Re: It's in "Fairfax"!

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From: Susan E. Shoaf
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 1994 12:56

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In article <302798$aig@access2.digex.net> kfl@access.digex.net (Keith F. Lynch) writes:
>In article <30157g$hpg@panix2.panix.com>,
>Peter Kronenberg <pak@panix.com> wrote:
>> But Falls Church is *in* Fairfax County, isn't it?
>
>It is not.
>
>Falls Church, Fairfax City, and Alexandria are independent cities.
>
>Then there's Arlington county, which consists entirely of the city
>of Arlington.

NO! Arlington is only a county. It is not incorporated as a city.

Susan




>All of these were part of Fairfax County a long time ago (before 1790).
>
>The towns of Vienna, Herndon, and Clifton are part of Fairfax County.
>
>Unfortunately, postal addresses don't follow these boundaries very
>well, which is what the first poster was complaining about -- Fairfax
>Hospital is not in the city of Falls Church, but has a Falls Church
>mailing address.
>-- 
>Keith Lynch, kfl@access.digex.com
>
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From: shoaf@helix.nih.gov (Susan E. Shoaf)
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