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Arlington County is an urban county of about 203,000 residents in the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the U.S., directly across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. [1] Formerly part of the District of Columbia, the land now comprising the county was retroceded to Virginia in a July 9, 1846, act of Congress that took effect in 1847.
Despite being a county, it is considered a Central City of the Washington, D.C. area by the Census, along with neighboring Washington and Alexandria. It is usually rendered "Arlington" or "Arlington, Virginia" by people and the media. At a land area of 26 square miles, it is geographically the smallest self-governing county in the United States. Arlington was ranked as the most educated city in 2006 by CNN Money. Among the top 100 cities (having a population of 50,000+) with high percentages of Master's/Doctorate degree holders, only the smaller cities of Bethesda and Arlington
are higher in the D.C. area, with Alexandria the closest in overall population size.
It is the location of Arlington National Cemetery, Washington National Airport, and the Pentagon.
Arlington National Cemetery
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Main article: Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery is an American military cemetery established during the American Civil War on the grounds of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's home, Arlington House (also known as the Custis-Lee Mansion). It is directly across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., north of the Pentagon. With nearly 300,000 people buried there, Arlington National Cemetery is the second-largest national cemetery in the United States.
According to
U.S. Postal Service, Arlington has 25 ZIP codes:
22201, 22202, 22203, 22204, 22205, 22206, 22207, 22209, 22210, 22211, 22212, 22213, 22214, 22215, 22216, 22217, 22218, 22219, 22222, 22223, 22225, 22226, 22227, 22229, 22230, 22234, 22240, 22241, 22242, 22243, 22244, 22245, 22246
