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I just felt that pointing out that a place in a state associated with the south being farther south than any point in a state with a more northern association wasn't odd at all.
Now if Wheeling were north of some place in Nebraska, that would be unexpected to most people.
Agreed...
Yet that's what like 2/3 of the posters here are just fascinated by for some reason. "ZOMG some states stretch further north/south or east/west than others"
The city of New York is the only American city that includes land in five counties.
However, the city of Dallas includes land in three counties, plus water in two other counties
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Lewiston, Idaho has the furthest inland port, on the west coast. 465 miles upstream from the Pacific via the Columbia and Snake Rivers. Ocean vessels make the trip to Lewiston and back to the coast.
On a related note, Arlington, VA is of course a county not a city. It might be the only county in the country that is referred to pretty much exclusively in common parlance without "county" added to it. That's primarily because it is a county that contains no municipalities. It has no boroughs, no towns, no villages, not even census-designated places within its borders. It functions as its own municipality.
I'm not aware of any other county like that in the U.S. The boroughs of New York double as (generally ignored) counties but they are part of a larger shared municipality New York. That is also an oddity, but a different kind.
Philadelphia County is also coextensive with the city of Philadelphia.
In North Carolina's Triangle area, the cities of Raleigh, Durham, Cary, and Morrisville all have some land area (city limits) that aren't even in their own MSAs.
The city of New York is the only American city that includes land in five counties.
However, the city of Dallas includes land in three counties, plus water in two other counties
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Good one. Being in 3 counties isn't special though. The other Texas majors are in 3 counties as well.
I would keep an eye on Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Both are in 4 counties apiece and their city boundaries border even more counties. Any annexations there could tie them with New York. Would be weird to think of New York and Tulsa in the same breath.
On a related note, Arlington, VA is of course a county not a city. It might be the only county in the country that is referred to pretty much exclusively in common parlance without "county" added to it. That's primarily because it is a county that contains no municipalities. It has no boroughs, no towns, no villages, not even census-designated places within its borders. It functions as its own municipality.
I'm not aware of any other county like that in the U.S. The boroughs of New York double as (generally ignored) counties but they are part of a larger shared municipality New York. That is also an oddity, but a different kind.
And Virginia Beach is a city even though it has more land area than Fairfax County. I've always thought Fairfax County should amalgamate into a city. It's not like there are any city governments within that would be opposed.
Good one. Being in 3 counties isn't special though. The other Texas majors are in 3 counties as well.
I would keep an eye on Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Both are in 4 counties apiece and their city boundaries border even more counties. Any annexations there could tie them with New York. Would be weird to think of New York and Tulsa in the same breath.
Wisconsin Dells, WI, with only 3,000 people, is in four counties.
Philadelphia County is also coextensive with the city of Philadelphia.
The difference is that Philadelphia is an actual city, so it's just a city that happens to share its borders with the county of the same name. Arlington however is not a city, it's technically a county filled entirely with unincorporated land.
You're right, and it makes sense as residents think of Arlington as the place rather than the county they live in. After all we put Arlington in our address where you normally put your city or town rather than your county. Me saying there's no CDPs within Arlington was mostly meant to further illustrate that there are no 'places' other than Arlington itself within Arlington.
In other words you cannot live in city/town/hamlet X within Arlington County, you just live in Arlington County. That differentiates it from say unincorporated land in Fairfax County where your address will include a 'place name' other than Fairfax County which will also be your answer when someone asks where you live.
So that doesn't contradict the point that Arlington is a county that for all intents and purposes is thought of as a municipality - without being one - if anything it just furthers backs it up.
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