Click Fairfax County to use our map-based search of real estate in Fairfax County. Because Fairfax County is one of the largest jurisdictions in the area, we've arbitrarily divided the county up to make it easier to understand for newcomers and home shoppers. See below for a complete list, or browse the tabs for links to some of the communities we serve.
Southern Fairfax County -- From the Mixing Bowl (I-495 / I-95 exchange) around to the Potomac, you'll find Alexandria, Springfield, Franconia, Mount Vernon and Fort Hunt. Check our guide to learn more about:
To better understand area real estate, we’ve arbitrarily organized these pages into southern, northern and central Fairfax County. Southern Fairfax County is sometimes called “South County”.
About Mount Vernon, Alexandria and Southern Fairfax County
The Mount Vernon District of Fairfax County is located in the southern part of Fairfax County along the banks of the Potomac and around toward Old Town Alexandria. Mount Vernon is one of nine magisterial districts in Fairfax County. Most of the Mount Vernon district has an Alexandria postal address, but none of the Mount Vernon District is in the City of Alexandria.
This is because of how the Commonwealth of Virginia organizes its jurisdictions. The state is organized into counties and county-like jurisdictions called “independent cities” or just “cities”. In most respects, a city is not much more than a county that wants to be called a city. For example, the county of Arlington is larger, more populous and more urban than most cities in Virginia; while the city of Falls Church is about the same size as the town of Vienna which is in Fairfax County.
Speaking of towns, newcomers sometimes confuse a city with an “incorporated town”. An incorporated town, like a city, has its own government. However a town is located inside a county. Like a town, a city has its own government, but a city is not part of any county.
Northern Virginia has several independent cities and the City of Alexandria is one such independent city. The City of Alexandria borders Fairfax County, but Alexandria is not in Fairfax County.
However, to make things especially confusing for newcomers and for folks hunting houses, there are large parts of Fairfax County that have an Alexandria postal address. These areas of “Greater Alexandria” are most definitely part of Fairfax County and are not in the City of Alexandria. In general, postal Alexandria is more suburban than addresses in the City of Alexandria, but this is not always the case. A few of the neighborhoods in Alexandria of Fairfax County include:
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