Long Branch, VA

Long Branch is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, part of the close-in Northern Virginia suburbs west of Washington, D.C. It is mainly residential, with schools, parks, shopping corridors, and commuter routes tying it to Annandale, Fairfax, Burke, and the broader capital-region job market. The community does not revolve around a single historic downtown, so its identity is practical and neighborhood-based. Long Branch is best understood as a settled Fairfax County suburb with everyday access doing most of the work.