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This is a locator map showing Prince George's County in Maryland. David Benbennick made this map. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006 (original upload date) Source: No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims). Author: No machine-readable author provided.
Prince George's County (often shortened to PG County or PG) [2] [3] is located in the U.S. state of Maryland bordering the eastern portion of Washington, D.C. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 967,201, [5] making it the second-most populous county in Maryland, behind neighboring Montgomery County.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map. [1]
The most recent county formation in Maryland occurred in 1872 when Garrett County was split from Allegany County. [2] However, there have been numerous changes to county borders since that time, most recently when portions of the city of Takoma Park that had previously been part of Prince George's County were absorbed into Montgomery County in 1997.
Greater Upper Marlboro is located at 1]. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Greater Upper Marlboro (red area on this map) had a total area of 37.5 square miles (97 km 2), of which 37.2 square miles (96 km 2) was land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km 2), or 0.75%, was water.
Chillum takes its name from "Chillum Castle Manor," the 4,443-acre (17.98 km 2) land patent established in 1763, by William Dudley Digges. [7] It included lands in the present-day District of Columbia and in Prince George's County, and was composed of previously established land patents such as Henrietta Maria, Widows Purchase, Yarrow and Yarrow Head. [8]
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In Prince George's County, the extension of John Hanson Highway west toward Washington began in 1953. The freeway was completed west to MD 704 in 1957. [ 25 ] US 50 remained signed along Defense Highway in Prince George's County; instead, the new freeway and MD 704 southwest into Washington were designated Temporary US 50 by 1958. [ 26 ]