North Brentwood, Maryland

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North Brentwood, Maryland is a small historic town in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area known as one of the first African American-majority municipalities in Prince George’s County.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf incorporated place
municipality
town
adjacentTo Brentwood, Maryland
Colmar Manor, Maryland
Hyattsville, Maryland NERFINISHED
areaCode 240
301
borderedBy CSX railroad tracks
category Towns in Maryland
Towns in Prince George's County, Maryland
Washington, D.C. metropolitan area
climate humid subtropical climate
country United States
county Prince George's County, Maryland NERFINISHED
elevation 26 meters
85 feet
FIPSCode 24-56725
GNISFeatureID 0590860
governingBody North Brentwood Town Council
governmentType mayor–council government
hasCensusDesignation census-designated place
hasFeature residential neighborhoods
small-town commercial areas
hasHistoricDistrict North Brentwood Historic District
hasHistoricSignificance early 20th-century African American suburban community
hasLandArea approximately 0.1 square miles
approximately 0.26 square kilometers
incorporationStatus incorporated town
isSuburbOf Washington, D.C.
leaderTitle Mayor
locatedIn Washington, D.C. metropolitan area
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locatedOnRiver Northeast Branch Anacostia River
namedFor Brentwood, Maryland
notableFor being one of the first African American-majority municipalities in Prince George's County
NRHPListing North Brentwood Historic District
partOf Gateway Arts District
inner suburbs of Washington, D.C.
populationMajorityGroup African Americans
postalCode 20722
region Mid-Atlantic United States
servedBy Prince George's County Public Schools
settlementType town
state Maryland
timeZoneDST Eastern Daylight Time
transportationAccess U.S. Route 1 nearby
unitPref Imperial

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