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Dueling Creek Natural Area, Colmar Manor Community Park, Colmar Manor, Maryland, United States (formerly, the Bladensburg Dueling Grounds, in Bladensburg, Maryland) Coordinates 38°55′30.6″N 76°56′25.4″W / 38.925167°N 76.940389°W / 38.925167; -76.
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]
The town of Colmar Manor, Maryland, is across Eastern Avenue from the Fort Lincoln neighborhood, as is the Fort Lincoln Cemetery. The name Fort Lincoln was originally used for a Civil War Fort in adjacent Prince George's County, Maryland, across the D.C. line from the Washington neighborhood bearing its name.
Cottage City is a small, quiet community lying between Eastern Avenue (the border with Washington), Brentwood, Colmar Manor, and the Anacostia River. Cottage City was developed, beginning in 1870, under the name of "The Highlands". The area was incorporated in 1924 as Cottage City. [5]
MD 208 (38th Street) – Colmar Manor, Cottage City, Hyattsville: Hyattsville: 1.82: 2.93: US 1 Alt. south (Baltimore Avenue) – Bladensburg: Northern terminus of US 1 Alt. Riverdale Park: 2.61: 4.20: MD 410 (East–West Highway) – New Carrollton, Takoma Park: Access to Riverdale station: College Park: 4.33: 6.97: Campus Drive (MD 431 south)
Fort Lincoln was built starting on August 26, 1861 by the First Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry [1] along the border of the District of Columbia and Prince George's County, Maryland it was named in honor of President Abraham Lincoln by General Order No. 18, A.G.O., Sept. 30, 1861. [2]
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The central part of the historic village, centered on a stretch of Floral Park Road, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The poem "The Sot-Weed Factor," by Ebenezer Cooke, mentions details of life in Piscataway during the early colonial period. The same subject was the subject of a novel by the same name by John Barth. [9]