Takoma Park, Maryland
Takoma Park, Maryland | ||
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FIPS code 24-76650 | | |
GNIS feature ID | 2390660[2] | |
Website | takomaparkmd |
Takoma Park is a city in
Since 2013, residents of Takoma Park can vote in
History
19th century
Takoma Park was founded by
Takoma was originally the name of
Gilbert's first purchase of land was in spring 1884 when he bought 100 acres (0.40 km2) of land from G.C. Grammar, which was known as Robert's Choice.[7]: 331 [11] This plot of land was located on both sides of the railroad station, roughly bounded by today's Sixth Street on the west, Aspen Street on the south, Willow Avenue on the east, and Takoma Avenue on the north.[7]: 331 At the time, much of the land was covered by thick forest, some of which was cleared away in order to lay out and grade streets and housing lots.[12] At its founding, most lots measured 50 by 200 feet (15 by 60 m)[12] and were sold for $327 to $653 per acre.[13] By August 1885, there were about 100 people living in Takoma Park, including temporary summer residents and year-round permanent residents.[12] Gilbert himself lived in a wooden house on a stone foundation, with 20 rooms and a 65-foot (20 m) tower.[12]
Gilbert purchased another plot of land in 1886. The land was roughly bounded by Carroll Avenue to the Big Spring (now Takoma Junction) and what is now Woodland Avenue. Gilbert named this land New Takoma. Gilbert later purchased the Jones farm and the Naughton farm, which together he named North Takoma.
Gilbert hired contractor Fred E. Dudley to build many of the homes in Takoma Park. One of the homes built by Dudley was the home of Cady Lee[clarification needed], which was designed by Leon E. Dessez and still stands today at Piney Branch Road and Eastern Avenue. Dudley's son Wentworth was the first child born in Takoma Park.[7]: 331
By 1888, there were 75 houses built in the community,[13] and the number increased to 235 homes by 1889.[7]: 335 In 1889, Gilbert purchased several acres of land along Sligo Creek from a physician in Boston named Dr. R.C. Flower, in order to build a sanitarium on the land.[14] By this point, Takoma Park stretched 1,500 acres (5 km2).[11]
The deed of each of the original houses prohibited alcohol from being made or sold on the property,[11][13][7]: 335 a prohibition that continued in the city until 1983.[15] Takoma Park incorporated as a town on April 3, 1890.[16] The first town election was held on May 5, 1890, and Gilbert was elected mayor and J. Vance Lewis, George H. Bailey, Daniel Smith, and Frederick J. Lung were elected to the town council.[17]
The Watkins Hotel was built in 1892.[18] A fire destroyed the town's recently built commercial district and the Watkins Hotel in 1893.[18] Gilbert's North Takoma Hotel was built later that year, advertising the pure spring water nearby its 160 rooms.[18]
Many of the streets were originally known as avenues. When the Commissioners of the District of Columbia mandated a District-wide street-naming system, those on the District side were renamed streets but retained their names otherwise.
Early 20th century
In 1904, the Seventh-day Adventist Church purchased five acres of land in Takoma Park along Carroll Avenue, Laurel Avenue, and Willow Avenue.[20] The land was located on both sides of the Maryland-District of Columbia border.[20] The land was intended for a church, office building, printer, and residences for prominent members of the church.[20] In 1903, the Seventh-day Adventist Church decided to move their headquarters to the Washington area after its headquarters' publishing house in Battle Creek, Michigan, had burned to the ground.[21] The church decided that moving to a more urban setting would be a more appropriate place from which to increase the church's presence in the southern states.[22] The church purchased fifty acres of land along Sligo Creek in Takoma Park to build the new headquarters.[23] The land was away from downtown Washington and had clean water available from a natural spring located at present-day Spring Park.[24] For many decades Takoma Park served as the world headquarters of the Seventh-day Adventist Church,[25] until it moved to northern Silver Spring in 1989.[24]
In 1908, North Takoma Hotel was bought by Louis Denton Bliss, who turned it into Bliss Electrical School.[18] Months later, a fire destroyed the building, and Bliss rebuilt the school at another site.[18] The school was eventually bought by Montgomery County where it became the site of Montgomery College's Takoma Park/Silver Spring campus.[18]
Mid 20th century
In 1964, an inside-the-Capital-Beltway extension of
This controversy also raised the profile of Takoma Park at a time in the late 1960s and 1970s when it was becoming noted regionally and nationally for political activism outside the Nation's capital, with newspaper commentators describing it as "The People's Republic of Takoma Park" or "The Berkeley of the East".[27] This era of activism extended into the 1980s, when Takoma Park declared itself a Nuclear-free zone and a sanctuary for Salvadoran and Guatemalan refugees.[28]
Much of the old town Takoma Park was incorporated into the Takoma Park Historic District; listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[29]
Late 20th and early 21st century
Before 1995, the eastern boundary of the city of Takoma Park was in
In November 1995, the state-sponsored referendum was held asking whether the portions of the city in Prince George's County should be annexed to Montgomery County, or vice versa. The majority of votes in the referendum were in favor of unification of the entire city in Montgomery County.[31] Following subsequent approval by both counties' councils and the Maryland General Assembly, the county line was moved to include the entire city into Montgomery County (including territory in Prince George's County newly annexed by the city) on July 1, 1997.[32] This process became known as Unification.[33]
The city experienced substantial
The City Council adopted the Takoma Park Safe Grow Act of 2013,[35] which went into effect March 1, 2014,[36] and bans synthetic pesticides and requires organic lawn management on all city lands.
