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Arlington County is a county located in the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia, directly across the Potomac River from Washington, DC.
As of 2000, the population is 189,453. Its county seat is the census-designated place of Arlington 6. Strictly speaking, it is inaccurate to refer to a city or town of Arlington. All cities within the Commonwealth are independent of counties, though normally towns may be incorporated within counties. However, Virginia law prevents the creation of any municipality within a county that has a population density greater than 1,000 persons per square mile, which Arlington County (and its neighbor, Fairfax County) exceeds.
There are numerous unincorporated neighborhoods within Arlington County that are commonly referred to by name as if they were distinct towns, and characterized by the county as "urban villages." These include:
There are also numerous neighborhoods which are largely residential, including:
Arlington is bisected by the east-west street Arlington Boulevard, which divides streets into "north" and "south" designations; east-west streets are numbered, radiating outwards from Arlington Boulevard; and north-south streets are alphabetical, turning over with syllables, starting from "charles" (C-one-syllable) to "arizona" (A-four-syllables). However, since Arlington is very hilly, it is common for streets to terminate and continue later on in another location; making it one of the most confusing places to navigate.
A number of arterials radiate from the Arlington Cemetery area, including Lee Highway, Jefferson Davis Highway (a.k.a. U.S. Highway 1United States Highway 1 is a United States highway which parallels the east coast of the United States. It runs 2390 miles from Key West, Florida in the south to Fort Kent, Maine at the Canadian border in the north. It parallels Interstate 95, although fo, Arlington Boulevard (a.k.a. U.S. Highway 50United States Highway 50 is an east-west United States highway. As the "0" in its route number suggests, US 50 is a coast-to-coast route, or at least nearly so. Signs at both termini give the Maryland to California distance as 3073 miles, though the exact), Wilson Boulevard, and Columbia Pike. Some have a more concentric design, like Glebe Road, and George Mason Drive.
Arlington County is a part of the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan AreaThe Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area is the metropolitan area consisting of Washington, DC, Baltimore, Maryland, and parts of Northern Virginia, Central Maryland, and Eastern West Virginia. Officially, the area is designated the Washington-Baltimore.
Arlington is located at 38°52'49" North, 77°6'30" West (38.880344, -77.108260) 1. It is bounded on the north by Fairfax County, on the west by the City of Falls ChurchFalls Church is an independent city located in Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 10,377. This city is a part of the Washington-Baltimore Metropolitan Area. A much larger number of people reside in Greater Falls Church and, 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.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 67 km˛ (26 mi˛). 67 km˛ (26 mi˛) of it is land and 0 km˛ (0 mi˛) of it is water. The total area is 0.35% water.
Arlington County is the smallest county in the commonwealth, and is one of the smallest in the United States.
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