines was headquartered near Chantilly. The headquarters was relocated to
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in late 2009.


Notable local organizations

* Ellanor C. Lawrence Park – Along Route 28 between Chantilly and Centreville, the park grounds include the historic farmhouse and mill, trails, fitness stations, and athletic fields.
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sightings have been reported within the park. * Flat Lick Stream Valley Park * The
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, also called the Udvar-Hazy Center, is the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM)'s annex at Washington Dulles International Airport in the Chantilly area of Fairfax County, Virginia. It holds numerous ...
annex of the
National Air and Space Museum The National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, also called the Air and Space Museum, is a museum in Washington, D.C., in the United States. Established in 1946 as the National Air Museum, it opened its main building on the Na ...
* The headquarters of the
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(NRO), which is one of the 17 U.S. intelligence agencies and considered, along with the
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(CIA),
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(NSA),
Defense Intelligence Agency The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is an intelligence agency and combat support agency of the United States Department of Defense, specializing in defense and military intelligence. A component of the Department of Defense (DoD) and the ...
(DIA), and National Geospatial‐Intelligence Agency (NGA), to be one of the "big five" U.S. Intelligence agencies. It designs, builds, and operates the
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s of the United States government, and provides satellite intelligence to several government agencies, particularly
signals intelligence Signals intelligence (SIGINT) is intelligence-gathering by interception of '' signals'', whether communications between people (communications intelligence—abbreviated to COMINT) or from electronic signals not directly used in communication ...
(SIGINT) to the NSA,
imagery intelligence Imagery intelligence (IMINT), pronounced as either as ''Im-Int'' or ''I-Mint'', is an intelligence gathering discipline wherein imagery is analyzed (or "exploited") to identify information of intelligence value. Imagery used for defense intell ...
(IMINT) to the NGA, and
measurement and signature intelligence Measurement and signature intelligence (MASINT) is a technical branch of intelligence gathering, which serves to detect, track, identify or describe the distinctive characteristics (signatures) of fixed or dynamic target sources. This often incl ...
(MASINT) to the DIA. * The Westfields Marriott in Chantilly hosted the annual Bilderberg summit in 2002, 2008, 2012, and 2017, which inspired protests.


Education


Primary and secondary schools

Residents of the CDP go to
Fairfax County Public Schools The Fairfax County Public Schools system (FCPS) is a school division in the U.S. commonwealth of Virginia. It is a branch of the Fairfax County government which administers public schools in Fairfax County and the City of Fairfax. FCPS's headq ...
. Elementary schools within the CDP include Brookfield Elementary School, Greenbriar East Elementary School, Greenbriar West Elementary School, Lees Corner Elementary School, Navy Elementary School, and Poplar Tree Elementary School. Rocky Run Middle School, Franklin Middle School, and
Chantilly High School Chantilly High School is a public high school in the Chantilly CDP in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It is part of the Fairfax County Public Schools system. History Chantilly was originally built in 1972 with ope ...
are located within the CDP. Westfield High School is a large high school located outside of the CDP. St. Timothy School and St. Veronica School, private Catholic schools, are located in the CDP.


Public libraries

Fairfax County Public Library The Fairfax County Public Library (FCPL) is a public library system headquartered in Suite 324 of The Fairfax County Government Center in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Hennen's American Public Library Ratings ...
operates the Chantilly Regional Library in the CDP.Library Branches
"
Fairfax County Public Library The Fairfax County Public Library (FCPL) is a public library system headquartered in Suite 324 of The Fairfax County Government Center in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Hennen's American Public Library Ratings ...
. Retrieved on October 21, 2009.


Media

Chantilly is served by '' The CentreView'' newspaper.


Notable people

*
Chris Beatty Christopher Beatty (born June 19, 1973) is an American football assistant coach. Beatty is currently the wide receivers coach for the Los Angeles Chargers football team. Beatty was formerly a professional football player in the Canadian Footb ...
, American football coach * Chuck Caputo, Virginia House of Delegates * Kaye Dacus, author * Phil Hubbard, former professional basketball player * Bhawoh Jue, former professional American football player * Joe Koshansky, professional baseball player *
Alessandra Marc Alessandra Marc, born Judith Borden (born July 29, 1957) is an American dramatic soprano who has appeared at many of the world's opera houses and orchestras. Marc is particularly known for her interpretations of the works of Richard Strauss, Richa ...
, dramatic soprano *
Jimmy Martin James Henry Martin (August 10, 1927 – May 14, 2005) was an American bluegrass musician, known as the "King of Bluegrass". Early years Martin was born in Sneedville, Tennessee, United States, and was raised in the hard farming life of rura ...
, former professional American football player * Cameron Nizialek, professional American football player *
Eddie Royal William Edward "Eddie" Royal (born May 21, 1986) is an American former football wide receiver and return specialist . He was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the second round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Virginia Tech ...
, former professional American football player * Evan Royster, former professional American football player * Stephen Tomajczyk, author and poet


See also

* Mitchell-Weeks House, log cabin with historic marker * Willard, Virginia, adjacent town displaced for construction of Dulles Airport


References


External links


Chantilly High School



Dulles South area community portal serving Chantilly and South Riding

Census Tract Outline Map—Fairfax County
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