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    A History of the Boundaries of Arlington County, Virginia
    A History of the Boundaries of Arlington County, Virginia
    A History of the Boundaries of Arlington County, Virginia
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    A History of the Boundaries of Arlington County, Virginia

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      A History of the Boundaries of Arlington County, Virginia - Arlington

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      County, Virginia, by Office of the County Manager, Arlington

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      Title: A History of the Boundaries of Arlington County, Virginia

      Author: Office of the County Manager, Arlington

      Release Date: July 30, 2011 [EBook #36902]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BOUNDARIES OF ARLINGTON COUNTY ***

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      A HISTORY

      of

      THE BOUNDARIES

      of

      ARLINGTON COUNTY, VIRGINIA

      Office of the County Manager

      Arlington, Virginia

      1967

      THE BOUNDARIES OF ARLINGTON

      1791    1801    184 6    

      1870    1875    191 5    1929    1936&n bsp;   1946    1966

      FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION

      This collection of documentary references to the boundaries of Arlington County was first published in 1957. This new edition contains revisions made in the light of fuller knowledge, and brings the story up-to-date by taking account of the change in the common boundary with the City of Alexandria which went into effect on January 1, 1966.

      This pamphlet can serve as a guide for those who need to know what jurisdiction covered this area at any particular time. It provides information for the student as well as the title searcher—in fact, for anyone interested in the history of what is now Arlington County.

      Bert W. Johnson

      County Manager

      A History of
      The Boundaries of
      Arlington County, Virginia

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      A History of
      The Boundaries of
      Arlington County, Virginia

      It is one of those paradoxes so characteristic of Arlington that the area composing the County did not exist as a separate entity until it was ceded by Virginia to form part of the District of Columbia. The Act by which the Congress of the United States took jurisdiction over this area directed that that portion of the District which had been ceded by Virginia was to be known as the county of Alexandria.[1] (It was not until 1920 that it received the name of Arlington.)[2]

      The present boundaries of Arlington may be described as: Beginning at the intersection of Four Mile Run with the west shore line of the Potomac River, westwardly, in general along the line of Four Mile Run, without regard to its meanders, intersecting the south right-of-way line of the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad, then 1,858.44 feet to where the center line of Shirlington Road intersects the said south right-of-way line; thence south and slightly east to the center line of Quaker Lane, then following the center line of Quaker Lane to a point short of Osage Street in Alexandria where it moves to the north line of Quaker Lane; thence to the east right-of-way line of Leesburg Pike (King Street); thence with this line to the east side of 30th Street, South, in Arlington, northeast on 30th Street, South, to the circle; around said circle to the north side of South Columbus Street, along this line to 28th Street, South, returning for a short distance to Leesburg Pike, jogging east and north to 25th Street, South, and then back to Leesburg Pike; thence along the Pike to the common boundary of Alexandria and Fairfax; thence northeast along the former Alexandria-Fairfax boundary until it intersects the original boundary between Arlington and Fairfax; thence due northwest to a stone and large oak tree approximately 200 feet west of Meridian Avenue (North Arizona Street); thence due northeast to the shore of the Potomac; thence along the mean high water mark of the shore of the Potomac River, back to the point of beginning. This line encloses roughly 16,520 acres, or approximately 25.7 square miles, thus making Arlington the third smallest county in the United States in respect to area.[3]

      The boundaries of this area have been changed many times since it was first sighted by Captain John Smith on his voyage up the Potomac in 1608—the year which can be said to mark the beginning of Arlington's history.

      1608-1789

      The circumstances which placed Arlington in Virginia began to take shape even earlier than 1608. The two companies organized to colonize Virginia were granted their first charter by James I of England on April 10, 1606.[4] This was

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