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Franconia is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, located just southwest of Alexandria.

The population of Franconia was 18,943 at the 2020 census, up from 18,245 in 2010 and 15,382 in 2000.

Franconia has existed as a community since the 1870s, when a station by that name opened on the RF&P Railroad, but it only began to develop into its present suburban form in the 1950s.

The community takes its name from Frankhonia Farm, a roughly 190-acre farm whose land Alexandria merchant William Fowle purchased in 1859; in 1871 his son sold 18 acres to the Alexandria and Fredericksburg Railway Company for a station named after the farm.

The Franconia station also served as the Garfield Post Office from 1881 to 1890 and again from 1898 to 1907, and regular rail service at Franconia Station was discontinued around 1953.

According to the Census Bureau, the Franconia CDP covers 3.5 square miles and extends south to just north of the Fort Belvoir border, encompassing neighborhoods such as Manchester Lakes and Windsor Estates, with Alexandria ZIP codes 22310 and 22315.

Before the Civil War, Franconia Road was the main route wagons took bringing tobacco to the port at Alexandria.

The Franconia Museum, founded in 2001 and located in the Franconia Governmental Center, preserves the community's history with artifacts, books and pictures tracing local life from the early 1900s onward.

Franconia is anchored by the Franconia-Springfield station, the southern terminus of Metro's Blue Line and also a Virginia Railway Express stop, connecting residents directly to Washington, D.C.

Schools serving Franconia include Edison High School, John R. Lewis High School, Key Middle School and Mark Twain Middle School, and the nearby Lee District — now Franconia District — Park and Recreation Center offers trails, sports fields and an aquatic center.