Chapter IV: Appendix: Annexation of 1915

Text of the order of the Supreme Court of Appeals setting the area to be annexed by Alexandria as of April 1, 1915:

"1st. That the following territory in Fairfax County be, and the
same is hereby annexed to the City of Alexandria, to
wit:--Beginning at a point in mid-channel of Hunting Creek
southward of Alexandria Water Company's pumping station with the
east side of a lane, called Robert's Lane; running thence
northwardly with the east line of said Lane, extended, and with the
east line of said Lane to the south side of the Little River
Turnpike; thence across the Little River Turnpike in the same
direction to the extreme west corner of Shooter's Hill section of
George Washington Park sub-division; thence with the west boundary
of said Shooter's Hill section to the corner of said Shooter's Hill
section and Section No. 2 of said sub-division; thence with the
west boundary of said Section No. 2 of said sub-division to a point
on the south side of Janney's Road fifty (50) feet west from the
intersection of the south side of Janney's Road and the west side
of the Leesburg Turnpike; thence continuing to about 25 degrees
east to the old District of Columbia line, being the dividing line
between said Fairfax County and Alexandria County; and thence
southwestwardly with the said old District line to Jones Point on
the Potomac River; thence southwardly down the said River to the
mid-channel of Hunting Creek: thence with the meanderings of the
mid-channel of Hunting Creek up stream, to the point of
beginning.... 2nd. That the following described territory in
Alexandria County be, and the same is, hereby annexed to the City
of Alexandria: Beginning at the northwest corner of the present
city boundary, and extended said line westwardly, in the same
course until it intersects with the north side of the Braddock
Road; thence southwardly, to the Old District line at the northwest
corner of the land annexed from Fairfax County; thence with the
said old District line southeastwardly to the southwest corner of
the present city boundary about twenty feet west of Hooff's Run;
thence following the western boundary line of the present city to
the northwest corner of the present boundary line of the city and
the point of beginning.... And it is further ordered that the
boundary lines of the City of Alexandria after annexation shall be
as follows: Beginning in the Potomac River at the northeast corner
of the present boundary of the City of Alexandria and following the
present north boundary line of the City of Alexandria to the
northwest corner of the City, thence prolonging said line in the
same direction until it intersects with the north side of the
Braddock Road; then southwardly to a point on the south side of
Janney's Lane fifty (50) feet from the west side of Leesburg
Turnpike; thence southwardly along the west boundary line of George
Washington Park subdivision to the Alexandria Water Company
property and reservoir; thence southwardly with the west line of
Alexandria Water Company's property to the north side of the Little
River Turnpike; thence across the Little River Turnpike and with
the east side of Robert's Lane and continuing with the east side of
Robert's Lane extended to the mid-channel of Hunting Creek; thence
downstream with the meandering of the mid-channel of Hunting Creek
to the Potomac River, thence up the Potomac River to Jones Point
and thence with the west side of the Potomac River to the point of
beginning, the northeast corner of the present boundary of the City
of Alexandria."

_Annexation of 1929_

Text of the order of the Supreme Court of Appeals setting the area to be annexed by Alexandria as of December 31, 1929:

