Springfield Virginia Real Estate

Springfield Virginia Real Estate

Springfield was founded as a station of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad in 1847. The station was named for the estate of Henry Daingerfield on whose land it had been built. Daingerfield was an Alexandria businessman and sat on the board of directors of the railroad..

Springfield remained a rural crossroads until Edward Carr decided to subdivide the area for suburban development in 1946 along the recently opened Henry Shirley Highway (now I-95/I-395). Carr, a realtor, believed this to be the last easily accessible tract within 12 miles of Washington, D.C. Ready access to Washington, via the Shirley Highway spurred tremendous growth in the area in the 1950s and 1960s.

Transportation

Central Springfield is dominated by the over half-billion dollar Springfield Interchange highway project, which was completed in 2007. Due to its complexity, the interchange is popularly known as the "Mixing Bowl" or the "Melting Pot", a name taken from an earlier interchange near the Pentagon. It includes three Interstates (I-95, I-395, and I-495), with two exits less than a half mile apart, with two roads (Commerce Street and Route 644 (Old Keene Mill Road / Franconia Road) going over or under I-95 within less than a half mile, and is further complicated by the presence of a separate, reversible high-occupancy vehicle lane passing through the center of two of the Interstates. This project was dedicated on July 18, 2007 by Virginia Governor Timothy M. Kaine. The eight-year, $676 million Springfield Interchange Improvement Project was finished on time and on budget, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.

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Education

Fairfax County Public School System administers Springfield’s schools. Check out Great Schools for school ratings.

Fairfax County Public library administers the Richard Byrd Library.

Dining

We love Mike’s American Bar and Grill for general American fare and Austin Grill for southwestern cuisine.

Living

Springfield has numerous townhouse and single family home communities. Some, but not all of these include  Cardinal Forest, Danbury Forest, Daventry, Keene Mill Manor, Kings Park, Newington Forest, North Springfield, Orange Hunt Estates, Ravensworth, and Saratoga.