Editing Mantua, Virginia

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'''Mantua''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Fairfax County, Virginia|Fairfax County]], [[Virginia]], United States. Mantua is a [[bedroom community]] serving as a suburb to the [[Washington, D.C.]] metropolitan area. Most of the homes in Mantua were built between the 1950s and the 1980s.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}} The population was 7,503 at the 2020 census.<ref name="cdpquickfacts">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/mantuacdpvirginia|title=QuickFacts: Mantua CDP, Virginia|access-date=12 January 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>

==Geography==
Mantua is located in central Fairfax County at {{coord|38|51|7|N|77|15|28|W|type:city}} (38.852012, &minus;77.257675).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is bordered to the west by the city of [[Fairfax, Virginia|Fairfax]], to the north by [[Merrifield, Virginia|Merrifield]], to the east by [[Woodburn, Fairfax County, Virginia|Woodburn]], to the southeast by [[Wakefield, Fairfax County, Virginia|Wakefield]], and to the south by [[Long Branch, Fairfax County, Virginia|Long Branch]]. The northern border of the CDP follows [[U.S. Route 50]] (Arlington Boulevard), the southern border follows [[Virginia State Route 236]] (Little River Turnpike), and the eastern border follows Prosperity Avenue. The [[Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway)|Capital Beltway]] (Interstate 495) is {{convert|2|mi|0}} to the east, and downtown Washington is {{convert|14|mi}} to the east.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the Mantua CDP has a total area of {{convert|6.2|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.06|sqkm|order=flip}}, or 0.91%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US5149144| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Mantua CDP, Virginia| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=October 12, 2016}} {{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> [[Accotink Creek]], a tributary of the [[Potomac River]], flows through the northern part of the CDP, and Crook Branch, a tributary of Accotink Creek, flows through the southern part.

==History==
===Texaco oil leak===
An [[oil terminal|oil distribution plant]], located {{convert|2000|ft|meters}} west of the community along [[Pickett Road]] in [[Fairfax City]], was found in 1990 to have leaked approximately 200,000 gallons (approximately 4,700 barrels) of [[Petroleum product|petroleum]] into {{convert|22|acres|km2}} of the soil and groundwater of the Crook Branch watershed.<ref name="epacleanup">{{cite web|url=https://www.epa.gov/hwcorrectiveactioncleanups/hazardous-waste-cleanup-motiva-enterprises-llc-fairfax-terminal-formerly|title=Hazardous Waste Cleanup: Motiva Enterprises LLC - Fairfax Terminal (Formerly: Star Enterprise) in Fairfax City, Virginia|website=U.S. Environmental Protection Agency|access-date=3 April 2024|date=3 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="epasb1998">{{cite report|url=https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2015-11/documents/motiva_star_sb.pdf|title=Statement of Basis: Star Enterprise Terminal, Pickett Road Facility, Fairfax, Virginia|publisher=EPA Region III|location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|date=April 1998|access-date=11 January 2023}}</ref>{{rp|4}}  At the time, the distribution plant was owned in part by a subsidiary of [[Texaco]].<ref name="epasb1998">{{cite report|url=https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2015-11/documents/motiva_star_sb.pdf|title=Statement of Basis: Star Enterprise Terminal, Pickett Road Facility, Fairfax, Virginia|publisher=EPA Region III|location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|date=April 1998|access-date=11 January 2023}}</ref>{{rp|4}}  The oil leakage may have occurred over up to twenty-five years,<ref name="kyriakos">{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/counties/fairfax/longterm/wwlive/mantua.htm|title=Mantua: After the Oil Spill, Life Is Good Again|last=Kyriakos|first=Marianne|date=5 August 1995|website=The Washington Post|access-date=11 January 2023}}</ref> as the distribution plant had opened in April 1965.<ref name="epacleanup"/><ref name="shuman">{{cite book|last=Shuman|first=Sue Kovach|title=Mantua|series=Images of America|year=2021|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|location=Charleston, South Carolina|isbn=978-1-4671-0674-0|lccn=2021930020}}</ref>{{rp|96}}  Four families were evacuated,<ref name="kyriakos"/> and approximately 100 homes were connected to public water and sewer lines.<ref name="roanoketimes">{{cite news|url=https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/ROA-Times/issues/1995/rt9505/950514/05150001.htm|title=Fairfax Community Lives to Fight Oil Underground|author=CNB|newspaper=The Roanoke Times|page=A4|edition=Metro|date=14 May 1995|access-date=11 January 2023|via=Virginia Tech University Libraries}}</ref>  The [[Environmental Protection Agency]] (EPA) directed the installation of a "pump-and-treat" [[groundwater remediation]] system, which was augmented in 2000 by digging of horizontal infiltration wells, intended to wash contaminated groundwater into the remediation system.<ref name="epacleanup"/>  [[Storm sewer]]s in the area were checked for leaks and relining was performed to prevent further contamination of surface water.<ref name="epasb1998"/>{{rp|9}} By 2013, a four-year temporary shutdown test had shown that [[benzene]] and [[methyl tert-butyl ether|methyl ''tert''-butyl ether]] vapor intrusion in homes directly above the contaminated groundwater plume calculated from [[sub-slab soil vapor]] sampling did not exceed the screening limit,<ref name="Fan2013">{{cite web|last=Fan|first=Andrew|url=https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2016-09/documents/motivaenterprises_shutdownsystemplan.pdf|access-date=3 April 2024|date=29 May 2013|title=Permanent Shut Down Plan for the Offsite Remediation System Motiva Fairfax Terminal|website=U.S. Environmental Protection Agency}}</ref> and that groundwater contamination east of the distribution plant had fallen to levels controllable by natural degradation.  The offsite remediation system was removed by 2016, but cleanup at the distribution plant is ongoing.<ref name="epacleanup"/>  The oil distribution plant remains in operation as of 2023 using nine reinforced<ref name="epasb1998"/>{{rp|6}}<ref name="shuman"/>{{rp|106}} surface tanks,<ref name="epacleanup"/> despite objections that community members<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1992/04/23/residents-demand-shutdown-of-fairfax-city-tank-farm/1f9d02a1-7c82-4a0c-b859-ae1867cd8270/|date=23 April 1992|last=Davis|first=Patricia|title=Residents Demand Shutdown of Fairfax City Tank Farm|website=The Washington Post|access-date=11 January 2023}}</ref> and a task force appointed by Governor [[L. Douglas Wilder]]<ref name="roanoketimes"/> had raised at the time the leak was being investigated.  All underground tanks have since been removed and piping for trucks to discharge oil residual into at the loading rack was installed in 1991:<ref name="epasb1998"/>{{rp|6}} both the underground tanks and the loading rack had been suspected sources of the leak.<ref name="roanoketimes"/> Groundwater in the Crook Branch watershed continues to be tested annually by the EPA and storm sewers are inspected for cracks.<ref name="Fan2013"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1990= 6804
|2000= 7485
|2010= 7135
|2020= 7503
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="cdpquickfacts"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-48.pdf|title=Virginia: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=12 January 2023|date=July 2012|id=CPH-2-48}}</ref>{{rp|48}}
}}
As of the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], there were 7,135 people, 2,628 households, and 1,936 families residing in the CDP. The [[population density]] was 3,031.0 people per square mile. There were 2,766 housing units at an average density of {{convert|716.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 73.5% [[White American|White]], 19.7% [[Asian American|Asian]], 2.6% [[African American]], 0.3% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 1.2% from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|other races]], and 2.7% from two or more races. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanics and Latinos]] of any race were 6.2% of the population.<ref name="Census2010">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2008-02-13/pdf/E8-2667.pdf|title=Census Designated Place (CDP) Program for the 2010 Census – Final Criteria|date=February 13, 2008|work=[[Federal Register]] (Volume 73, Number 30)|accessdate=March 31, 2016}}</ref>

