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Alexandria (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 38 48 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 38.8000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 077 02 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -77.0333 decimal degrees |
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Note: On Potomac River; part of District of Columbia 1791-1847 & seat of state's government during Civil War; developed as political & tobacco trade center 19th cen., but was superseded by growth of Washington DC; neaby is Washington's home, Mount Vernon. |
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| Alexandria (preferred,C,V)
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............ | since 1749 |
| Belhaven (H,V)
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............ | from 1731 until renamed after original land owner John Alexander in 1749 |
| Chincoteague Creek (C,V)
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| Gincatic Creek (C,V)
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| Guicatic Run (C,V)
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled in 1695 |
| city (C) |
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since 1852 |
| manufacturing center (C) |
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produces refrigerator cars, fertilizers, chemicals & lumber products |
| cultural center (C) |
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| military center (H) |
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for Federal troops during Civil War |
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