Brookeville, Maryland

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Brookeville, Maryland is a small historic town in Montgomery County best known for briefly serving as the U.S. capital for a day during the War of 1812.

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Brookeville, Maryland canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic district
town
areaCode 240
301
areaLandSquareMiles 0.12
areaTotalSquareMiles 0.12
areaWaterSquareMiles 0.00
climateType humid subtropical climate
contains Madison House (Brookeville, Maryland) NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
county Montgomery County, Maryland NERFINISHED
dateVisitedByJamesMadison August 26, 1814
distanceToWashingtonDCMiles about 20
elevationFeet 453
FIPSCode 24-10125
foundedBy Deborah Brooke NERFINISHED
Richard Thomas, Jr. NERFINISHED
foundingYear 1794
GNISFeatureID 0584720
governingBody Town Commission of Brookeville NERFINISHED
governmentType commission government
hasHistoricBuilding Brookeville Academy NERFINISHED
Thomas Mill and Mill Site NERFINISHED
historicalEvent temporary seat of the U.S. government on August 26, 1814
historicSignificance early 19th-century milling and farming center
incorporatedAsTown 1808
knownFor serving briefly as the U.S. capital during the War of 1812
locatedIn Montgomery County
surface form: Montgomery County, Maryland
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
majorRoad Maryland Route 97 NERFINISHED
namedFor Brooke family NERFINISHED
nearbyCommunity Olney, Maryland NERFINISHED
nearestMajorCity Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED
NRHPListingYear 1979
NRHPReferenceNumber 79001132
NRHPType Brookeville Historic District NERFINISHED
originalSettlementType Quaker agricultural community
partOf Washington metropolitan area
populationCensus2010 134
populationCensus2020 166
postalCode 20833
region Piedmont Plateau NERFINISHED
religiousHeritage Society of Friends (Quakers) NERFINISHED
schoolDistrict Montgomery County Public Schools NERFINISHED
state Maryland
timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone
surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
visitedBy James Madison NERFINISHED

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Olney, Maryland locatedNear Brookeville, Maryland
Sandy Spring, Maryland, United States hasNearbyCommunity Brookeville, Maryland
subject surface form: Sandy Spring, Maryland