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Alexandria County

former country once part of Virginia and the District of Columbia, United States
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Alexandria County

Summary

Alexandria County is a county of the United States[1]. It draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_the_united_states category, ranking #9 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • Alexandria County is located in District of Columbia[3].
  • Alexandria County is located in Virginia[4].
  • Alexandria County is in the country of United States[5].
  • Alexandria County's instance of is recorded as county of the United States[6].
  • Alexandria County's instance of is recorded as county of Virginia[7].
  • Alexandria County's instance of is recorded as former administrative territorial entity[8].
  • Alexandria County's shares border with is recorded as Washington County[9].
  • Alexandria County was followed by Arlington County[10].
  • Alexandria County's Commons category is recorded as Alexandria County, Virginia[11].
  • 1801 marks the founding of Alexandria County[12].
  • February 27, 1801 marks the founding of Alexandria County[13].
  • Alexandria County was dissolved in March 16, 1920[14].
  • Alexandria County's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 38.880277777778, 'longitude': -77.108333333333, 'precision': None}[15].
  • Alexandria County's described at URL is recorded as https://hdl.handle.net/2027/loc.ark:/13960/t9t15s56m[16].
  • Alexandria County's described by source is recorded as Memorial of the Citizens of the Country Part of Alexandria County to the Virginia House of Assembly[17].
  • Alexandria County's different from is recorded as Alexandria[18].
  • Alexandria County's different from is recorded as Alexandria[19].

Body

Geography

Alexandria County is in the country of United States[5]. Located in include District of Columbia[3], a federal district[20], in United States[21], founded in 1790[22] and Virginia[4], an U.S. state[23], in United States[24], founded in 1788[25].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include county of the United States[6], county of Virginia[7], and former administrative territorial entity[8].

History and Context

Recorded inception include 1801[12] and February 27, 1801[13].

Why It Matters

Alexandria County draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_the_united_states category, ranking #9 of 5).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . arlingtonva.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . arlingtonva.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . arlingtonva.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . arlingtonva.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . arlingtonva.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . arlingtonva.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. Retrieved . digital.newberry.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Digital Public Library of America. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . arlingtonva.us. Retrieved . arlingtonva.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 16d ago · Mxn · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Followed by → Arlington County
    Viaf cluster id → 124371244
    National library of israel j9u id → 987007553078505171
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