Oak Hill, Fairfax County, Virginia | |
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 Oak Hill Elementary School in Oak Hill, Virginia | |
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| Coordinates:38°55′33″N77°24′06″W / 38.92583°N 77.40167°W /38.92583; -77.40167 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Fairfax |
| Elevation | 354 ft (108 m) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 20171 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2652111 |
Oak Hill is a suburbanunincorporated community located inFairfax County,Virginia, United States.
Oak Hill is located inFairfax County, just east ofWashington Dulles International Airport and south of theDulles Toll and Access Roads. The town ofHerndon lies immediately to the north, while the unincorporated community ofChantilly is adjacent to Oak Hill in the south.Franklin Farm,Floris andMcNair arecensus-designated places located within the larger Oak Hill community.[1]
As an unincorporated area, Oak Hill's boundaries are not officially defined by either a municipal government, the government of Fairfax County, or the U.S. Census Bureau. TheUnited States Postal Service defines Oak Hill's boundaries by way of its ZIP code, 20171.[2]
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Schools serving the Oak Hill area (but not necessarily in Oak Hill), include Oak Hill Elementary, Fox Mill Elementary, Floris Elementary, McNair Elementary, Lutie Lewis Coates Elementary, Navy Elementary, Crossfield Elementary, Franklin Middle School,Rachel Carson Middle School,Chantilly High School,South Lakes High School,Westfield High School, andOakton High School.
The Oak Hill community is served by the Oak Hill post office. Mail may be addressed toHerndon or Oak Hill using zip code 20171.
Amenities includeFrying Pan Farm Park, a working museum farm operated byFairfax County Park Authority.
A. Scott Crossfield was the first pilot to fly at twice the speed of sound, and lived in what is now Oak Hill (then Herndon). The local elementary school,Crossfield Elementary (Home of the Rockets!), and adjacent park were named after Crossfield in honor of his active mind, commitment to education, and contributions to aeronautical science.
Charles Burlingame, pilot of the doomedAmerican Airlines Flight 77 aircraft which was crashed by terrorists into the Pentagon during theSeptember 11, 2001 attacks, resided in Oak Hill before his death.[3]
