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Arlington County, Virginia

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69historic places

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1801formed

238,643pop. 2020

33cemeteries

2CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 69 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 6 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Arlington, Alexandria, Bailey's Crossroads.

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 Arlington titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

23 of 69 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

69 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Al's Motors	Arlington	Building	2003
Arlington Forest Historic District	Arlington	District	2005
Arlington Heights Historic District	Arlington	District	2008
Arlington House Historic District	Arlington		2014
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial	Arlington	Building	1966
Arlington National Cemetery Historic District	Arlington	District	2014
Arlington Ridge Park	Arlington	Site	2009
Arlington Village Historic District	Arlington	District	2003
Ashton Heights Historic District	Arlington	District	2003
Aurora Highlands Historic District	Arlington	District	2008
Ball-Sellers House	Arlington	Building	1975
Barcroft Community House	Arlington	Building	1995
Benjamin Banneker: SW 9 Intermediate Boundary Stone NHL	Arlington	Object	1976
Buckingham Historic District	Arlington	District	1999
Buckingham Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Arlington	District	2004
Buckingham Historic District Boundary Increase		District	2010
Calvert Manor	Arlington	Building	1997
Carlin Hall	Arlington	Building	1993
Cherrydale Historic District	Arlington	District	2003
Cherrydale Volunteer Fire House	Arlington	Building	1995
Claremont Historic District	Arlington	District	2006
Clarendon School	Arlington	Building	1999
Colonial Village	Arlington	Building	1980
Columbia Forest Historic District	Arlington	District	2004
Crossman, George, House	Arlington	Building	2003
Dominion Hills Historic District	Arlington	District	2012
Drew, Charles Richard, House NHL	Arlington	Building	1976
Fairlington Historic District	Arlington	District	1999
Fort C. F. Smith Historic District	Arlington	District	2000
Fort Ethan Allen	Arlington	Site	2004
Fort Myer Historic District NHL	Arlington	District	1972
Georgetown Pike	Arlington	Structure	2012
Glebe Apartments	Arlington	Building	2020
Glebe Center	Arlington	Building	2004
Glebe, The	Arlington	Building	1972
Glebewood Village Historic District	Arlington	District	2004
Glencarlyn Historic District	Arlington	District	2008
Gray, Harry W., House	Arlington	Building	2004
Highland Park-Overlee Knolls	Arlington	District	2011
Hume School	Arlington	Building	1979
Lee Gardens North Historic District	Arlington	District	2004
Lomax African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Arlington	Building	2004
Lyon Park Historic District	Arlington	District	2003
Lyon Village Historic District	Arlington	District	2002
Maywood Historic District	Arlington	District	2003
Monroe Courts Historic District	Arlington	District	2008
Northwest No. 1 Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia	Arlington	Object	1991
Northwest No. 2 Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia	Arlington	Object	1991
Penrose Historic District	Arlington	District	2004
Pentagon, The (Additional Documentation) NHL	Arlington	Building	1989
Pentagon, The (Boundary Increase) NHL	Arlington	Building	2023
Quarters 1, Fort Myer NHL	Arlington	Building	1972
Saegmuller House	Arlington	Building	2003
Southwest No. 4 Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia	Alexandria	Object	1991
Southwest No. 5 Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia	Arlington	Object	1991
Southwest No. 6 Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia	Bailey's Crossroads	Object	1991
Southwest No. 7 Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia	Fairfax	Object	1991
Southwest No. 8 Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia	Arlington	Object	1991
Stratford Junior High School	Arlington	Building	2004
US Post Office-Arlington	Arlington	Building	1986
Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington	Arlington	Building	2014
Virginia Heights Historic District	Arlington	District	2008
Walter Reed Gardens Historic District	Arlington	District	2003
Washington National Airport Terminal and South Hangar Line	Arlington	Building	1997
Waverly Hills Historic District	Arlington	District	2004
West Cornerstone	Falls Church	Object	1991
Westover Historic District	Arlington	District	2006
Windsor Apartments	Arlington	District	2021
Winslow, Earle Micajah, House	Arlington	Building	2011

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Arlington was formed in 1801 (1801-02-27) from FAIRFAX (Va.

