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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 .
College Park Airport was established in August 1909 by the United States Army Signal Corps to serve as a training location for Wilbur Wright to instruct two military officers to fly in the government's first airplane. Leased on August 25, the first airplane, a Wright Type A biplane, was uncrated and assembled on October 7.
umd .edu. The University of Maryland, College Park ( University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. [9] Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of Maryland. [10] It is also the largest university in both the state and the Washington, D.C ...
National Archives at College Park. Coordinates: 39°00′04″N 76°57′34″W. "Archives II," a newer research and storage facility of the National Archives, in the Maryland suburbs of Washington. The National Archives at College Park (also known as "Archives II") is a major facility of the National Archives and Records Administration of the ...
The National Archives Site is an archeological site at the National Archives facility in College Park, Prince George's County, Maryland. The site contains archeological remains from prehistoric settlements during the Late Archaic period, c. 4000-1500 B.C. Stone artifacts recovered through archeological testing indicate that this camp served as ...
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 ...
College Park–University of Maryland station. / 38.9784; -76.9282. College Park–University of Maryland station is a Washington Metro station in Prince George's County, Maryland, on the Green Line. It also serves MARC 's Camden Line, though only select trains stop at the station. The station is located in College Park near the University of ...