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Alexandria (City port of entry)

a city, port of entry, and county-seat of Alexandria co., Va.; on the Potomac river, the Pennsylvania and Southern railroads and trolley line connecting with Washington, D. C., and Mt. Vernon; 6 miles S. of Washington.

The river here expands to the width of a mile, and gives the city an excellent harbor that will accommodate the largest ships. The city is an important trade center; has manufactures aggregating $20,000,000 in value annually; and is noted for its educational institutions, which include Washington High School, Potomac, Mt. Vernon and St. Mary's Acade Academies, and, near by, the Theological Seminary and High School of the Diocese of Virginia (Protestant Episcopal).

There are two National banks, public school property valued at $35,000, and daily and weekly periodicals. General Braddock made his headquarters here in 1755, and Colonel Ellsworth was shot in the Marshall House, while removing a Confederate flag, in 1861. Pop. (1910) 15,329; (1920) 18,060.