About Huntington
Huntington is a small unincorporated community in northeastern Virginia.
Huntington holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.13 square miles.
📰 Huntington News Today
- Huntington organizers to hold citywide signature drive for ‘Get the Flock Out’ ballot initiative West Virginia Watch · Aug 18
- Huntington residents launch ‘Rolling Rally’ citywide canvass to ban Flock cameras WTAP · Aug 17
- Huntington Avenue in Huntington shut down for large water main break WUSA9 · Aug 13
- 9 Best Places To Call Home In West Virginia In 2026 WorldAtlas · Aug 17
- Man wanted for 2025 homicide in Detroit arrested by U.S. Marshals in West Virginia WDTV 5 · Aug 12
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Huntington Unique
- One of 10 places in the US named Huntington — 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 northeastern Virginia, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Easy reach of Alexandria (2 mi) — commute to the city, live where it's calm.
📍 Neighborhoods in Huntington
📍 Alexandria Historic District📍 Burgundy Village📍 Eisenhower East📍 Fair Haven📍 Governors Grove📍 Jefferson Manor📍 Oak Park📍 Penn Daw📍 Penn Daw Village📍 Spring Bank
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Huntington
- 2 Jefes Tex-Mex — mexican
- Akeno Sushi Bar
- Alice Cocktail Bar — thai
- Andy's Pizza — pizza
- Applebee's — american
- Asian Bistro — asian
- Augie's Mussel House and Beer Garden — seafood
- Ben'Yays — american (café)
- Bob and Edith's — diner
- Bob and Edith's Diner
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- African American Heritage Park Sculpture · Attraction
- Chuck E. Cheese
- Friendship Fire Station · Museum
- George Washington Masonic National Memorial · Attraction
- Lyceum Museum · Museum
- National Inventors Hall of Fame and Museum · Museum
- Versailles Art & Rugs · Art gallery
- Freedom House Museum · Museum
- Geodesic Dome · Attraction
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Huntington
- Alexandria African American Heritage Park reviews ★
- Belle Haven Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Biscayne Park reviews ★
- Buchanan Park reviews ★
- Burgundy Park reviews ★
- Farrington Park reviews ★
- Heritage Hill Park reviews ★
- Hunter Miller Park reviews ★
- Jefferson Manor Park reviews ★
- King Street Gardens Park reviews ★
- Lenclair Park reviews ★
- Limerick Street Recreational Field reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateVirginia
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area1.13 sq mi
Coordinates38.7913, -77.0735