In 2018, the City of Takoma Park proposed renaming streets that were named after
Geography
Takoma Park sits on the edge of the
Takoma Park is bounded by downtown
The corner of Eastern and Carroll Avenues roughly marks the center of the old commercial district. Other town centers include: "Takoma Junction", the corner of Carroll Avenue and Route 410 in the geographic center of town, home to the city's large
Neighborhoods by ward
Takoma Park has many small neighborhoods. There are approximately fifty neighborhood listservs.[39]
- Ward 1
- Hodges Heights
- Old Takoma a.k.a. the Philadelphia-Eastern Neighborhood
- North Takoma
- Ward 2
- B.F. Gilbert Subdivision (an extension of Old Town)
- Glaizewood Manor
- Long Branch-Sligo
- South of Sligo
- Ward 3
- SS Carroll Neighborhood, named after the addition made by Samuel S. Carroll[40][41] Also known "The Generals" streets: Grant Ave, Lee Ave, Sherman Ave, Sheridan Ave.
- Pinecrest
- Takoma Junction
- Westmoreland Area
- Ward 4
- Maple Ave apartment district
- Ritchie Ave
- SS Carroll Neighborhood
- Ward 5
- Between the Creeks (part of the greater Long Branch / East Silver Spring area centered along Flower Ave)
- Ward 6
- Hillwood Manor
- New Hampshire Gardens
Takoma Avenue Historic District
The Takoma Avenue Historic District is a national
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1890 | 164 | — | |
1900 | 756 | 361.0% | |
1910 | 1,242 | 64.3% | |
1920 | 3,168 | 155.1% | |
1930 | 6,415 | 102.5% | |
1940 | 8,938 | 39.3% | |
1950 | 13,341 | 49.3% | |
1960 | 16,799 | 25.9% | |
1970 | 18,507 | 10.2% | |
1980 | 16,231 | −12.3% | |
1990 | 16,700 | 2.9% | |
2000 | 17,299 | 3.6% | |
2010 | 16,715 | −3.4% | |
2020 | 17,629 | 5.5% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[42] 2010–2020[4] |
2010 census
As of the
There were 6,569 households, of which 33.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.9% were married couples living together, 14.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 40.6% were non-families. 31.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.12.
The median age in the city was 38 years. 22.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 30.8% were from 25 to 44; 28.7% were from 45 to 64; and 10% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 46.6% male and 53.4% female.
2000 census
As of the
There were 6,893 households, out of which 30.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.5% were married couples living together, 14.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.7% were non-families. Approximately 4.5% of all couples were unmarried same sex couples.[45] 32.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 3.13.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 23.6% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 35.9% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 8.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.9 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $48,490, and the median income for a family was $63,434. Males had a median income of $40,668 versus $35,073 for females. The
Economy
According to the City's fiscal year 2020
# | Employer | # of Employees |
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1 | Montgomery College | 833 |
2 | City of Takoma Park, Maryland
|
258 |
3 | Montgomery County Public Schools | 246 |
4 | Washington Adventist University | 150 |
5 | Adventist Healthcare (TP Campus)
|
140 |
6 | Sligo Creek Center (medical facility) | 92 |
7 | Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School | 58 |
8 | Takoma Park / Silver Spring Co-Op | 48 |
9 | International House of Pancakes
|
30 |
10 | Republic | 12 |
Arts and culture
Takoma Park is known for a variety of cultural events, most notable of which is the Takoma Park Folk Festival, which attracts an audience from across the Mid-Atlantic region.
