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Takoma Park was founded by Benjamin Franklin Gilbert in 1883 and incorporated in 1890. It was the first planned commuter suburb in the area, and also bore aspects of a spa and trolley park. For many years the Montgomery/ Prince George's County boundary cut through the city, but pursuant to a popular referendum, in 1997 the county line was moved to include all of the city in Montgomery County, including some territory newly annexed to the city at the time. At one time an extension of Interstate 270 was proposed that would have cut the city in two. Sam Abbott and others campaigned to prevent this and were successful.
Takoma Park is located at 38°58'48" North, 77°0'8" West (38.980060, -77.002341) 1.
The city of Takoma Park is just northeast of Washington, D.C. at latitude 38°59' North, longitude 77°0' West. The Takoma Park community (as distinct from the actual incorporated area) spills over the D.C.- MarylandAlternate uses: Maryland (disambiguation Maryland ( In Detail) State nickname: Old Line State; Free State Governor: Robert L. Ehrlich Other U. States Capital Annapolis Largest City Baltimore Area Total Land Water % water Ranked 42nd 32,160 km² 25,338 km² line into the Takoma neighborhood of the District, but the part inside the District is politically separate from the City of Takoma Park and not given an official identity within the District of Columbia. (Benjamin Franklin Gilbert's original planned community included land on both sides of the D.C.-Maryland line.)
According to the United States Census BureauThe United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. Its mission is defined in the Constitution of the United States, which directs that the population be enumerated at least once every te, the city has a total area of 5.5 km²Square kilometre (symbol km is an SI unit of surface area. It is one of the SI derived units. 1 km² is equal to: the area of a square measuring 1 kilometre on each side 1 000 000 m² 100 hectares 0. 386 102 square miles (statute) 247. 105 381 acres Convers (2.1 mi²This article is about the unit of measure. In England, the Square Mile is a traditional name for the City of London. A square mile (symbol sq. or mi is an imperial unit which is the area of a square whose side is one mile (or 5,280 feet). A square mile is). 5.5 km² (2.1 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water, although Sligo CreekSligo Creek is a free-flowing tributary of the Northwest Branch of the Anacostia River, which feeds into the Potomac River and eventually emptys into the Atlantic Ocean via Chesapeake Bay. The creek is approximately 8. 3 statute miles (13. 4 km) long, wit and Long Branch (both tributaries of the Northwest Branch of the Anacostia RiverThe Anacostia River is a river that flows about 8. 5 km) from Prince George's County in Maryland, to cut through from east to south in Washington, DC, where it empties into the Potomac River. The Anacostia River was originally known simply as "the Eastern) flow through the city.