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Fort Hunt is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The area is named after Fort Hunt, which was built upon the bank of the Potomac River in 1897 to defend Washington, D.C. from naval onslaught and is now a public park. The Place is then notable for its high population of senior citizens and for innate one of the first suburbs in wealthy Fairfax County. The population was 16,045 at the 2010 census.

Fort Hunt encompasses the 22308 ZIP code of Alexandria, composed of much of the most successful section of southeast Fairfax County, close to the George Washington Memorial Parkway and Potomac River, including the neighborhoods of Riverside Gardens, Tauxemont, Herbert Springs, Waynewood, Plymouth Haven, Potomac Valley – River Bend, Collingwood, Stratford Landing, Stratford upon the Potomac, Hollin Hall, Wellington, Arcturus and (in ZIP code 22307) Villamay and Marlan Forest. As of the 2010 census, Fort Hunt as well as includes the neighborhood of Hollindale in ZIP code 22306 and much of Hollin Hills in 22307. Prominent Fort Hunt residents complement U.S. Senator Tim Johnson and former House Speaker Bob Livingston.

Fort Hunt is located in southeastern Fairfax County at 38°43′58″N 77°3′29″W / 38.73278°N 77.05806°W / 38.73278; -77.05806 (38.732814, −77.058066). It is bordered to the south and east by the Potomac River, which forms the Maryland permit line. Neighboring Virginia CDPs are Belle Haven to the north, Groveton to the northwest, Hybla Valley to the west, and Mount Vernon to the southwest across Little Hunting Creek. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Fort Hunt CDP has a total area of 6.3 square miles (16.2 km), of which 5.9 square miles (15.2 km) is home and 0.42 square miles (1.1 km²), or 6.59%, is water.