The Takoma Park Folk Festival is a free annual festival featuring music by local musicians on six stages. Performers range from well-seasoned stage veterans to youngsters on stage for the first time, and the music spans genres from old-time fiddle and bluegrass to acoustic folk-rock to Afro-Latin fusion, and more. The festival also includes children's activities, a juried crafts show, and community tables where local organizations and politicians reach out to the community. It has been in existence since 1978, founded by Sam Abbott, former Mayor of the city and civil-rights activist.[47]
Takoma Park is notable for being the home of blues guitarist John Fahey, who (together with other local music institutions) popularized the city as a haven for folk musicians. He named his label, Takoma Records, for the city, and many of his songs reference local landmarks. Mary Chapin Carpenter, Al Petteway (composer of Sligo Creek) and many other prominent local and national artists have made their home in and around Takoma Park. Root Boy Slim and Goldie Hawn are from Takoma Park.
Other annual festivals include the mildly
Immediately adjacent to the downtown,
Takoma Park has been home to a variety of local characters who have contributed to the city's sense of identity and culture, including "Catman" and Motor Cat,[51] Roscoe the Rooster,[52] The Banjo Man,[53] and "Fox Man",[54] a local animal rights activist and founder of the city's Tool Library. Takoma Park also has a year-round farmer's market and two other farmers markets which sell local produce and free range meats.
Several local newspapers have served the community including The Voice[55] and the satirical Takoma Torch.
Nearby libraries
- Takoma Park Maryland Library is one of the few municipallibraries in suburban Maryland.
- Takoma Park Library, part of the District of Columbia Public Library system, was the first neighborhood library in Washington, D.C. and a Carnegie library.[56]
- Long Branch Library in Silver Spring is part of the Montgomery County Public Libraries.
Institutions
The Sam Abbott Citizens Center, Takoma Park's former city auditorium, has been refurbished as a community theater and gallery.
In 2010, the Seventh-Day Adventist Church received authorization to relocate the regional Washington Adventist Hospital from the center of town to an outlying area of nearby Silver Spring, Maryland, alongside its international headquarters and the Adventist Book and Health Food Store, which had also been located within city limits. This had followed an effort by county officials to close or relocate the city's fire station, located on the side of a steep hill. Due to resulting controversy, the City Council lobbied to retain the old Hospital facility as a "health campus."[59] The hospital had been in operation for over a century, having been founded as the Washington Sanitarium overlooking Sligo Creek in 1907.[60] Officials also successfully lobbied to retain a university located on the same campus, which has been renamed Washington Adventist University.
In the 1970s, the city experienced controversy over plans to expand or relocate
The Takoma Park-Silver Spring Food Co-op is one of the Washington area's largest
In the late 2000s, regional and national debate occurred over the decision to close
Government
Takoma Park's electorate and its elected officials are known for their liberal and left-of-liberal values, which have led to the enactment of several municipal laws. For instance, Takoma Park allows
Like a handful of other U.S. municipalities, Takoma Park has declared itself a "
Under a local ordinance, Takoma Park residents must obtain a permit or waiver from the City arborist ("urban forest manager") to cut down any tree on their property with a diameter of 7 5/8 inches or greater.[69][70] The minutes of all Takoma Park City Council meetings are available on the Takoma Park City website.[71]
Mayor
Takoma Park is governed by a city council composed of a mayor and council members for each of six wards. The current mayor of Takoma Park (the 24th) is Talisha Searcy (mayor since 2022).[72]
Number | Name | Entered office | Left office |
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1 | Benjamin Franklin Gilbert | 1890 | 1892 |
2 | Enoch Maris | 1892 | 1894 |
3 | Samuel S. Shedd | 1894 | 1902 |
4 | John B. Kinnear | 1902 | 1906 |
5 | Wilmer G. Platt | 1906 | 1912 |
6 | Stephen W. Williams | 1912 | 1917 |
7 | Wilmer G. Platt | 1917 | 1920 |
8 | James L. Wilmeth | 1920 | 1923 |
9 | Henry Taff | 1923 | 1926 |
10 | Ben G. Davis | 1926 | 1932 |
11 | Frederick L. Lewton | 1932 | 1936 |
12 | John R. Adams | 1936 | 1940 |
13 | Oliver W. Youngblood | 1940 | 1948 |
14 | John C. Post | 1948 | 1950 |
15 | Ross H. Beville | 1950 | 1954 |
16 | George M. Miller | 1954 | 1972 |
17 | John D. Roth | 1972 | 1980 |
18 | Sammie Abbott | 1980 | 1985 |
19 | Stephen J. Del Giudice | 1985 | 1990 |
20 | Edward F. Sharp | 1990 | 1997 |
21 | Kathy Porter | 1997 | 2007 |
22 | Bruce Williams | 2007 | 2015 |
23 | Kate Stewart | 2015 | 2022 |
24 | Talisha Searcy | 2022 |
Voting
In the November 5, 1991, election the voters approved a referendum (1,199 for and 1,107 against) to change the Takoma Park City Charter "to permit residents of Takoma Park who are not U.S. citizens to vote in Takoma Park elections."[73]
In the 2005 election, an advisory referendum to adopt instant-runoff voting (IRV, also called "ranked choice voting") for municipal elections passed with 84% approval. In 2006, the City Council amended the City Charter to incorporate IRV, making Takoma Park one of a small but growing number of municipalities across the nation to adopt IRV (and the first in Maryland to do so).[74][75]
In the 2009 election, Takoma Park used the Scantegrity voting system. This marked the first time an open source voting system was used in a public sector election in the United States, as well as the first time a system with end-to-end verifiability was used.
