Welcome to Herndon
Herndon, United States
Sister city to Runnymeade, England and founded in 1879. The Town of Herndon is situated on the western edge of Fairfax County, Virginia on land that was originally patented to Robert “King” Carter, Jr. and Thomas Barnes. The Carter patent contained the majority of the site of Herndon in Fairfax County, while the Barnes land involved a small portion along the Loudoun County line. In 1688, King Charles II of England granted almost 5 and ½ million acres, also known as the Northern Neck to Thomas Culpeper, second baron Culpeper of Thoresway. A very small portion of this immense grant became the land on which Herndon is situated. 2,000 acres of this land were subsequently granted by Thomas Fairfax, sixth baron Fairfax of Cameron (son-in-law of Lord Culpeper) to the Carter and Barnes patents in 1728.