Landover, Maryland
Landover, Maryland | ||
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FIPS code 24-45325 | | |
GNIS feature ID | 597655 |
Landover is an
Landover is contained between Sheriff Road and Central Avenue to the south, Hill Road, Cabin Branch Drive, and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) Orange Line tracks to the west, John Hanson Highway (U.S. Highway 50) to the north, and Washington D.C.'s Capital Beltway (Interstate 495/95) to the east. Landover borders the communities of New Carrollton, Landover Hills, Glenarden, Lanham, Ardmore, Kentland, Cheverly, Chapel Oaks, Fairmount Heights, Carmody Hills, Pepper Mill Village, Walker Mill, and Largo.
History
Landover was named after the town of Llandovery, Wales.[4]
The former CDPs of Landover,
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1970 | 5,597 | — | |
1980 | 5,374 | −4.0% | |
1990 | 5,052 | −6.0% | |
2010 | 23,078 | — | |
2020 | 25,998 | 12.7% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[8] 2010[9] 2020[10] Not enumerated separately in 2000 when it was merged with Dodge Park, Palmer Park and Kentland to form Greater Landover |
2020 census
Race / Ethnicity | Pop 2010[9] | Pop 2020[10] | % 2010 | % 2020 |
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White alone (NH)
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450 | 606 | 1.95% | 2.33% |
Black or African American alone (NH)
|
18,671 | 16,647 | 80.90% | 64.03% |
Alaska Native alone (NH)
|
59 | 34 | 0.26% | 0.13% |
Asian alone (NH) | 151 | 669 | 0.65% | 2.57% |
Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 7 | 13 | 0.03% | 0.05% |
Some Other Race alone (NH) | 45 | 172 | 0.19% | 0.66% |
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) | 336 | 726 | 1.46% | 2.79% |
Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3,359 | 7,131 | 14.55% | 27.43% |
Total | 23,078 | 25,998 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Geography
Landover is located at 38°55′26″N 76°53′17″W / 38.924°N 76.888°W. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, it has an area of 4.07 square miles (10.55 km2), of which 0.004 square miles (0.01 km2), or 0.13%, is water.[11] Landover residents have the postal zipcode of 20785. Since Landover is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County, residents of Landover have Hyattsville postal addresses though they live in Landover and not Hyattsville. Landover does not have its own postal zipcode.
Landover consists of several small subdivisions which are notably Ardwick Park, Kentland, Kenmoor, Dodge Park, Brightseat, Palmer Park, Columbia Park, Village Green, White House Heights, and Summerfield. Landover is home to
For the
Economy
Eight O'Clock Coffee's coffee production plant is located in Landover.
Arts and culture
Beall's Pleasure and Ridgley Methodist Episcopal Church are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[13] A Harlem Renaissance Festival occurs at Kentland-Columbia Park Community Center in Landover every year in May.[14] In 2014, the National Archives for Black Women's History was controversially relocated from Washington, D.C., to 3300 Hubbard Road in Landover.[15][16]
Sports
The Prince George's Sports & Learning Complex is also in Summerfield CDP,[20] located on approximately 80 acres (320,000 m2) adjacent to FedExField.[21]
Government
Prince George's County Police Department headquarters, which is also District 3 Station,[22][23] is in the Palmer Park area in Landover CDP.[5][7]
The
Education
Public education
Landover is a part of the Prince George's County Public Schools system.[7]
Elementary schools serving sections of the Landover CDP include: Columbia Park, Dodge Park, Cooper Lane, Gladys Noon Spellman, Highland Park, and William Paca.[25] Middle schools serving sections of the Landover CDP include: G. James Gholson, Kenmoor, and Charles Carroll.[26] Senior high schools serving sections of the Landover CDP include: Fairmont Heights, Charles Herbert Flowers, DuVal, and Bladensburg.[27] The schools serving the 1990 CDP are:[28] Cooper Lane and Gladys Noon Spellman elementaries,[25] Charles Carroll Middle,[26] and Bladensburg High.[27]
When desegregation busing began in 1972, PG County school officials bused many black children in Landover to schools with large numbers of white students in other areas of the county. Since then many schools in the Landover area had closed. David Nakamura of The Washington Post stated that many Landover residents believed that desegregation busing contributed to the socioeconomic decline of Landover. In 1998 the busing program was abolished due to a settlement in federal court.[29]
Matthew Henson Elementary School was previously in the CDP.[30] It was scheduled to close in 2009.[31] In 2012 EXCEL Academy agreed to open a charter school in the former Henson space,[32] and it moved from its previous campus in Riverdale.[33]
Other area schools:
- Kenmoor Elementary School[citation needed]
- Palmer Park Elementary School
- Columbia Park Elementary School[citation needed]
- John Carroll Elementary School - closed in 2009[31]
- Cora L. Rice Elementary School[citation needed]
- Thomas Pullen Creative & Performing Arts Academy[citation needed]
Colleges and universities
Landover had career-based colleges, such as Fortis College,[34] that offer programs including bio-technician, medical assisting, and medical coding and billing.
