Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Alexandria is an independent city in the northern region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States.It lies on the western bank of the Potomac River approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of downtown Washington, D.C. Alexandria is the third-largest principal city of the Washington metropolitan area, which is part of the larger Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area.
In the past they also included Norfolk and Alexandria, whose counties changed their names, ostensibly to end some of the confusion; as well as Bedford, where a city was surrounded by a county of the same name from 1968 until 2013, when the city reverted to town status. A city and county that share a name may be completely unrelated in geography.
Present-day Arlington County and most of present-day Alexandria were ceded to the new federal government by Virginia. On July 16, 1790, the Congress passed the Residence Act , which authorized the relocation of the capital from Philadelphia to a location to be selected on the Potomac River by U.S. President George Washington .
Pages for logged out editors learn more. Contributions; Talk; Alexandria County, Virginia
Alexandria: Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense: Alexandria: Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation, formerly the Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA) (OLDCC) Alexandria: United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Alexandria: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Alexandria: National Science Foundation (NSF) Alexandria
The mayor of Alexandria, Virginia serves as the ceremonial head of government of the independent City of Alexandria, Virginia. [1] Elected at large by the voters of the city, the mayor serves a three-year term. The incumbent, Justin Wilson, was first elected in the 2018 election.
The United States District Court in Alexandria will hear a motion on Jan. 5 to dismiss a lawsuit filed by two Virginian activists against the former president that sought to remove him from the ...
A portion of the City of Alexandria—known as "Old Town"--- and all of today's Arlington County share the distinction of having been originally in Virginia, ceded to the U.S. Government to form the District of Columbia, and later retroceded to Virginia by the federal government in 1846, when the District was reduced in size to exclude the ...