Langley, Virginia
Langley, Virginia | |
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ZIP Codes | 22101–22102 |
GNIS feature ID | 1495816[1] |
Langley is an
The community was essentially absorbed into McLean many years ago,[when?] although there is still a Langley High School.[4] In addition to its roles as a bedroom community for Washington, D.C., and as home to the CIA's headquarters, the area is the site of the Federal Highway Administration's Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center and formerly the Claude Moore Colonial Farm of the National Park Service, now permanently closed.
In popular culture
In the animated series American Dad!, the city of Langley Falls, Virginia, in which the show takes place, is loosely based on Langley, being depicted as a somewhat larger city as well as the headquarters of the CIA, where main character Stan Smith works as an agent.
"Weird Al" Yankovic's song "Party in the CIA" starts with the line "I moved out to Langley recently".
In the expansion to the CD Projekt game Cyberpunk 2077, Phantom Liberty, there is a location of the Military Medical Center located in Langley.
A member of the group of three conspiracy theorist hackers in the hit 90’s television series,
See also
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Langley, Virginia
- ^ The CIA Campus: The Story of Original Headquarters Building
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ISBN 9781439140772. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
[...] Benjamin Mackall, who acquired the Langley estate from the Lee family in 1836.
- ^ "Langley HS Map" (PDF). Fairfax County Public Schools. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 24, 2012. Retrieved October 6, 2008.
External links
- "Why Is It Named Langley, Virginia?"—Ghosts of DC history blog