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2. College Park, Maryland - Wikipedia

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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 .

3. University of Maryland, College Park - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

4. History of College Park, Maryland - Wikipedia

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   Army workers carrying the wreck of the Wright brothers plane at the College Park airport in 1911. In 1909 the College Park Airport was established by the United States Army Signal Corps to serve as a training location for Wilbur Wright to instruct military officers to fly in the US government's first airplane. Civilian aircraft began flying ...

5. National Archives at College Park - Wikipedia

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   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 United States which is located in ...

6. College Park Airport - Wikipedia

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   College Park Airport ( IATA: CGS, ICAO: KCGS, FAA LID: CGS) is a public airport located in the City of College Park, in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. It is the world's oldest continuously operated airport. [2] The airport is located south of Paint Branch and Lake Artemesia, east of U.S. Route 1 and the College Park Metro ...

7. History of the University of Maryland, College Park - Wikipedia

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   The history of the University of Maryland, College Park began in 1856, when the Maryland Agricultural College was chartered. The state took complete control of the school in 1916, and consequently the institution was renamed Maryland State College. In a massive 1988 restructuring of the state higher education system, the school was designated ...