Re: It's in "Fairfax"!

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From: John Kennedy
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 1994 11:11

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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.
>

You are right.  In Virginia, no city is in any county it's either/or.
If you are a city, you may be surrounded by a county, but you are not
in its jurisdiction.

>Then there's Arlington county, which consists entirely of the city
>of Arlington.

Now, this would violate the above.  There is no city of Arlington: just
one populous county.

>
>The towns of Vienna, Herndon, and Clifton are part of Fairfax County.
>
Correct.  Towns are in counties.

Virginia may be the only state in the union where cities have this distinction.
-- 
John Kennedy                     johnk@secondsource.com 
Second Source, Inc.
Annapolis, MD

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From: johnk@opel.secondsource.com (John Kennedy)
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Subject: Re: It's in "Fairfax"!
Date: 22 Jul 1994 07:11:51 -0400
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