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Alexandria city, Virginia

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51historic places
—earliest paper
1902formed
159,467pop. 2020
5cemeteries
1CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 51 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 7 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Alexandria (Independent City), Alexandria.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Virginia is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Alexandria city titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

27 of 51 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

51 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Alexandria Canal Tide LockAlexandria (Independent City)Site1980
Alexandria City HallAlexandria (Independent City)Building1984
Alexandria Historic District NHLAlexandria (Independent City)District1966
Alexandria National CemeteryAlexandria (Independent City)Site1995
Alexandria Union StationAlexandria (Independent City)Building2013
Alfred Street Baptist ChurchAlexandria (Independent City)Building2004
Appomattox StatueAlexandria (Independent City)Object2017
Bank of AlexandriaAlexandria (Independent City)Building1973
Bank of Potomac. Executive Office and Governor's Residence of the Restored Government of VirginiaAlexandriaBuilding2025
Bayne-Fowle HouseAlexandria (Independent City)Building1986
Beulah Baptist ChurchAlexandria (Independent City)Building2004
Bruin's Slave JailAlexandria (Independent City)Building2000
Carlyle HouseAlexandria (Independent City)Building1969
Christ Church NHLAlexandria (Independent City)Building1970
Contrabands and Freedmen CemeteryAlexandria (Independent City)Site2012
Davis ChapelAlexandria (Independent City)Building2004
Fairfax-Moore HouseAlexandria (Independent City)Building1991
Ford, President Gerald R., Jr., House NHLAlexandria (Independent City)Building1985
Fort WardAlexandria (Independent City)Site1982
Franklin and Armfield Office NHLAlexandria (Independent City)Building1978
Gadsby's Tavern NHLAlexandria (Independent City)Building1966
George Washington High SchoolAlexandriaBuilding2021
George Washington Masonic National Memorial NHLAlexandria2015
Goodman, Charles M., HouseAlexandria (Independent City)Building2013
Hepburn, Moses, RowhousesAlexandria (Independent City)Building2004
Ivy Hill CemeteryAlexandriaSite2025
Johnson, Dr. Albert, HouseAlexandria (Independent City)Building2004
Jones Point Lighthouse and District of Columbia South CornerstoneAlexandria (Independent City)Structure1980
Lee, Robert E., Boyhood HomeAlexandria (Independent City)Building1986
Lee-Fendall HouseAlexandria (Independent City)Building1979
Lloyd HouseAlexandria (Independent City)Building1976
Lyceum, TheAlexandria (Independent City)Building1969
Mount Vernon Memorial HighwayAlexandria (Independent City)Structure1981
Oakland Baptist CemeteryAlexandriaSite2018
Odd Fellows HallAlexandria (Independent City)Building2004
Old Dominion Bank BuildingAlexandria (Independent City)Building1980
Orange and Alexandria Railroad Hooff's Run BridgeAlexandria (Independent City)Structure2003
Parkfairfax Historic DistrictAlexandria (Independent City)District1999
Presbyterian Meeting House, OldAlexandria (Independent City)Building2001
Protestant Episcopal Theological SeminaryAlexandria (Independent City)Building1980
Rosemont Historic DistrictAlexandria (Independent City)District1992
Seaton, George Lewis, HouseAlexandria (Independent City)Building2004
Southwest No. 1 Boundary Marker of the Original District of ColumbiaAlexandria (Independent City)Object1991
Southwest No. 2 Boundary Marker of the Original District of ColumbiaAlexandria (Independent City)Object1991
Southwest No. 3 Boundary Marker of the Original District of ColumbiaAlexandria (Independent City)Object1991
St. Paul's Episcopal ChurchAlexandria (Independent City)Building1985
Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary ShopAlexandria (Independent City)Building1982
Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Shop NHLAlexandria (Independent City)Building
Swann-Daingerfield HouseAlexandriaBuilding2019
Town of PotomacAlexandria (Independent City)District1992
Uptown-Parker-Gray Historic DistrictAlexandria (Independent City)District2010

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Alexandria (Ic) was formed in 1902 (1902-07-10) from unknown / original county.

Alexandria made an independent city from ALEXANDRIA (now ARLINGTON).

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Alexandria city population from 1900 to 2020 (Census historical series).

159k87k15k19001920196020002020
19001920194019501960198020002020
14,52818,06033,52361,78791,023103,217128,283159,467

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
George Washington Memorial ParkwayPark unit1.9 km
Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill FarmPark unit6.9 km
Arlington HousePark unit7.0 km
LBJ Memorial GrovePark unit7.2 km
Fort Foote ParkPark unit7.5 km
Korean War Veterans MemorialPark unit8.2 km
Vietnam Veterans MemorialPark unit8.6 km
Theodore Roosevelt IslandPark unit8.7 km
Washington MonumentPark unit8.9 km
National Mall and Memorial ParksPark unit9.0 km
President's Park (White House)Park unit9.5 km
Frederick Douglass National Historic SitePark unit9.9 km
Ford's Theatre National Historic SitePark unit10.0 km
Harmony Hall Park unit10.8 km
Anacostia Park Park unit11.5 km
African American Civil War Memorial National MemorialPark unit11.9 km
National Capital Parks-East Park unit12.1 km
Fort Washington ParkPark unit13.0 km
Piscataway ParkPark unit14.1 km
Thomas Stone National Historic SiteNational Historic Site32.4 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

5 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 5 of 5 listed
NameLatLon
Alexandria National Cemetery38.80181-77.05815
Contraband and Freedmen Memorial Cemetery38.79448-77.05017
Ivy Hill Cemetery38.81751-77.07321
Saint Mary's Cemetery38.79414-77.04767
Shuters Hill Cemetery38.80567-77.07442

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

BattlefieldStudy acresDist.Site ID
Fort Stevens6,60416.8 kmDC001

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

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