This article is about the unincorporated community of Langley in McLean, Virginia. For the military installation in Hampton, Virginia, see Joint Base Langley–Eustis.
In the animated series American Dad!, the city of Langley Falls, Virginia, in which the show takes place, is loosely based on Langley, being depicted as a somewhat larger city as well as the headquarters of the CIA, where main character Stan Smith works as an agent.
langley, virginia, this, article, about, unincorporated, community, langley, mclean, virginia, military, installation, hampton, virginia, joint, base, langley, eustis, langley, unincorporated, community, census, designated, place, mclean, fairfax, county, virg. This article is about the unincorporated community of Langley in McLean Virginia For the military installation in Hampton Virginia see Joint Base Langley Eustis 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 Central Intelligence Agency CIA as it is home to its headquarters the George Bush Center for Intelligence 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 2 In 1839 700 acres 283 ha of land was purchased by Benjamin Mackall from the Lee family while keeping the name citation needed Langley VirginiaUnincorporated communityLangley High SchoolLangleyShow map of Northern VirginiaLangleyShow map of VirginiaLangleyShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 38 56 47 N 77 9 32 W 38 94639 N 77 15889 W 38 94639 77 15889 Coordinates 38 56 47 N 77 9 32 W 38 94639 N 77 15889 W 38 94639 77 15889CountryUnited StatesStateVirginiaCountyFairfaxTime zoneUTC 5 Eastern EST Summer DST UTC 4 EDT ZIP Codes22101 22102GNIS feature ID1495816 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 the headquarters of the U S Department of Defense The community was essentially absorbed into McLean many years ago when although there is still a Langley High School 3 In addition to being a bedroom community for Washington D C and home to the CIA s headquarters the area is the site of the Turner Fairbank Highway Research Center of the Federal Highway Administration and the Claude Moore Colonial Farm of the National Park Service Contents 1 In popular culture 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksIn popular culture EditIn the animated series American Dad the city of Langley Falls Virginia in which the show takes place is loosely based on Langley being depicted as a somewhat larger city as well as the headquarters of the CIA where main character Stan Smith works as an agent Weird Al Yankovic s song Party in The CIA starts with the line I moved out to Langley recently See also EditQuantico VirginiaReferences Edit U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Langley Virginia The CIA Campus The Story of Original Headquarters Building Langley HS Map PDF Fairfax County Public Schools 2008 Archived from the original PDF on 2012 12 24 Retrieved 2008 10 06 External links Edit Why Is It Named Langley Virginia Ghosts of DC history blog Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Langley Virginia amp oldid 1106579193, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
