Wikipedia explains: The City of Washington was originally a separate
municipality within the Territory of Columbia until an
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Organic_Act_of_1871>act
of Congress in 1871 effectively merged the City and the Territory
into a single entity called the District of Columbia. It is for this
reason that the city, while legally named the District of Columbia,
is known as Washington, D.C. Based on this you would enter
Washington District of Columbia as the City with no county or state
and USA as the Country. However, I think I would use Washington as
the city, District of Columbia as the County or State and USA as the Country.
AniMap Sitefind states Washington as the City, District of Columbia
as the County and DC as the State but I don't think that's any legal
description, just an easy way to find it.
I believe the Geo Locator in Legacy states: Washington, District of
Columbia, District of Columbia, USA (or maybe this is something I
inadvertently added)
For short location I have entered: Washington, DC.
Cathy Vallevieni
Orange County, CA
At 06:58 AM 1/31/2009, you wrote:
What is the correct way to enter Washington D.C. as a long and a
short location?
Jim
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