"Beginning at the intersection of the north corporate limits of
Alexandria Virginia with the west shore of the Potomac River,
thence extending N. 80 deg. 39' W. along said north boundary line to
the northwest corner of the corporate limits as the same was
established prior to the year 1915; thence with the line as
established March 22, 1915, and continuing said north corporate
line N. 80 deg. 39' W., 4,353.86 feet to a set stone at the corner on
the north side of the Braddock Road within the subdivision of
Northwest Alexandria; thence S. 30 deg. 11' W., 1,892.20 feet to the
intersection with the line separating Fairfax and Arlington
Counties; thence with the line of said two counties N. 45 deg. 02' 50"
W., 6,434.88 feet to a point in the center line of the Braddock
Road (having passed over an original milestone in said county line
at 3,244.70 feet); thence following along the center line of said
Braddock Road, S. 84 deg. 22' 30" E., 264.20 feet to a point where said
Braddock Road is intersected by the southwardly projection of the
Seminary Road: thence departing from said Braddock Road and
following along the center line of said Seminary Road the following
courses: N. 5 deg. 02' 30" E. 811.50 feet, N. 22 deg. 46' 30" E. 611.05
feet, N. 1 deg. 23' W., 1,551.40 feet, N. 20 deg. 03' E. 319.13 feet, N.
19 deg. 48' E. 385.49 feet, N. 37 deg. 45' W. 183.32 feet, N. 2 deg. 57' E.
140.89 feet, N. 28 deg. 00' E. 165.41 feet, N. 5 deg. 59' E., 145.83 feet
N. 13 deg. 47' W. 436.37 feet, N. 9 deg. 02' W. 1,447.08 feet, and N. 2 deg.
10' 30" E. 274.90 feet to the point where said center line of said
Seminary Road intersects the south right-of-way line of the
Washington and Old Dominion Railway; thence with said south
right-of-way line S. 77 deg. 39' 30" E., 1885.80 more or less, to the
center line of the channel of Four Mile Run; thence down the
mid-channel line of said Four Mile Run following the meanderings
thereof as the same passes under the Washington Virginia Railway
(now the Mount Vernon, Alexandria and Washington Railway) the
Washington and Alexandria Road, and extending to the intersection
of the said Run with the Potomac River; thence following along the
west shore line of said Potomac River southwardly to the point of
beginning."

_Boundary Adjustment 1966_

Text of the description of the new Arlington-Alexandria boundary in effect on January 1, 1966, by mutual agreement:

"A line beginning at a point on the common boundary between Fairfax
County and the City of Alexandria, Virginia, said point being in
the existing right of way of Route #7 and is further defined as
point #134 having Virginia State Coordinates of N. 431,495.42 and
E. 2,395,581.64 as shown on a map recorded with a deed of
annexation in Deed Book 332, page 559, of the land records of the
City of Alexandria, Virginia; thence running along said common
boundary N. 55 deg. 50' 10" E., 69.09 feet to the boundary corner #135
whose coordinates are N. 431,534.22 and E. 2,395,638.81, said point
#135 also being shown on the aforementioned boundary map; thence
still running with the last mentioned course and across Route #7
1.29 feet (70.38 feet in all) to a point having coordinates N.
431,534.94 and E. 2,395,639.88; thence running N. 09 deg. 13' 10" E.
0.69 feet to a point lying on the northerly side of Route #7, 40
feet from same and having coordinates N. 431,535.62 and E.
2,395,639.99; thence running along the northerly side of Route #7
S. 66 deg. 38' 20" E., 96.13 feet to a point of curvature whose
coordinates are N. 431,497.50 and E. 2,395,728.24 thence continuing
with said northerly side of Route #7 and its extension and
following the arc of a curve to the right whose radius is 2331.83
feet and whose chord and chord bearing are 810.17 feet and S. 56 deg.
38' 05" E. respectively, for an arc distance of 814.30 feet to a
point on the extension of the northerly side of 25th Street, and
whose coordinates are N. 431,051.93 and E. 2,396,404.88; thence
running along said extension and thence with the northerly side of
said street N. 50 deg. 54' 13" E., 39.53 feet to a point of curvature
whose coordinates are N. 431,076.86 and E. 2,396,435.56; thence
following the arc of a curve to the right whose radius is 115.60
feet and whose chord and chord bearing are 42.17 feet and N. 61 deg.
24' 48" E. respectively, for an arc distance of 42.41 feet to a
point of tangency whose coordinates are N. 431,097.04 and E.
2,396,472.59; thence continuing along 25th Street N. 71 deg. 55' 23" E.
220.00 feet to a point whose coordinates are N. 431,165.30 and E.
2,396,681.73; thence turning and running across 25th Street and
thence along the common boundary between lots #503 and #5 of