Innovation, Virginia

About Innovation

Set in the northern part of Virginia, Innovation is a small unincorporated community.

Officially, Innovation is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 2.89 square miles.

📰 Innovation News Today

• Virginia’s leading research universities unite to advance biomedical innovation Virginia Tech News · Jun 30
• Youth Innovation Event Designed to Inspire Creativity and Friendly Competition City of Virginia Beach (.gov) · May 26
• National IQ's $4M GO Virginia grant will fund an Alexandria innovation lab in Potomac Yard The Alexandria Brief · Jul 7
• Global startups touch down in the Nexus234 Innovation District George Mason University · May 29
• Virginia Dare to Demonstrate Taste Modulation Driving Functional Innovation at IFT First Nutritional Outlook · Jul 1

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Innovation Unique

• The only place in America named Innovation — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• 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

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 3 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Innovation

Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Innovation

• Brooklyn Pizza & Italian Grill — pizza
• Mum Mum Restaurant — thai
• Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
• The Black Sheep Restaurant — regional
• Aka Sushi — japanese
• El Quetzalteco Grill — south american
• El Vaquero West — mexican
• Joe's Yard Dogs
• Kabob Zone — kebab
• Kabul Kabob — kebab

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Innovation

• Bristoe Station Battlefield Heritage Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Cannon Branch Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
• E.G. Smith Baseball Complex reviews ★

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

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Innovation

🏘️ Nearby Communities