Many Arlingtonians have prepared histories tailored to their own neighborhoods, most—but not all of them—for civic associations. Below in the neighborhood names are links to online versions for our county’s communities available as of February 2023, plus history write-ups on four high schools and one elementary school. The Arlington Historical Society will encourage additional efforts. [AHS Board member, local historian, and author, Charlie Clark assembled this collection of neighborhood and school histories. If you know of others, please email: info@arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org ]

Click on the name of the neighborhood for the history often produced by the civic association. Beneath the neighborhood name are additional neighborhood history resources provided by YOU!

If you want to interact with this map go to the Arlington County webpage.

Neighborhoods

Alcova Heights

Arlington Forest

Arlington East Falls Church

Arlington Heights

Arlington Mill

Ashton Heights

Ballston

Barcroft

Bellevue Forest

Bluemont

Boulevard Manor

Buckingham

Cherrydale

Clarendon-Courthouse

Crystal City

Dominion Hills

Donaldson Run

Douglas Park

Fairlington Village

Glencarlyn

Green Valley

Halls Hill/High View Park

Leeway-Overlee

Lyon Park

Lyon Village

Madison Manor

Maywood

Old Dominion

Old Glebe   

Penrose

Rock Spring

Shirlington

Tara-Leeway Heights

Westover

Williamsburg

Yorktown

Schools

Bishop O’Connell High School

Wakefield High School

Washington-Liberty High School

Yorktown High School

Barcroft Elementary School