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Welcome to Dranesville ...

Dranesville is located in Fairfax County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dranesville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1823.

Dranesville is 420 feet [128 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Dranesville: 703 & 571<3>

Websites for Dranesville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.fccc.org/

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

Communities near Dranesville ...

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

  • Arlington
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Rockville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Rockville is located in Montgomery County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 69,512 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockville <4>
  • Gaithersburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Leesburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Manassas
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Herndon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Fairfax
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Manassas Park
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Takoma Park
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Vienna
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)

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 Dranesville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dranesville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dranesville. 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 Dranesville.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dranesville ...

Looking for more information about Dranesville? 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 Dranesville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Dranesville.

Adding Dranesville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dranesville 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 (so far) for Dranesville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Dranesville post office opened in 1823. The Dranesville post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dranesville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Fairfax, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dranesville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 703 code has been Overlayed with the 571 area code. New phone numbers in the Dranesville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 703 or 571. As a result, placing a call in the Dranesville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/