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Wildewood is a planned community and census-designated place (CDP) in St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States.It is in east-central St. Mary's County, 7 miles (11 km) east of Leonardtown, the county seat, and 58 miles (93 km) southeast of Washington, D.C.
The Washington metropolitan area, also referred to as the D.C. area, Greater Washington, the National Capital Region, or locally as the DMV (short for District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia), is the metropolitan area comprising Washington, D.C., the federal capital of the United States, and its surroundings.
Panorama of National Harbor An aerial view of National Harbor in 2012 with Alexandria, Virginia (on left), the Wilson Bridge crossing the Potomac River to Maryland (in center), the Anacostia Freeway extending north to Washington, D.C. from National Harbor (on top), and the casino site (the rectangular area east of the interchange)
Twinbrook is a large residential subdivision in the city of Rockville, Maryland.The name Twinbrook or Twin-Brook came from the four developers, Joseph L. Geeraert, Roland Simmon, Wesley Sauter, and Donald Gingery, who originally established the new subdivision on October 18, 1946. [1]
The area is designated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as the Washington–Baltimore–Arlington, DC–MD–VA–WV–PA Combined Statistical Area. It is composed primarily of two major metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), the Washington–Arlington–Alexandria, DC–VA–MD–WV MSA and the Baltimore–Columbia–Towson ...
It capitalized on its close and favorable position to the newly forming town of Alexandria. [2] The West family was important in Virginia and Fairfax County politics in the 18th century. Hugh West himself was a burgess from Fairfax County, a vestryman, and a trustee of the town of Alexandria. His son, John, followed in his father's footsteps ...
Colmar Manor is a town located in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. [3] As of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 1,404. [4] As the town developed at the beginning of the 20th century, it assumed a name derived from its proximity to the District of Columbia—the first syllable of Columbia and that of Maryland were combined to form "Colmar". [5]
MD 17 heads south across the Potomac River into Virginia, where it becomes Virginia State Route 287. Just north of Brunswick, MD 17 has junctions with Maryland Route 464 , Maryland Route 79 , Maryland Route 180 , Maryland Route 871 and U.S. Route 340 , which provides access to numerous locations across Frederick County.