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dc .gov. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly called Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. [13] The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with Maryland to its north and east. Washington, D.C., was named for George Washington, a ...
Federal Triangle. Foggy Bottom. Georgetown. Sheridan-Kalorama. Logan Circle. Mount Vernon Square (Part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 6) Penn Quarter. Shaw (Parts of the neighborhood are also in Ward 1) Southwest Federal Center.
Washington, D.C., legally named the District of Columbia, in the United States of America, was founded on July 16, 1790, after the inauguration of City of Washington, the new capital of the country. The area given to District of Columbia, was originally 100 square miles (259 km 2) ceded by the states of Maryland and Virginia in accordance with ...
Connecticut Avenue. / 38.96861°N 77.07722°W / 38.96861; -77.07722. Connecticut Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., and suburban Montgomery County, Maryland. It is one of the diagonal avenues radiating from the White House, and the segment south of Florida Avenue was one of the original streets ...
Long Bridge is the common name used for three successive bridges connecting Washington, D.C., to Arlington, Virginia, over the Potomac River. The first was built in 1808 for foot, horse and stagecoach traffic, and bridges in the vicinity were repaired and replaced several times in the 19th century. The current bridge was built in 1904 and ...
Pages in category "Suburbs of Washington, D.C." The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. ... Capitol Heights, Maryland; Chevy Chase (town), Maryland;
Civil War Monuments in Washington, DC: SE, NE, Upper NW, and Central. Capitol Hill Historic District: SE, NE, and Central. Dumbarton Bridge: Upper NW and Western NW. East Corner Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia: SE and NE. Massachusetts Avenue Historic District: Upper NW and Western NW. Mount Vernon Square Historic District ...
Map showing the location of Washington, D.C. in relation to its bordering states of Maryland and Virginia Washington, D.C. is located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States at 38°53′42″N 77°02′11″W / 38.89500°N 77.03639°W / 38.89500; -77.03639 , the coordinates of the Zero Milestone , on The Ellipse