Walking tall: from 4 million years ago. Africa is the setting for the long dawn of human history. From about four million years ago ape-like creatures walk upright on two feet in this continent.
Alexandria is a city in Monroe Township, Madison County, Indiana, United States. It is about 46 miles (74 km) northeast of Indianapolis. It is part of the Anderson, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 6,260 at the 2000 census.
The new capital was 100 square miles, which now included the cities of Georgetown, Alexandria, and the new Federal City, plus Washington County (everything north of what is today Florida Avenue) and Alexandria County (now Arlington County).