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2007-01-11 17:02:15 · 12 answers · asked by Happy Dude 2 in Travel United States Washington, D.C.

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District of Columbia

It's original shape was a square, set on point like a diamond, 10 miles long on each side lying across the Virginia and Maryland state borders. Virginia got most of it's share back.
There used to be special stone markers along the boundaries every mile. A few are still left.
http://www.dcdar.org/BoundaryStones.htm
This link shows what the original D.C. looked like with all of it's boundary stones in place.
http://www.dcdar.org/BoundaryStoneLocations.htm

2007-01-11 17:05:39 · answer #1 · answered by WindWalker10 5 · 4 0

District of Columbia

2007-01-11 17:05:40 · answer #2 · answered by gopher977 2 · 0 0

It stands for the District of Columbia.

2007-01-11 17:10:55 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 0 0

District of Columbia.

2007-01-11 17:09:26 · answer #4 · answered by GaelicMel 3 · 0 0

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2016-12-12 09:42:44 · answer #5 · answered by kulpa 4 · 0 0

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2007-01-11 17:13:39 · answer #6 · answered by man l 1 · 0 0

District of Columbia. It was formed out of land from two states, Maryland and Virginia. The original "Federal City", before it was named for Washington, It was created to counter the jealousies of many states, who wanted the seat of government in their states.

Originally run by the Federal Government, the District has a mayor and city council government.

2007-01-11 17:11:10 · answer #7 · answered by JOHN B 6 · 1 0

District of columbia

2007-01-11 17:05:43 · answer #8 · answered by Lord Darkfall 2 · 0 0

district of Columbia

2007-01-13 10:43:30 · answer #9 · answered by bubbles 2 · 0 0

it stands for district of columbia

2007-01-13 02:43:21 · answer #10 · answered by Hilary 4 · 0 0

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