Fort Belvoir

Established 1917
Base Type: Army

About

Fort Belvoir is a United States Army installation and a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It was developed on the site of the former Belvoir plantation, seat of the prominent Fairfax family for whom Fairfax County was named.

Today, Fort Belvoir is home to a number of important United States military organizations. With nearly twice as many workers as The Pentagon, Belvoir is the largest employer in Fairfax County. Fort Belvoir comprises three geographically distinct properties: the main base, Davison Army Airfield, and the Fort Belvoir North Area.

The base was founded during World War I as Camp A. A. Humphreys, named for Union Civil War general Andrew A. Humphreys, who was also Chief of Engineers. The post was renamed as Fort Belvoir in the 1930s in recognition of the Belvoir plantation that once occupied the site. The adjacent United States Army Corps of Engineers Humphreys Engineer Center retains part of the original name.

Fort Belvoir was initially the home of the Army Engineer School. In the 1980s, it was relocated to prior to its relocation in the 1980s to Fort Leonard Wood, in Missouri.

As a result of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission, a substantial number of personnel were transferred to Fort Belvoir, and others were civilians employed there. All major Washington, DC-area National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) facilities, including those in Bethesda, MD; Reston, VA; and Washington, DC, were consolidated at a new facility, the NGA Campus East, situated on the former Engineer Proving Ground site.

Directions

From Washington DC (1-95 South)

If you are traveling south on 1-95, take the Fairfax Parkway/Backlick Road (286) exit 166 A.
Take the Fairfax County Parkway to its end at U.S. Rt. 1 (Richmond Highway.)
Turn left.
At the first light, on the right, is the entrance for Tulley Gate on to Fort Belvoir.
Tulley Gate is the main entrance to the post for visitors. All visitors without a Department of Defense ID card must use Tulley Gate which is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
For information about gate access

From Richmond (1-95 North)
If you are traveling north on 1-95 North, take the Fort Belvoir Exit 161 B. (U.S. Rt 1 — Richmond Highway)
You will travel five miles to Fort Belvoir.
Continue through the light at the Fairfax County Parkway (286). At the next stop light, on the right side you will see the entrance for Tulley Gate, turn right.

Quick Reference

Belvoir Chapel
5950 12th St,
Fort Belvoir, VA 22060
(703) 806-4318

Dining Facility
6021 Abbot Road, Bldg.1822
(703) 805-2836

Barden Education Center
9625 Belvoir Rd, Belvoir, VA 22060
(703) 805-9264

Equal Opportunity
9725 Belvoir Road, Building 1000
Fort Belvoir, VA 22060
(703) 805-2006

Public Affairs
9820 Flagler Road Fort
Belvoir, VA 22060-5932
(703) 805-5001

Office of the Staff Judge Advocate
9990 Belvoir Dr,
Fort Belvoir, VA 22060
(703) 805-2856

Post Office
5875 21st St,
Fort Belvoir, VA 22060
(800) 275-8777

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