Apartments for Rent in Arlington, VA (2,166 Rentals)

The history of Arlington is rich in culture and has been a constantly evolving city since the first settlers in the 1840s. At the time when the city was first originally recognized by the USPS in 1877, it was a revenue generating city though rural farming. Arlington was originally named Hayterville, in honor of Rev. Andrew Shannon Hayter, who played a large role in developing a stop in the city between Dallas and Fort Worth for the Pacific Railway Company. The city was renamed to Arlington after General Robert E. Lee’s hometown, because Hayerville was too difficult to pronounce. In 1897, the first two residents graduated from Arlington’s oldest standing college, the University of Texas in Arlington, which remains in session today.