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Welcome
to the Arlington County, Virginia website, your community on the
Internet. Here you will find valuable information about Arlington
County, Virginia, including coupons, restaurants, shopping, hotels,
local businesses, transportation, real estate, public services,
dining, arts and entertainment, spas, salons, schools, sports,
automotive, banking, shops, healthcare, relocation, travel, tourism,
and vacations in Arlington County, Arlington, Crystal City, Fort
Myer, Rosslyn, South Arlington, Ballston, Clarendon, Shirlington.
Places of interest in Arlington, Virginia include Ronald Reagan
Washington National Airport, Arlington Main Library, Arlington
Visitors Center, Custis Lee Mansion, Pentagon, Arlington Hospital,
Marymount University, Arlington Cemetery, Army Navy Country Club.
Arlington
is located directly across the Potomac River from Washington,
D.C. and is an urban county of about 200,000 residents. Originally
part of the District of Columbia, Arlington County is 26 square
miles and is geographically the smallest county in the United
States. Arlington is also the smallest self-governing county in
the United States It is the location of Arlington National Cemetery
and the Pentagon.
Population
Arlington has no existing incorporated towns because it has a
population density greater than 1,000 persons per square mile.
Its county seat is ArlingtonGR6, which is co-extensive with Arlington
County. The neighborhood of Courthouse is often thought of as
seat by residents. It has an over 86,000 households, and 39,000
families. It has the highest population density of any county
in Virginia. The average household size is 2.15 and the average
family size is 2.96. The median age is 34 years and for every
100 females there are 101.50 males.
Geography
It is bounded on the north by Fairfax County, on the west by the
City of Falls Church, on the south by the City of Alexandria,
and on the east by the Potomac River; across the river is the
City of Washington, DC. A person standing on Memorial Bridge in
Arlington is exactly as far from the Cumberland Gap, Virginia's
western extreme point, as they are from downtown Boston, Massachusetts
-- 394 miles. The three-digit zip code prefix 222 uniquely identifies
Arlington.
Neighborhoods in Arlington
There are numerous unincorporated neighborhoods within Arlington
that are commonly referred to by name as if they were distinct
towns. The county characterizes some of these neighborhoods -particularly
those located at Metro rail stations and other major transportation
corridors - as "urban villages." Arlington includes
a large selection of Sears Catalog Homes, which were offered between
1908 and 1940, Considered to be of exceptional quality, in modern
times, these houses are sought after by many home buyers. As well,
Arlington features some of the first and among the best examples
of post-World War II garden style apartment complexes in the U.S.,
some of which were designed by architect Mirhan Mesrobian. Numerous
residential neighborhoods and larger garden-style apartment complexes
are listed in the National Register of Historic Places and/or
designated as Local Historic Districts including Arlington Village,
Arlington Forest, Ashton Heights, Buckingham, Cherrydale, Claremont,
Colonial Village, Fairlington, Lyon Park, Lyon Village, Maywood,
Penrose, Waverly Hills and Westover.
Transportation
Arlington is the home of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Arlington is served by the Orange, Blue and Yellow lines of the
Washington Metro. Additionally, it is served by Virginia Railway
Express (commuter rail), Metrobus (regional public bus), and a
local public bus system, Arlington Transit (ART). Arlington is
traversed by two interstate highways, Interstate 66 in the northern
part of the county and Interstate 395 in the southern part, both
with high-occupancy vehicle lanes or restrictions. In addition,
the county is served by a number of multi-lane urban arterial
roads and the George Washington Memorial Parkway.
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