ALEXANDRIA (now ARLINGTON) created from FAIRFAX (Va.) as one of two original counties when the federal government established a circuit court for the seat of national government, now called the District of Columbia.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Arlington County population from 1800 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
5,949	9,703	9,967	12,652	17,546	6,430	16,040	57,040	135,449	163,401	152,599	189,453	238,643

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).

Site	Type	Dist.
Arlington House	Park unit	2.4 km
Theodore Roosevelt Island	Park unit	3.7 km
LBJ Memorial Grove	Park unit	4.3 km
Korean War Veterans Memorial	Park unit	4.7 km
Vietnam Veterans Memorial	Park unit	4.8 km
Washington Monument	Park unit	5.8 km
President's Park (White House)	Park unit	5.9 km
National Mall and Memorial Parks	Park unit	6.0 km
Ford's Theatre National Historic Site	Park unit	6.8 km
African American Civil War Memorial National Memorial	Park unit	7.7 km
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Park unit	8.4 km
Rock Creek Park	Park unit	8.5 km
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site	Park unit	10.2 km
Glen Echo Park	Park unit	10.3 km
Clara Barton National Historic Site	Park unit	10.5 km
Anacostia Park	Park unit	10.7 km
National Capital Parks-East	Park unit	11.2 km
Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm	Park unit	11.7 km
Fort Dupont Park	Park unit	12.7 km
Fort Foote Park	Park unit	13.8 km
Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens	Park unit	13.9 km
Harmony Hall	Park unit	17.0 km
Fort Washington Park	Park unit	19.7 km
Piscataway Park	Park unit	20.8 km
Greenbelt Park	Park unit	21.2 km

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

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

33 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 33 of 33 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Arlington National Cemetery	38.8792	-77.07218
Ball - Carlin Cemetery	38.86328	-77.12586
Ball Family Graveyard (historical)	38.88261	-77.11053
Basil Halls Family Graveyard (historical)	38.89039	-77.12803
Berry-Whitehead Family Graveyard (historical)	38.85317	-77.09831
Birch - Campbell Graveyard	38.90544	-77.12677
Birch - Payne Family Graveyard	38.8974	-77.15687
Birch Family Graveyard (historical)	38.91122	-77.14498
Calloway Cemetery	38.89609	-77.12922
Columbia Gardens Cemetery	38.87382	-77.09952
Corbett Family Graveyard (historical)	38.85206	-77.09609
Custis Burying Ground	38.87817	-77.07442
Deuterman Family Graveyard	38.85095	-77.09726
Donaldson Family Graveyard	38.88345	-77.10859
Donaldson Family Graveyard (historical)	38.91317	-77.10776
Harrison Family Graveyard (historical)	38.89956	-77.11442
Hicks Family Graveyard (historical)	38.89761	-77.12609
Lomax AME Zion Church Cemetery	38.84756	-77.08206
Marcey Family Graveyard (historical)	38.90567	-77.1122
Mary Randolph Grave	38.88372	-77.0722
Mills Family Graveyard (historical)	38.87872	-77.11026
Minor Family Cemetery (historical)	38.90706	-77.14998
Mount Olivet Cemetery	38.88909	-77.11982
Pelham Family Graveyard (historical)	38.90678	-77.11887
Phillips Family Graveyard	38.8982	-77.16043
Saint Charles School Cemetery	38.88538	-77.0997
Shelley Graveyard (historical)	38.87095	-77.10359
Southern - Shreve Family Graveyard	38.88016	-77.12763
Syphax Family Graveyard	38.86983	-77.07498
Tomb of the Unknown Solider	38.87637	-77.07216
Walker Chapel Cemetery	38.92183	-77.12815
Winslow-Whiting-Wilson Family Graveyard (historical)	38.90122	-77.14776
Wunder Family Graveyard (historical)	38.89956	-77.11942

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
East Arlington	38.87345	-77.0622

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.

Battlefield	Study acres	Dist.	Site ID
Fort Stevens	6,604	11.0 km	DC001
Dranesville	1,264	24.6 km	VA007

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

Historical markers

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