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Reston
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census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Estimate 2023
- 66,070
- Density
- 4,130/sq mi (1,593/km )
- Demonym
- Restonian
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 20190, 20191, 20194
- Area codes
- 703 , 571
- Fips code
- 51-66672
- Website
- www .reston .org
- Country
- United States
- State
- Virginia
- County
- Fairfax
- Founded
- April 10, 1964
- Founded by
- Robert E. Simon
- Total
- 15.7 sq mi (40.6 km )
- Land
- 15.3 sq mi (39.7 km )
- Water
- 0.35 sq mi (0.9 km )
- Elevation
- 360 ft (110 m)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Reston
- Population
- 63226
- Area
- 40.556798
- Elevation
- 100
- Official website
- www.reston.org
- Image
- Reston town center.jpg
- Households
- 26185
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- Commons category
- Reston, Virginia
- postal code
- 22096
- inception
- 1964-04-10
- native label
- Reston
- time of earliest written record
- 1964-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 2.1045
- per capita income
- 64480
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Reston is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, and a principal city of both Northern Virginia and the Washington metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, Reston's population was 63,226.
Founded in 1964, Reston was influenced by the Garden City movement that emphasized planned, self-contained communities that intermingled green space, residential neighborhoods, and commercial development. The intent of Reston's founder, Robert E. Simon, was to build a town that would revolutionize post–World War II concepts of land use and residential/corporate development in suburban America.