Herndon

Northern Virginia municipality

Herndon is a place name, most notably a town in northern Virginia near Washington, D.C., part of the sprawling suburban region around the capital.

Several smaller communities across the United States share the name.

As a surname, Herndon appears in American history and literature: William Lewis Herndon was a 19th-century naval explorer.

Virginia

Northern Virginia

D.C.'s southern suburbs

community

neighborhood

Residential area nearby

locals · inhabitants · civic · public · communal · fellowship · network · support · association · downtown

surname

ancestry

Family line of descent

heritage · kinship · descent · bloodline · relatives · last name · family tree · clan · forebears

presidential

naval officer

Ranked military sailor

commander · namesake · oceanographer · Amazon expedition

Opposites
urban-suburban contrast in the d.c. metro area

HerndonWashington D.C.

United States capital city

Capitol Hill · inner city · urban core · Georgetown · Arlington

population density/urbanization

HerndonManhattan

NYC's densest borough

downtown · farmland · wilderness · metropolis

Family

heron

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G