The median age was 46.1 years. 25.6% of the population was under the age of 18, 6.3% was 18 to 24, 18.6% was 25 to 44, 31.7 was 45 to 64, and 17.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the community was 48.2% male and 51.8% female.<ref name=Census2010/>

The median income for a household in the CDP was $112,008. About 3.8% of families and 5.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 6.6% of those under the age of 18 and 7.2% of those 65 and older.<ref name=Census2010/>

==Education==
===Primary and secondary schools===
====Public schools====
The Mantua/Frost/Woodson School Pyramid is highly desired. Mantua's former principal, Jan-Marie Fernandez, was awarded the "2010 National Distinguished Principal for Virginia" and Woodson HS is ranked #280 in U.S. News & World Report's National Rankings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia/districts/fairfax-county-public-schools/woodson-high-school-20458|title=W.T. Woodson High School |website=Usnews.com|access-date=2022-01-31}}</ref>

The community is served by the [[Fairfax County Public Schools]]. Schools serving Mantua include:<ref name="MantuaSchools">"[http://www.mantua.org/about/schools.htm Schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731000043/http://www.mantua.org/about/schools.htm |date=2013-07-31 }}." ''Mantua''.</ref>

Elementary schools serving Mantua include:
* [http://www.fcps.edu/MantuaES/ Mantua Elementary School]
* [http://www.fcps.edu/FairhillES/ Fairhill Elementary School]

Secondary schools serving Mantua include:
* [[List of Fairfax County Public Schools middle schools#Frost Middle School|Frost Middle School]]
* [[Wilbert Tucker Woodson High School|Woodson High School]]

In addition, some Frost students may gain acceptance to [[Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology]], often ranked in the top five high schools in America.

====Private schools====
<ref>"[http://www.mantua.org/about/private.htm Private/Parochial Schools] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071220001057/http://www.mantua.org/about/private.htm |date=2007-12-20 }}." ''Mantua''.</ref>
Nearby private schools include:
* [http://www.gesher-jds.org/ Gesher Jewish Day School of Northern Virginia] (K-8)
* [http://www.stambroseschool.org/ St. Ambrose Catholic School] (K-8)

==Notable residents==
*[[Gerry Connolly]], member of the [[United States House of Representatives]]
*[[Stephen E. Gordy]], member of the [[Virginia House of Delegates]]<ref>Gordy-Fairfield Heats Chilly Night in Fairfax City, ''Washington Post,'' Patricia Davis, October 10, 1985</ref>
*[[Augusto and Michaela Odone]], subjects of the 1992 film ''[[Lorenzo's Oil]]'' starring [[Nick Nolte]] and [[Susan Sarandon]]
*[[Lorenzo Odone]], notable [[Adrenoleukodystrophy|ALD]] patient

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Mantua, Virginia}}
* [http://www.mantua.org Mantua.org]

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