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Article #1148Re: Something I've never understood about virginia
From: Allen Seth Dunn
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 17:08
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 17:08
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"John Gilmer" <gilmer@crosslink.net> wrote in message news:3b2928aa$0$13495@dingus.crosslink.net... > > > ... Note that Stafford and Arlington counties don't even > > have any non-independent cities (Of course, Arlington only switched from > an > > independent city to a county in the 1990s). See below for what I mean by > > non-independent cities. > > Are you sure about Arlington County? It has ALWAYS been Arlington County in > my memory (back to the late 50s). > > Maybe you have confused the fact that the independent cities can ANNEX > portions of adjacent counties. This can be a PITA for a county when it's > nifty new tax paying shopping center becomes part of an adjacent city. > > But since you seem to have facts at hand, what is the EXACT status of Falls > Church? It seems to have taken land from both Fairfax and Arlington > Counties. > > BTW: Arlington County was formed when Congress decided to return the VA > portion of DC back to VA. > Sorry, I was going by that ADC Maps until 5 years ago or so showed Arlington as an incorporated city. My mistake. Allen Seth Dunn
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10a587,5b0e3b77222a0c38 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a587,public X-Google-Thread: 101049,5b0e3b77222a0c38 X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public X-Google-Thread: fb785,5b0e3b77222a0c38 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb785,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-15 10:08:13 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed2.news.rcn.net!feed1.news.rcn.net!rcn!not-for-mail From: "Allen Seth Dunn" <asd_tjf@hotmail.com> Newsgroups: va.general,alt.appalachian,dc.general Subject: Re: Something I've never understood about virginia Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 13:08:06 -0400 Lines: 34 Message-ID: <9gdfcf$hli$1@bob.news.rcn.net> References: <3B254FD7.910A6FE9@removethis.com> <_FeV6.39$9E6.39106@nntp0.chicago.il.ameritech.net> <3b257b5a$0$10406@dingus.crosslink.net> <GqgV6.98$L73.160177@nnrp2.sbc.net> <K0oV6.128463$4x5.20109609@typhoon.kc.rr.com> <3B26A911.75C9EA5D@mnsi.net> <54keitcv2k7lcim9pti41peuretltlsivl@4ax.com> <3b27936a.19878303@news.erols.com> <l47fitgv7chfiuk088n2mp4p6d2qt0cs1o@4ax.com> <3b27a51a.24405963@news.erols.com> <JTWV6.8572$mf6.1726273@typhoon1.ba-dsg.net> <3b28ae7b.5439021@news.bellatlantic.net> <9gb4lu$lu0$1@bob.news.rcn.net> <3b2928aa$0$13495@dingus.crosslink.net> X-Trace: UmFuZG9tSVbxDH2PhfFsCArsjccF0DvV4jD2eUwdppV3VFthTyZvzZ903z7e+QN8 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 15 Jun 2001 17:07:27 GMT X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 X-Priority: 3 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal