Alanton is an older, upscale, residential neighborhood in the northern part of Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Virginia Beach is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia, on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay...

, Virginia

Virginia

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, USA. The community was named for Alan McCullough

Alan McCullough (architect)

Norfolk, Virginia native Alan McCullough Jr. was a 20th century modernist architect who found popularlity after World War II for his Virginia residences. His work in Richmond, Norfolk and the Northern Neck married modern design and planning with local elements like colonial brick and buff-colored...

, a prominent Virginia architect

Architect

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, but developed by his father. It is bordered by Baycliff and Cape Henry Collegiate School

Cape Henry Collegiate School

Cape Henry Collegiate School is an independent coeducational school in Virginia Beach, Virginia....

. Alanton Elementary is located within Alanton. Lynnhaven Middle School and First Colonial High School are the schools zoned for Alanton.