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Alexandria, Virginia 22304, Washington Metropolitan Area, Virginia, United States Coordinates 38°49′20″N 77°06′19″W / 38.8223°N 77.1053°W / 38.8223; -77
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.
Rose Hill is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.The population was 20,226 at the 2010 census. [1] Built in the mid-1950s, Rose Hill is the largest of the subdivisions that make up the CDP, which is just southwest of Alexandria; others include Wilton Woods, Burgundy Village, and Winslow Heights.
Arlington County is coextensive with the U.S. Census Bureau's census-designated place of Arlington. Arlington County is the eighth-most populous county in the Washington metropolitan area with a population of 238,643 as of the 2020 census. [2] If Arlington County were incorporated as a city, it would rank as the third-most populous city in the ...
Map of Civil War forts near Alexandria, showing Fort Ward (ca. September 1861) Washington D.C. Fortifications map (1865) Over the seven weeks that followed the occupation of northern Virginia, forts were constructed along the banks of the Potomac River and at the approaches to each of the three major bridges (Chain Bridge, Long Bridge, and Aqueduct Bridge) connecting Virginia to Washington and ...
State Route 210 (SR 210), also known as Ross Clark Circle or simply "The Circle" to locals, is a route overlaid by US 84, US 231, and US 431 encircling Dothan, Alabama in Houston County. For many years, the SR 210 designation appeared on state road maps but was not actually signed as such.
This cactus lives mostly buried in the ground with only its top few centimeters exposed, reach heights of 2–6 centimeters and the same diameter. . There is a cluster of spines on each areole, surrounded by a tuft of white woolly hairs and tightly packed warts are 5–8 millimeters long. The spines are straight and white, often with dark tips ...
Clute is a city in Brazoria County, Texas, United States, within the Houston metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census , the city population was 10,604. The city gained some fame with the discovery of a fossilized mammoth named Asiel.