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GNIS feature ID. 2390578. Website. www.collegeparkmd.gov. College Park is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, [ 3] located approximately four miles (6.4 km) from the northeast border of Washington, D.C. Its population was 34,740 at the 2020 United States census. It is the home of the University of Maryland, College Park .
The written history of College Park, Maryland begins with the early Europeans that settled in the area since the 18th century. After the predecessor of the University of Maryland, the Maryland Agricultural College, was chartered in 1856, a series of neighborhoods developed in the area, also influenced by the deployment of a streetcar along what is now Rhode Island Avenue.
This list is intended to capture the notable benefactors and other people connected with the University of Maryland, College Park, but who were not alumni, unless noted with a year of graduation. Steve Bisciotti (b. 1960), owner of the Baltimore Ravens , benefactor of the athletics program, and personal friend of former men's basketball coach ...
Hollywood, Maryland. Coordinates: 38.345426°N 76.569214°W. Hollywood is an unincorporated community located within St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States. [ 1] It was named in 1867, when a storeowner at Thompson's General Store near the Uniontown section of Hollywood required a name for the post office inside the store.
Old Town is an historic neighborhood of College Park, Maryland. It is roughly bounded by the University of Maryland campus, the B&O Railroad tracks, and US Route 1. The area was plotted out in 1889, and built out over the next several decades, its developers seeking to attract commuters to Baltimore and Washington, DC, and individuals ...
Calvert Hills Historic District. / 38.97444°N 76.93472°W / 38.97444; -76.93472. Calvert Hills Historic District is a national historic district in College Park, Prince George's County, Maryland. It is roughly bounded on the north by Calvert Road, on the east by the Green Line metrorail corridor (the former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ...
The University of Maryland, College Park is also the largest university in both the state and the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. [11] Its 12 schools and colleges offer over 200 degree-granting programs, including 113 undergraduate majors, 107 master's programs, and 83 doctoral programs . [ 12 ]
The National Archives building at College Park held its groundbreaking in 1989 and opened in 1994 on a parcel of campus donated by the University of Maryland, [1] mostly to alleviate space constraints at the aged National Archives Building in Washington, D.C. [2] [3] By that time, the original facility had become incapable of holding further numbers of records transferred in from various ...