Dahlgren Center

About Dahlgren Center

The United States Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), named for Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren, is located in King George County, Virginia, near the largest fleet concentration area in the Navy. NSWCDD is part of the Naval Surface Warfare Centers under the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). NSWCDD was established on 16 October 1918 as Lower Station, Dahlgren Naval Proving Ground, a remote extension of Maryland's Indian Head Proving Ground. The site was chosen so that naval guns and other high-powered munitions could be tested by firing shells into the Potomac River.

The NSWCDD employs about 4,700 scientists, engineers and support personnel at the Dahlgren organization and more than 350 at NSWCDD DNA. In 2008, Panama City Coastal Systems Station at the Naval Support Activity Panama City was moved out of Dahlgren Division to become its own NSWC division.

The base where NSWCDD is located was renamed the Naval Support Activity Dahlgren (NSA Dahlgren) in 2003 when Naval Installations Command assumed base operating functions, leaving NSWCDD as an installation tenant; the names NSWCDD or NSWC are still commonly used to refer to the base. There are a few other major tenant commands on the base such as the Joint Warfare Analysis Center and the Aegis Training and Readiness Center (ATRC) involved in the training and development for the Aegis Combat System, and training and development for other future shipboard combat systems. NSF Dahlgren was home to Naval Space Surveillance System Command (NAVSPASUR) until that function was transferred to the Air Force in 2004. In 2006, the installation's name was changed to Naval Support Facility Dahlgren when it was merged by Naval District Washington with Naval Support Activity Indian Head under Naval Support Activity South Potomac.

The base is recognized by the Census Bureau as a census-designated place (CDP), Dahlgren Center. Its population as of the 2010 census was 599. It is distinct from the CDP of Dahlgren, Virginia, to the west.

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Living in Dahlgren Center

Median household income

$96,000

Median rent

$1,941/mo

Median age

25.5

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Dahlgren Center, VA population

Dahlgren Center had 724 residents in the 2020 Census.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial Census.

Dahlgren Center at a glance

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Towns near Dahlgren Center

• Dahlgren2.0 mi W
• Colonial Beach5.5 mi S
• King George9.3 mi SW
• Rock Point, MD10.9 mi E
• Cobb Island, MD11.0 mi SE
• Fairview Beach11.6 mi W
• Port Tobacco Village, MD12.2 mi N
• La Plata, MD14.7 mi N
• Port Royal15.0 mi SW
• Pomfret, MD16.2 mi N
• Charlotte Hall, MD16.2 mi NE
• Mechanicsville, MD16.6 mi NE

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