Editing Springfield, Virginia (section)

==Geography==
Springfield is located at {{coord|38|46|45|N|77|11|4|W|type:city}} (38.779238, −77.184636).<ref>"Fairfax County Road Map." Virginia Department of Transportation. 2004.</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of 7.9&nbsp;square miles (20.4&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), of which, 7.9&nbsp;square miles (20.3&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of it is land and 0.04&nbsp;square miles (0.1&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of it (0.49%) is water.

The area is dominated by the interchange of [[Interstate 95 in Virginia|I-95]], [[Interstate 395 (District of Columbia-Virginia)|I-395]], and the [[Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway)|Capital Beltway (I-495)]], known as the [[Springfield Interchange]]. The center of the town is at the intersection of [[Virginia State Route 644 (Fairfax County)|Route 644]] (Old Keene Mill Road / Franconia Road) and [[Virginia State Route 617 (Fairfax County)|Route 617]] (Backlick Road) adjacent to the interchange. A significant commercial district exists around the interchange area, but the rest of the community is primarily residential in character.

According to the U.S. Postal Service, Springfield collectively has four [[ZIP code]]s:

* 22150 (often unofficially referred to as Central Springfield, this is the zip code for the actual Springfield CDP itself.)
* 22151 (North Springfield)
* 22152 (West Springfield)
* 22153 (Burke/West Springfield/Newington Forest)

The following are total area, water area, and land area statistics (in square miles) for the four Springfield zip codes:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=85000US221&-_box_head_nbr=GCT-PH1&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_GCTPH1_ZI1&-format=ZI-1&-_sse=on |title=US Census |publisher=Factfinder.census.gov |access-date=2012-05-14 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212034035/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=85000US221&-_box_head_nbr=GCT-PH1&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_GCTPH1_ZI1&-format=ZI-1&-_sse=on |archive-date=2020-02-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Zip code
!Total area
!Water area
!Land area
|-
!22150
|7.88 sq mi.
|0.01 sq mi.
|7.87 sq mi.
|-
!22151
|5.28 sq mi.
|0.17 sq mi.
|5.11 sq mi.
|-
!22152
|6.16 sq mi.
|0.00 sq mi.
|6.16 sq mi.
|-
!22153
|8.36 sq mi.
|0.06 sq mi.
|8.30 sq mi.
|-
!Total
|28.50 sq mi.
|0.24 sq mi.
|28.27 sq mi.
|}