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Long Branch is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, bordering the independent city of Fairfax.

The population of Long Branch was 7,890 at the 2020 census, up from 7,593 in 2010.

The community is named for Long Branch, a stream that is a tributary of Accotink Creek, and the census-designated place lies mainly within the stream's watershed.

Long Branch was built during Northern Virginia's housing boom in the early 1960s, as a suburb developed around the Long Branch stream valley.

The census-designated place covers 2.5 square miles, and a much larger version of Long Branch was delineated in the 1970 census with a population of 21,634 across 6.8 square miles.

Long Branch Stream Valley Park runs through the community with a paved trail of about 2.75 miles, and other local green spaces include Rutherford Park, Olde Forge Park, and Smokewood Park.

Four Fairfax County public schools are located inside Long Branch: C. G. Woodson High School, Frost Middle School, Olde Creek Elementary School, and Little Run Elementary School.

Woodson High School, the community's high school, hosts a planetarium on its campus.

Long Branch is bounded by Guinea Road to the east, Braddock Road to the south, Little River Turnpike (State Route 236) to the north, and Burke Station Road to the west.