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Scott's Addition was named because it was a section of the 600-acre property inherited in 1818 by U.S Army General Winfield Scott from his father-in-law, Colonel John Mayo.
The Commonwealth of Virginia is divided into 95 counties and 38 independent cities, which are considered county-equivalents for census purposes. All counties, with the exception of Arlington County, are further subdivided into magisterial districts. [1]
The act appropriated $13.5 million to acquire land and build a parkway on the Virginia shoreline from Mount Vernon to the Great Falls of the Potomac (excluding the city of Alexandria), and to build a parkway on the Maryland shoreline from Fort Washington, Maryland, to the Great Falls of the Potomac (excluding the District of Columbia).
North Potomac is a census-designated place and unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.It is located less than 5 miles (8.0 km) north of the Potomac River, and is about 20 miles (32 km) from Washington, D.C.
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Smith Point, at the mouth of the Potomac River, has been marked by a succession of lights, having been served by three towers, three lightships, a screw-pile lighthouse, and the present caisson structure. The first light, a stone tower, was erected by Elzy Burroughs on Smith Point itself in 1802. Erosion at the point was severe, and the light ...
Windsor is located in southern Isle of Wight County. U.S. Route 460 passes through the center of town, leading southeast 11 miles (18 km) to Suffolk and northwest 47 miles (76 km) to Petersburg. Norfolk is 29 miles (47 km) east of Windsor via US-460 and U.S. Route 58.
Designs for Barton Creek Square were finalized in 1978; Gordon Sibeck, designer of the Windsor Park Mall in San Antonio, was selected as the mall's designer. [7] During construction of the mall, worsening water quality on the nearby Barton Creek and the possibility that the mall's construction could do further damage to the creek prompted daily ...