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McLean ( The densely populated community of McLean, located between the George Washington Parkway and the town of Vienna , is known for its many upscale homes, as well as its shopping and upscale malls, including the nearby Tysons Corner Center and Tysons Galleria . McLean is home to many diplomats, members of Congress and high-ranking federal government officials, entrepreneurs and service businesses partially attributable to its proximity to Washington, D.C. and the Central Intelligence Agency . It is also the location of Hickory Hill , the home of Justice Antonin Scalia , and the former home of Ethel Kennedy , the widow of Robert F. Kennedy . Several major companies are or have been headquartered in McLean including Booz Allen Hamilton ; Capital One ; Cardinal Bank ; Freddie Mac ; Gannett ; Hilton Hotels Corporation ; Mars ; MicroStrategy ; Primus Telecom ; Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC); Sunrise Senior Living , and USA Today . It is also the location where Apple Inc. opened their first retail store in 2001. HistoryThe community received its name, McLean, from John Roll McLean , the former publisher and owner of The Washington Post , who, with Stephen Benton Elkins and French aristocrat Jean-Pierre Guenard, built in 1906 the electrified Great Falls and Old Dominion Railway (later the Washington and Old Dominion Railway ), which connected the area with Washington, D.C. McLean named a railroad station after himself where the rail line (traveling 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 merged. [ edit ] GeographyMcLean is located at
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