Arlington County (name adopted 1920)

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Arlington County (name adopted 1920) is a highly urbanized county in Northern Virginia, directly across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., known for landmarks such as the Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery.

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Label Occurrences
Arlington County (name adopted 1920) canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity ⓘ
county ⓘ
adjacentTo City of Alexandria, Virginia ⓘ
Fairfax County, Virginia ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
areaCharacteristic one of the smallest counties in the United States by land area ⓘ
borderedByRiver Potomac River ⓘ
contains Air Force Memorial ⓘ
Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
Ballston ⓘ
Clarendon ⓘ
Columbia Pike corridor ⓘ
linked to: Columbia Pike

Crystal City ⓘ
Fort Myer ⓘ
linked to: Fort Myer, Virginia

Long Bridge Park ⓘ
Marine Corps War Memorial ⓘ
Netherlands Carillon ⓘ
Pentagon ⓘ
Pentagon City ⓘ
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport ⓘ
Rosslyn ⓘ
Shirlington ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
countySeat Arlington, Virginia ⓘ
federalPresence major ⓘ
governmentType county board form ⓘ
hasBikeInfrastructure extensive bike lanes and trails ⓘ
hasPublicTransit Washington Metro ⓘ
hosts United States Department of Defense headquarters ⓘ
linked to: Pentagon

numerous federal agencies and defense contractors ⓘ
isHighlyUrbanized true ⓘ
knownFor high educational attainment of residents ⓘ
high median household income ⓘ
smart growth and transit-oriented development ⓘ
locatedIn Commonwealth of Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Virginia

Northern Virginia ⓘ
Washington metropolitan area ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOppositeOf Washington, D.C. ⓘ
nameAdopted 1920 ⓘ
namedAfter Arlington House ⓘ
partOf United States Census Bureau’s Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area ⓘ
populationRankInVirginia one of the most populous counties in Virginia ⓘ
previousName Alexandria County, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Alexandria County
servedByMetroLines Blue Line ⓘ
Orange Line ⓘ
Silver Line ⓘ
stateSubdivisionOf Virginia ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alexandria County → renamedPortion → Arlington County (name adopted 1920) ⓘ