Arlington (Virginia) Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
county in Virginia, United States; part of Washington metropolitan area
About Arlington (Virginia)
Arlington and "Old Town" Alexandria form part of the original "ten miles square" which the U.S. Constitution dedicated as theDistrict of Columbia, the nation's capital. It was one of the District's original two counties; Alexandria County was the part on the Virginia side of the Potomac River, and Washington County (present day Washington, D.C.) was the part on the Maryland side. The law creating the District prohibited building government buildings on the Virginia side, leaving it to be used for gambling and other vices. In 1846, as a result of issues relating to congressional representation, worries by Arlington residents that D.C would ban slavery, and an economic downturn as a result of the fact that Federal government offices were located on the northern side of the Potomac River, the
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