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Laurel Hill is a census-designated place in southern Fairfax County, Virginia, bordered by Lorton to the east and Prince William County to the south.

Laurel Hill was first listed as a census-designated place in the 2010 U.S. census, when it was formed from part of the Lorton CDP.

The community comprises most of what was formerly the Lorton Reformatory grounds, the District of Columbia's prison complex, which Fairfax County purchased in 2002 following the prison's closing and redeveloped as a new suburban community.

Congress transferred the roughly 2,300-acre prison site to Fairfax County in 2002 for $4.2 million, with about 1,200 acres designated as parkland under the county's reuse plan.

The name Laurel Hill was adopted from Laurel Hill House, an 18th-century structure that was originally the home of Revolutionary War patriot William Lindsay and later served as the residence of the Reformatory superintendent.

Laurel Hill's population was 8,307 at the 2020 census, up 21.2 percent from 6,855 in 2010, spread over about 4.5 square miles.

Laurel Hill Park, developed on the former prison farm land, features the Laurel Hill Golf Club, an 18-hole course of more than 7,000 yards that opened in 2005, plus a disc golf course, an equestrian center, community gardens, and about 10 miles of trails.

The 511-acre District of Columbia Workhouse and Reformatory Historic District, which covers much of the old prison campus, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in February 2006.

Former brick reformatory dormitory buildings have been adaptively reused as the Liberty Crest Apartments, a 165-unit community within the Laurel Hill area.

Neighborhoods within Laurel Hill include Laurel Crest, Liberty, and Spring Hill.