Welcome to New Alexandria ...

New Alexandria is located in Fairfax County<1>.

The location of New Alexandria has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of New Alexandria, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1893.

New Alexandria is near sea level<3>.

Time Zone: New Alexandria lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area codes for New Alexandria: (703) and (571)<4>

Websites for New Alexandria ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.fccc.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to New Alexandria, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named New Alexandria ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named New Alexandria - they are located in Ohio and Pennsylvania.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for New Alexandria.

Communities near New Alexandria ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near New Alexandria.

• Arlington
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
  • Arlington is located in Arlington County
  • Population from the 2010 Census: 207,627 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arlington <5>
• College Park
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for College Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
  • College Park is located in Prince George's County (MD)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,173 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for College Park <5>
• Fairfax
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax
  • Fairfax is located in Fairfax City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,429 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairfax <5>
• Greenbelt
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenbelt have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbelt
  • Greenbelt is located in Prince George's County (MD)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,229 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenbelt <5>
• Hyattsville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hyattsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyattsville
  • Hyattsville is located in Prince George's County (MD)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,217 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hyattsville <5>
• Takoma Park
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Takoma Park
  • Takoma Park is located in Montgomery County (MD)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,696 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Takoma Park <5>
• Vienna
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
  • Vienna is located in Fairfax County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,518 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vienna <5>
• Falls Church
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Church
  • Falls Church is located in Falls Church City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,631 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Falls Church <5>
• New Carrollton
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Carrollton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Carrollton
  • New Carrollton is located in Prince George's County (MD)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,909 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Carrollton <5>
• La Plata
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plata
  • La Plata is located in Charles County (MD)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,800 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Plata <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around New Alexandria. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for New Alexandria.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of New Alexandria. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Alexandria.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around New Alexandria. See our Newspapers Page for New Alexandria.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for New Alexandria ...

Looking for more information about New Alexandria? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to New Alexandria, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for New Alexandria.

Adding New Alexandria to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of New Alexandria in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for New Alexandria was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the New Alexandria post office opened in 1893.

For more details, see References and Mentions for New Alexandria.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for New Alexandria. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Fairfax County: www.co.fairfax.va.us/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/