It lies along Virginia State Highway 236, west of Annandale, east of the independent city of Fairfax and southwest of Merrifield.

[1] To the east lies Northern Virginia Community College Annandale Campus.

[1] The Jewish Community Centre of Northern Virginia also lies in the northeastern part of Doveville.

It also contains the Wilbert Tucker Woodson High School, the largest building in the community.

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