Gainesville, Virginia

About Gainesville

Gainesville is a small unincorporated community in northern Virginia.

Officially, Gainesville is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 10.11 square miles.

📰 Local News

Read the latest Virginia headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Gainesville Unique

• One of 7 places in the US named Gainesville — but the Virginia one has a character all its own.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in northern Virginia, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 6 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Gainesville

Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Gainesville

• BJ's — american
• Blue Ridge Seafood — seafood
• Buffalo Wild Wings — wings
• CAVA — mediterranean
• Call Your Mother — bagel
• Firebird's Wood Fired Grill — steak house
• IHOP — breakfast
• Mama Mia Pizza — pizza
• Mission BBQ — barbecue
• Musashi Japanese Steakhouse & Seafood — japanese

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Gainesville

• Arlington Outdoor Lab · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Founders Garden · Garden reviews ★
• Rain Garden · Garden reviews ★
• Rollins Ford Park reviews ★
• Welcome Garden · Garden reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Gainesville

• Buckland Mills Elementary
• Bull Run Middle
• Gainesville High
• Gainesville Middle
• George G. Tyler Elementary
• Glenkirk Elementary
• Pace West

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🌤️ Current Weather

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Source: National Weather Service

🗺️ Map of Gainesville

🏘️ Nearby Communities