Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] US counties, unincorprated territories<br/>
Date: Nov 07, 2001 @ 01:19<br/>
Author: Andrew T. Patton (&quot;Andrew T. Patton&quot; &lt;andrew@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-654065881">On Tue, 6 Nov 2001 09:38:28 -0800 (PST), you wrote:<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt;The weird exception is Virginia,<br/>
&gt;where when one enters a town or city (incorporated),<br/>
&gt;they actually leave the county!  So technically, a<br/>
&gt;city like Roanoke, which is completely surrounded by<br/>
&gt;Roanoke County, is technically an enclave.<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>When I moved to Virginia, I found this to be very weird. I now live<br/>
next to a section of Fairfax County (that has an enclaved part called<br/>
Fairfax City but which is not part of Fairfax County) called Chantilly<br/>
which is not really a municipality rather just the name of the Post<br/>
Office. <br/>
<br/>
It is also interesting that Cities in Virginia have the power to annex<br/>
land from nearby counties. Alexandria use to be the South part of the<br/>
Virginia Section of DC, But after it was returned back to Virginia it<br/>
annexed land from Fairfax County that doubled its area.<br/>
<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:pithokie@...">pithokie@...</a>, I assume from your email address that you are a<br/>
student or alumni of Virginia Tech. I graduated VT in &#39;96.<br/>
<br/>
-Andrew<br/>
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