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In 1870 , the independent City of Alexandria seceded from Alexandria County, and because of the confusion between the city and the county having the same name, a movement started to rename Alexandria County. In 1920 , the name Arlington County was adopted, after '''Arlington House,''' the home of the American Civil War general Robert E. Lee , which stands on the grounds of what is now Arlington National Cemetery . The Town Of Potomac was incorporated as a town in Alexandria County in 1908 . The Town was annexed by the Independent City of Alexandria in 1930 . Arlington County shares with a portion of the independent City Of Alexandria (including the former town of Potomac ) the distinction of being once in Virginia, then ceded to the US government to form the District Of Columbia , and later retroceded to Virginia. SEE ALSO
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