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Bowie (/ ˈ b uː i /) is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. [3] Per the 2020 census, the population was 58,329. [4] Bowie has grown from a small railroad stop to the largest municipality in Prince George's County, and the fifth most populous city [5] and third largest city by area in the U.S. state of Maryland.
Within Maryland the county is the default unit of local government. Under Maryland law, counties exercise powers reserved in most other states at the municipal or state levels. [4] Many of the state's most populous and economically important communities, such as Bethesda, Silver Spring, Columbia, and Towson are unincorporated and receive their ...
The first county-built library was the Hyattsville Branch, which housed the library's administrative offices until 2015. In June of that year, the administrative offices were moved to the Largo-Kettering Branch. [6] PGCMLS is governed by a board of library trustees, appointed by the County Executive and approved by the County Council.
Melford is a historic plantation house located on the grounds of the Maryland Science and Technology Center, near the intersection of U.S. Route 301 and U.S. Route 50, at Bowie, Prince George's County, Maryland.
The City of Bowie, Maryland; City of Bowie: Museums; Belair Historical Marker; Maryland Historical Trust; Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. MD-87, "Belair, Tulip Grove Drive, Belair-at-Bowie, Bowie, Prince George's County, MD", 94 photos, 7 data pages, 7 photo caption pages; HABS No. MD-87-A, "Belair, Stables", 10 photos, 4 data ...
Allen Pond Park is an 85-acre (340,000 m 2) multi-use park, located in and managed by the City of Bowie in Prince George's County, Maryland. [3] The park includes an ice arena, amphitheater, boat rentals, skate park, 10-acre (40,000 m 2) stocked pond, six lighted ballfields, picnic areas and pavilions, walking and biking trails, a lighted basketball court, fitness station and several ...
In 1746, Colonial Governor of Maryland, Samuel Ogle built the Belair Mansion and Belair stables, in Collington, establishing his residence and the Belair Stud Farm. [4] Baruch Duckett built Fairview Plantation around 1790 in Collington. Maryland Governor Oden Bowie was born at Fairview in 1826 and is buried there. [5]
The Bowie family had extensive landholdings in the county and were important politically. [3] Bowieville was built in 1819-20 [2] by Mary Wooton Bowie, daughter of Robert Bowie, Governor of Maryland, on property she inherited from her father, and is very similar in styling to his home, Mattaponi, which is also of brick covered with stucco. [3]