Langley, Virginia

Langley, Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°56′47″N 77°9′32″W / 38.94639°N 77.15889°W / 38.94639; -77.15889Coordinates: 38°56′47″N 77°9′32″W / 38.94639°N 77.15889°W / 38.94639; -77.15889
Country	United States
State	Virginia
County	Fairfax
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes	22101, 22102
GNIS feature ID	1495816[1]

Langley High School, pictured here in June 2008, serves much of northeastern Fairfax County, Virginia. Visible on the left is the five stone memorial to the families affected by the September 11 attack on the Pentagon.

Langley is an unincorporated community in the census-designated place of McLean in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Langley is often used as a metonym for the CIA. The land which makes up Langley today once belonged to Thomas Lee, former Crown Governor of the Colony of Virginia from 1749 to 1750. Lee’s land was named Langley in honor of Langley Hall, which was part of the Lee home estate in Shropshire, England. In 1839, 700 acres (283 ha) of land was purchased by Benjamin Mackall from the Lee family, while keeping the name.

The community was essentially absorbed into McLean many years ago, although there is still a Langley High School.^[2] In addition to being a bedroom community for Washington, D.C., the area is the site of the headquarters for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center of the Federal Highway Administration, and the Claude Moore Colonial Farm of the National Park Service.

In popular culture

• The animated TV show American Dad!, created by Seth MacFarlane, is set in Langley Falls, Virginia. Langley Falls is the fictional community where the Smith family reside. Langley Falls is in Virginia in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The town name is a portmanteau of Langley and Great Falls, which are unincorporated communities located in Fairfax County.
• The Emmy Award-winning show Homeland takes place in Langley.
• In the later games of the Syphon Filter series, the Agency, known as the International Presidential Consulting Agency, is headquartered in Langley. Gabe Logan, the lead character of the series and head of the Agency, is shown to also live in Langley.
• The TV show Covert Affairs is set in the city of Langley.
• The "Weird" Al Yankovic song "Party in the CIA" refers to Langley.
• Langley is mentioned in the song "Watch the World" by Box Car Racer.
• Singer-songwriter Tori Amos mentions Langley in her song "Gold Dust", which is included in her 2002 released album Scarlet's Walk.
• In the Clutch song "50,000 Unstoppable Watts" Neil Fallon states "Your friends from Langley are back again!"
• In the song "Payback," the rapper Immortal Technique states "Langley, Virginia, where my connect for cocaine is."^[3]
• Eda, a character from the anime series Black Lagoon, admits before killing a foe that her hometown is actually Langley, Virginia, thus implying that she is a sleeper agent for the CIA.

See also

• Quantico, Virginia

External links

• Why Is It Named Langley, Virginia? - Ghosts of DC history blog

References

Municipalities and communities of Fairfax County, Virginia, United States
County seat: Fairfax
Towns	Clifton Herndon Vienna
CDPs	Annandale Bailey's Crossroads Belle Haven Burke Burke Centre Centreville Chantilly Crosspointe Dranesville Dunn Loring Fair Lakes Fair Oaks Fairfax Station Floris Fort Belvoir Fort Hunt Franconia Franklin Farm George Mason Great Falls Greenbriar Groveton Hayfield Huntington Hybla Valley Idylwood Kings Park Kings Park West Kingstowne Lake Barcroft Laurel Hill Lincolnia Long Branch Lorton Mantua Mason Neck McLean McNair Merrifield Mount Vernon Newington Newington Forest North Springfield Oakton Pimmit Hills Ravensworth Reston Rose Hill Seven Corners South Run Springfield Tysons Corner Wakefield West Falls Church West Springfield Wolf Trap Woodburn Woodlawn
Unincorporated communities	Accotink Arcturus Barkers Crossroads Blevinstown Browns Mill Butts Corner Cobbs Corner Colchester Colchester Hunt Comptons Corner Cooktown Crowells Corner Culmore Donovans Corner Doveville Farrs Corner Five Forks Four Corners Hattontown Hollindale Jermantown Langley Lees Corner Lewinsville Lewis Park Makleys Corner New Alexandria Oak Hill Odricks Corner Pohick Rainbow Rutherford Schneider Crossroads Shady Oak Sleepy Hollow South Alexandria Strathmeade Springs Uniontown Westhampton West McLean
Ghost towns	Matildaville South Falls Church

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