Herndon grew at the stroke of midnight on Aug. 31, 2015.

“Effective midnight on August 31, 2015, the western boundary line of the Town of Herndon was officially adjusted to encompass 2.4 acres of land located in Loudoun County. The remainder of the 4.25 square mile town is located in Fairfax County,” according to Herndon documents.

“The land had been in the town but also in Loudoun County. The court decision clarifies that the town has jurisdiction over use of the land,” according to Anne Curtis, Herndon spokesperson.

A special court appointed by the Virginia Supreme Court, as a result of a joint petition filed by both the town and Loudoun County, made the boundary clarification.

The relevant land measures exactly 2.43118 acres. That sliver officially clarifies the town’s western boundary at the eastern line of Rock Hill Road, off of Rte. 606.

The land is not zoned for residential use and is currently used by the town for storage and public works facilities.

THE ADJUSTMENT GIVES the Town jurisdiction over use of the acreage, although it has no “immediate practical implications for the town,” according to Town documents.

“The Town of Herndon has always been, and will continue to be, located in Fairfax County,” said Mayor Lisa Merkel. “The decision of the court, which the town and Loudoun County worked together to petition, simply clarifies the town’s ability to appropriately use land within our boundary,” she said. “We greatly appreciate Loudoun County’s collaboration with us on this petition and their general cooperative spirit as our immediate western neighbor.”

HERNDON TOWN COUNCIL approved a boundary line adjustment at its Aug. 11, 2015 public hearing.

Last month’s action added a home at the end of Monroe Street into the town.

That house and its 1.1178 acres of land “lies on the town’s border in such a way that the real estate appears to be in the town,” according to Herndon Town Council documents.

The Town and Fairfax County Board of Supervisors cooperated so that the homeowner “receives sanitary sewer service from Fairfax County and water, refuse, recycling, public street and snow removal, bulk pick up and leaf and yard waste removal from the Town of Herndon.”

The homeowners had expressed the desire to have their real estate incorporated into the Town of Herndon.

The Town of Herndon was incorporated by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia on January 14, 1879 and is the third largest town in the Commonwealth and is home to more than 23,000 citizens.