Infrastructure
Transportation
Landover is one of the few regions in the Washington, D.C. area that is served directly by multiple separate
In addition to the Landover and Morgan Boulevard Metro Stations that primarily serve the Landover area, Landover residents have access to other metro stations nearby, such as New Carrollton, Cheverly, Downtown Largo, and Addison Road-Seat Pleasant.
I-495/95, the
Shopping
Landover was the home of
With the arrival in 1997 of
Parks and recreation
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The Prince George's County Department of Parks and Recreation operates the Kentland Community Center and the Palmer Park Community Center.[39][40]
References
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ^ "Landover". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Landover CDP, Maryland". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
- ^ "Profile for Landover, Maryland, MD". ePodunk. Archived from the original on February 10, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
- ^ .
- U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on September 9, 2018.
- ^ U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on September 1, 2018.
- US Census Bureau.
- ^ a b "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Landover CDP, Maryland". United States Census Bureau.
- ^ a b "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Landover CDP, Maryland". United States Census Bureau.
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Landover CDP, Maryland". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
- ^ "Facility Locations". Giant Food. Retrieved on September 6, 2011. "8301 Professional Place, Suite 115 Landover, MD 20785."
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Harlem Renaissance Festival". Festival Media Corporation. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
- ^ "National Park Service to go ahead with moving archives from Bethune house - The Washington Post". The Washington Post. November 19, 2019. Archived from the original on November 19, 2019. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
- ^ "National Archives for Black Women's History - Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)". October 22, 2019. Archived from the original on October 22, 2019. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
- U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
- ^ "FedExField." State of Maryland Office of Tourism Development. Retrieved on September 7, 2018. "1600 FedEx Way, Landover, MD 20785" - See also parking map from Washington Commanders website
- ^ "Flashback: Before the Capitals, and the birth of the Cap Centre". April 26, 2017.
- ^ "Fedexfield Parking and Directions." Washington Commanders. Retrieved on September 7, 2018. "[...]Prince George’s County Sports Complex located at 8001 Sheriff Rd, Hyattsville MD 20785."
- ^ Prince George's Sports & Learning Complex
- ^ "Winter/Spring PAL Basketball Clinic." Government of Prince George's County. Retrieved on September 20, 2018. "Location: Police Headquarters Address: 7600 Barlowe Road Landover, MD 20785 "
- ^ "District 3 Station - Landover." Prince George's County Police Department. Retrieved on September 9, 2018. " 7600 Barlowe Road Landover, MD 20785 ". Beat map
- U.S. Postal Service. Retrieved on September 11, 2018. "3312 DODGE PARK RD HYATTSVILLE, MD 20785-9997"
- ^ a b "NEIGHBORHOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND BOUNDARIES SCHOOL YEAR 2018-2019." Prince George's County Public Schools. Retrieved on September 1, 2018.
- ^ a b "NEIGHBORHOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND BOUNDARIES SCHOOL YEAR 2018-2019." Prince George's County Public Schools. Retrieved on September 1, 2018.
- ^ a b "NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOLS AND BOUNDARIES SCHOOL YEAR 2018-2019." Prince George's County Public Schools. Retrieved on September 1, 2018.
- U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on September 9, 2018. Landover CDP is shown on page 13.
- ^ Nakamura, David (February 27, 2000). "Pr. George's School Splits the Classes". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
- ^ Home page. Matthew Henson Elementary School. May 16, 2001. Retrieved on September 7, 2018. "Matthew Henson Elementary/Montessori School 7910 Scott Road Landover, Maryland 20785"
- ^ a b Preliminary Subregion 4 Master Plan and Proposed Sectional Map Amendment. Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Chapter 9, Public Facilities. p. 261 (PDF p. 3/28). Retrieved on September 7, 2018.
- ^ Brownback, Abby (May 21, 2012). "Riverdale charter school to move into vacant Landover elementary building". The Gazette. Archived from the original on September 7, 2018. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
- ^ Leaderman, Daniel (August 19, 2010). "New principal of Riverdale charter school wants to build strong community ties". The Gazette. Archived from the original on September 7, 2018. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
- ^ Fortis College - Landover
- ^ In the late 1980s, crime began to rise in the surrounding areas and frightened shoppers eventually helped fuel the mall's rapid decline. The movie theater was the first to close, followed by three of the mall's anchor stores in the 1990s.
- ^ Ovetta Wiggins (July 9, 2007). "Landover May Be Next On Revival Bandwagon". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
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- ^ Contact Us." The Boulevard at the Capital Centre. Retrieved on September 9, 2018. "Boulevard at the Capital Centre 900 Capital Centre Boulevard Largo, MD 20774"
- ^ "Kentland Community Center." Prince George's County Department of Parks and Recreation. Retrieved on September 20, 2018. "Kentland Community Center 2413 Pinebrook Avenue Landover, MD 20785"
- ^ "Palmer Park Community Center." Prince George's County Department of Parks and Recreation. Retrieved on September 20, 2018. "Palmer Park Community Center 7720 Barlowe Road Landover, MD 20785"
External links
- Media related to Landover, Maryland at Wikimedia Commons