Editing Fairfax, Virginia (section)

==Geography==
Fairfax is located close to the geographic center of [[Fairfax County, Virginia|Fairfax County]], at {{Coord|38|51|9|N|77|18|15|W|type:city}} (38.852612, −77.304377). According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|16.3|km2|order=flip}}, of which all but {{convert|0.1|sqkm|order=flip|2}} is land.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US5126496| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Fairfax city, Virginia| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=October 20, 2016}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

While the city is the county seat, a small portion of the county comprising the courthouse complex, the jail, and a small area nearby is itself an exclave of the county within the city.<ref>"[http://www.fairfaxva.gov/cdp/Maps/Maps/Map-ExistingLandUse.pdf Map LU-1 Existing Land Use]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." ''City of Fairfax''. Retrieved on April 4, 2009.</ref><ref name="Fairfaxcitymap">"[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=05000US51600&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on Fairfax city, Virginia] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051218114852/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=05000US51600&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on |date=December 18, 2005 }}." ''[[U.S. Census Bureau]]''. Retrieved on April 4, 2009.</ref><ref name="Courtadd">"[http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/courts/gendist/ Fairfax County General District Court] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331143756/http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/courts/gendist/ |date=March 31, 2009 }}." ''Fairfax County''. Retrieved on April 4, 2009.</ref> Fairfax County's Government Center is west of Fairfax.<ref name="Facilities & Locations">"[http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/government/facilities/ Facilities & Locations] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090322033524/http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/government/facilities/ |date=March 22, 2009 }}." ''Fairfax County''. Retrieved on April 4, 2009.</ref>

=== Water Courses ===
The City is home to the start of the [[Accotink Creek]] and the source of Daniels Run, which flows into Accontink Creek.<ref>[https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/publicworks/sites/publicworks/files/Assets/images/stormwater/watersheds/accotink/11_ac_wmp_appa_ada.pdf Fairfax County Stromwater and Watershed Plan 2008]  retrieved on December 6 2024</ref>