“Arlingtonite” is the name of an inhabitant of Arlington, Texas. The name “Arlingtonite” has been cited in print since at least 1907.
An inhabitant of Arlington has also been called an “Arlingtonian” (cited in print since at least 1912).
Wikipedia: Arlington, Texas
Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas (USA) within the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area. According to the 2010 census results, the city had a population of 365,438, making it the third largest municipality in the Metroplex. Arlington is the seventh-largest city in Texas and the 50th largest city in the United States.
Located approximately 12 miles (19 km) east of downtown Fort Worth and 20 miles (32 km) west of downtown Dallas, Arlington is home to the University of Texas at Arlington, the Texas Rangers’ Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Cowboys Stadium, the International Bowling Campus (which houses the United States Bowling Congress, International Bowling Museum and the International Bowling Hall of Fame), the headquarters for American Mensa, and the theme parks Six Flags Over Texas (the original Six Flags) and Hurricane Harbor. The city borders Kennedale, Grand Prairie, Mansfield and Fort Worth, and surrounds the smaller communities of Dalworthington Gardens and Pantego. Arlington is the headquarters of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region IV.
Arlington is also the largest city in the state that is not a county seat.
26 February 1907. Fort Worth (TX) Telegram, “Arlington News,” pg. 8, col. 3:
Friday evening the following merry Arlingtonites formed a theatrical party and made the trip to Fort Worth, where they enjoyed Tim Murphy in his production of “A Corner in Coffee”: ...
21 September 1935, Dallas (TX) Morning News, sec. 1, pg. 2, col. 5:
Arlingtonites Hurt
As Cars Driven by
Uncle, Nephew Hit
16 December 1956, Grand Pairie Texan (Grand Prairie, TX), pg. 8, col. 3:
Arlington Women
Take Honors in
Week’s Golf Event
Two Arlingtonites took the honors in the blind bogey of the Women’s Golf Association this week.
10 April 1973, Dallas (TX) Morning News, pg. 5D, col. 1:
Arlingtonite
On Revision
Commission
WBAP News/Talk 820AM & 96.7FM
February 16, 2010
The Arlingtonian
Is that what we call ourselves? Or, is it Arlingtonites?
The former seems more appealing. But, I remember some newspaper columnist years ago trying to get Dallasites to call themselves Dallasians – a la Parisians?
It didn’t stick.
Checking the city web site (http://www.ci.arlington.tx.us), seems the official city newsletter calls itself a “Newsletter for Arlingtonites”. But also found a couple of references to “Arlingtonians”, too.
So, guess we can call ourselves whatever we want, eh?
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
Recent entries:
•“Welcome to growing older. Where all the foods and drinks you’ve loved for years suddenly seem determined to destroy you” (4/17)
•“Date someone who drinks with you instead of complaining that you drink” (4/17)
•“Definition of stupid: Knowing the truth, seeing evidence of the truth, but still believing the lie” (4/17)
•“Definition of stupid: Knowing the truth, seeing the evidence of the truth, but still believing the lie” (4/17)
•“Government creates the crises so it can ‘rescue’ you with the loss of freedom” (4/17)
More new entries...
Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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