Takoma Park is a city in Montgomery County, Maryland. It is a suburb of Washington, D.C., and part of the Washington metropolitan area. Founded in 1883 and incorporated in 1890, Takoma Park, informally called "Azalea City," is a Tree City USA and a nuclear-free zone. A planned commuter suburb, it is situated along the Metropolitan Branch of the historic Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, just northeast of Washington, D.C., and it borders the neighborhood of Takoma, Washington, D.C. It is governed by an elected mayor and six elected councilmembers, who form the city council, and an appointed city manager, under a council-manager style of government.
Population: 16,715
Latitude: 38° 58' 40.40" N
Longitude: -77° 00' 26.93" W
St. Anselm's Abbey is a Benedictine Abbey located at 4501 South Dakota Avenue, N.E., in Washington, D.C.. It operates the boys' middle and high school St. Anselm's Abbey School, which was ranked by the Washington Post as the most challenging in Wash…
The World War I Memorial is a United States national memorial located at Pershing Park, in Washington, DC. The memorial was established on December 19, 2014, "in honor of veterans throughout the nation who served in that war," and is an official uni…
This is a list of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.
Not to be confused with Prince George County Fire Department (Virginia)
The Ambassador Theater was a theater located at 2454 18th Street and Columbia Road, NW, Washington, DC.
The 1906 Washington DC train wreck occurred on the Metropolitan Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Terra Cotta station in Washington DC on December 30, 1906 at 6:31 in the evening; when a locomotive pulling six empty cars crashed into the …