In 2013, Takoma Park became the first city in the U.S. to allow sixteen- and seventeen-year-olds to vote.[5]
Convicted felons on parole and probation were also given the right to vote in Takoma Park elections in 2013.[5]
In 2017, the Takoma Park City Council changed the City Charter to schedule City elections in even numbered years (called "Election Synchronization") beginning in 2020. The Council elected in 2017 would serve a three-year term.[76]
In 2020, Takoma Park held its first ever vote-by-mail election, with 6549 ballots counted, more than 2 1/2 times the number of votes in the 2015 and 2017 elections.[77]
Federal government
The United States Postal Service operates the Takoma Park Post Office,[78] as well as the Langley Park Post Office; the latter has a Hyattsville, Maryland postal address.[79][80][81]
Education
Primary and secondary schools
Public schools
The city is served by the Montgomery County Public Schools.
Elementary schools that serve the city include:[82]
- Piney Branch Elementary School (3–5)
- Rolling Terrace Elementary School (PK–5)
- Sligo Creek Elementary School (K–5)
- Takoma Park Elementary School (PK–2)
Most Takoma Park residents are zoned to Takoma Park ES and Piney Branch. Sligo Creek Elementary School has new boundaries that no longer include students living in Takoma Park. SCES has a French Immersion program open to all Montgomery County families via lottery. [citation needed]
Middle schools that serve the city include:
- Silver Spring International Middle School
- Takoma Park Middle School, (most Takoma Park residents are zoned to Takoma Park MS)
All of the city is served by
.Prior to the mid-1990s sections of the Takoma Park census-designated place were zoned to Prince George's County Public Schools (PGCPS). These sections are now designated as being in the Chillum CDP index map.[83] PG County Takoma Park CDP is shown on pages 7 [84] and 12.[85] From 1950 to 1964, during the era of legally-required racial segregation of schools, black students from the PG County section of Takoma Park attended Fairmont Heights High School, then near Fairmount Heights.[86]
Private
- John Nevins Andrews School, a K–8 Seventh-day Adventist Christian School.[87]
- Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School, a private Catholic high-school.
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Colleges and universities
- Washington Adventist University, a private liberal arts university
- Montgomery College (Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus) (a 2-year institution)
Police
Takoma Park is chartered with its own police force, public works department, housing department, library, and recreation department. It has also historically maintained its own Volunteer Fire Department and Municipal Library. Until 2007, the city operated a Tool Library as well, and continues to operate its own compost recycling program and silo for corn-burning stoves. Takoma Park is densely developed with narrow houses on deep lots, often featuring mid-block developments and a mix of apartments and homes which are no longer permitted under regional suburban zoning laws, under which many apartments were de-zoned in 1989.
Transportation
Roads and highways
Several state highways serve Takoma Park. The largest of these is Maryland Route 650 (New Hampshire Avenue), which is the only six-lane thoroughfare running within city limits. New Hampshire Avenue continues into central Washington, D.C. and primarily serves through-traffic to the east of the city. Maryland Route 193 (University Boulevard) serves as the major suburban shopping strip, skirting the city on its northeast edge. Other state highways serving Takoma Park include Maryland Route 410, Maryland Route 320 and Maryland Route 195, all of which serve as local connectors to neighboring areas.
Public transportation
Being part of Montgomery County, Takoma Park is served by both the Ride On bus system, and by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, which provides bus and rail service to the Maryland and Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C.
The Takoma
The Takoma Langley Crossroads Transit Center is situated just outside the city border, at the intersection of University Boulevard and New Hampshire Avenue, also a location for a future Purple Line station.
