What is the history of McLean, Virginia?

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The community received its name from John Roll McLean, the former publisher and owner of The Washington Post, who, with Stephen Benton Elkins, built in 1906 the electrified Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad Great Falls and Old Dominion Railway (later the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad Washington and Old Dominion Railway), which connected the area with Washington, D.C. McLean named a station after himself where the rail line (travelling on the present route of Old Dominion Drive) crossed the old Chain Bridge Road. The community itself was founded in 1910, when the communities of Lewinsville and Langley, VirginiaLangley merged. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLean%2C_Virginia

The community received its name from John Roll McLean, the former publisher and owner of The Washington Post, who, with Stephen Benton Elkins, built in 1906 the electrified Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad Great Falls and Old Dominion Railway (later the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad Washington and Old Dominion Railway), which connected the area with Washington, D.C. McLean named a station after himself where the rail line (travelling on the present route of Old Dominion Drive) crossed the old Chain Bridge Road. The community itself was founded in 1910, when the communities of Lewinsville and Langley, VirginiaLangley merged. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLean%2C_Virginia

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