Arlington County (name adopted 1920)

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administrative territorial entity county

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

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative territorial entity ⓘ county ⓘ
adjacentTo	Alexandria, Virginia ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Columbia Pike corridor Crystal City ⓘ Fort Myer, Virginia ⓘ surface form: Fort Myer 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	Pentagon ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense headquarters 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	Virginia ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia Northern Virginia ⓘ Washington metropolitan area ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOppositeOf	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
nameAdopted	1920 ⓘ
namedAfter	Arlington House plantation ⓘ surface form: Arlington House
partOf	Washington metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Alexandria County, Virginia
servedByMetroLines	Blue Line ⓘ Orange Line ⓘ Silver Line ⓘ
stateSubdivisionOf	Virginia ⓘ

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