The 9-mile (14 km) Sligo Creek Trail is used for recreation by bicyclists and pedestrians, and much of the roadway segment within the City of Takoma Park is closed to motor vehicles Fridays through Sundays. The Takoma Park segment of the Metropolitan Branch Trail, a rail trail that parallels the Red Line, is complete. Trail-building is planned to connect that segment with the completed portion that runs south to Washington Union Station and to planned segments running north to Silver Spring, Maryland with a connection to the 12-mile (19 km) Capital Crescent Trail.
Notable people
- Danielle Allen, classicist and political scientist[88]
- Henry Allen, author, artist[89]
- Roger MacBride Allen, novelist[90]
- Tom Brosius, track and field athlete[91]
- Maia Campbell, former actress, singer and model[92]
- Mary Chapin Carpenter, singer-songwriter[93]
- Lorig Charkoudian, Maryland State Delegate, District 20
- David Corn, journalist[94]
- Tommy Davidson, comedian, actor[95]
- Dominique Dawes, three-time women's Olympic gymnastics team member[96]
- Peabo Doue, soccer player
- Matt Drudge, political commentator, creator and editor of the Drudge Report
- Marc Elrich, Montgomery County Executive
- John Fahey, guitarist; founder of Takoma Records[97]
- Peter Franchot, former Maryland State Comptroller[98]
- Steve Francis, former National Basketball Association player[99]
- Goldie Hawn, actress[100]
- Bowie Kuhn, Commissioner of Baseball from 1969–1984, was born in Takoma Park.[101]
- Denis McDonough, White House chief of staff in the Obama Administration,[102] Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the Biden Administration
- Mona Minkara, chemist at Northeastern University
- Heather Mizeur, former Maryland State Delegate; candidate in Democratic primary for governor in 2014 [103]
- David Moon, Maryland State Delegate, District 20[104]
- Wes Moore, Governor of Maryland[105]
- Cal Newport, author [106]
- Tom Perez, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee; former Secretary of Labor[107]
- Al Petteway and Amy White, composers, musicians, singers[108]
- Jamie Raskin, Congressman, 8th District[109]
- Sarah Bloom Raskin, former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury; former governor of the Federal Reserve System[110]
- Hans Riemer, former Montgomery County Councilmember[111]
- Root Boy Slim, musician [112][113]
- Nina Gilden Seavey, Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker[114]
- Kate Stewart, Montgomery County Councilmember
- Henry Vestine, guitarist [115]
- Nick Zedd, underground filmmaker[116][117]
In popular culture
- Takoma Park is identified as a location in the video game Fallout 3.[118]
- Takoma Park is cited in the production of the play, Native Gardens, by Karen Zacarias at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. from September 15 – October 22, 2017.[119]
- The movie American Milkshake was set and filmed in Takoma Park.[120]
- "Takoma Park"[121] is a song on the album Texas by Iain Campbell Smith (a.k.a. Fred Smith), described as "a comic portrait of a soft left suburb on the outskirts of Washington DC, with Glockenspiel solo."[122]
- "The Ballad of Sammie Abbott" [123] is a song in praise of Takoma Park's former mayor (1980–85) on the album Food for the Long Haul by Jesse Palidofsky from Azalea City Recording.
- Takoma Park is the location for the HQ of the protagonists in X-Files.[124]
- Takoma Park is featured in Atlas Obscura articles on "Herlong the Carved Dragon"[125] and "Roscoe the Rooster."[126] Roscoe the Rooster is the subject of a poem, "Roscoe Magnus",[127] authored by "Anonymous, 2nd century BCE, Trans. from Latin by Merrill Leffler." Merrill Leffler is Takoma Park's Poet Laureate Emeritus.[128]
- Bridge to Terabithia, a children's novel by Katherine Paterson, winner of the Newbery Medal, was inspired by an event in Takoma Park.[129]
- Takoma Park is the setting for a number of the novels of Allison Leotta.[130]
- Takoma Park is referred to in The Night Gardener by George Pelecanos.[131]
- Takoma Park is a location cited in the NBC television series, The Blacklist, Season 1, Episode 7 and Season 2, Episode 13.[132]
- Takoma Park is described in the 2017 memoir by Suzanne Rhodenbaugh, The Deepest South I've Gotten.[133]
See also
- Takoma, Washington, D.C.
- Benjamin Franklin Gilbert
- Category:People from Washington, D.C.
- List of cities in Maryland
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External links
- Geographic data related to Takoma Park, Maryland at OpenStreetMap
- Official website