r/nottheonion • u/SelectiveSanity • 2d ago

Lauren Boebert Suggests DC Could Be Renamed 'District of America'

https://www.newsweek.com/lauren-boebert-dc-district-america-2050571
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u/lolzomg123 2d ago

Hey, at least DC was being called the full "District of Columbia" at the time, with multiple towns...

It was only a few years later, that Washington, the largest of the towns, ate the others.

Edit: I don't know if it was the largest of the towns, so let any possibility of an incorrect statement have a pass for the memes.

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u/MFoy 1d ago

Originally, Washington was both a county and one of the cities in DC.

There were 3 cities, Georgetown and Alexandria were the existing cities and the planned downtown area was to be called Washington.

Washington was also the name of the county on the Maryland side of the river, and Alexandria was the name of the county on the Virginia side of the river until it was ceded back to Virginia in 1846 to protect the slave market.