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ID: 7015769
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7015769
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Arlington (county)  Arlington (county)

Coordinates:
Lat: 38 52 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 38.8667  decimal degrees
Long: 077 06 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -77.1000  decimal degrees

Note: One of nation's smallest counties; contains no incorporated places; ceded to Federal Government 1789 & later became part of District of Coloumbia; returned to Virginia 1846; contains Arlington National Cemetery & the Pentagon complex.

Names:
Arlington (preferred,C,V)  ............ since 1920
Arlington County (C,O)
Arlington county (C,O,display)
Bellehaven (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Virginia (state)  ............  Virginia (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Arlington (county)  ................  Arlington (county) (P)

Place Types:
county (preferred, B)  ............  since ca. 1926
second level subdivision (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Arlington..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) 1:561
....................  National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-)
....................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS51034580
Arlington County..........  [FDA]
.............................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Arlington county..........  [VP]
.............................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Bellehaven..........  [VP]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 561
Subject: .....  [FDA, VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 561; 1:561
..................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
..................  National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-)
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS51034580
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)

 

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