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About Fort Washington  :
Fort Washington, Maryland is a census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland in the suburbs of the capital city of the United States of America, Washington, D.C., southwest of the downtown district. It is a prosperous community with an African American majority population. A view of the main gate of Fort Washington from a nearby hill.Fort Washington is the site of Fort Washington Park, which was for many decades the only defensive fort protecting Washington D.C. The fort, now maintained by the National Park Service, is a stone structure with a good cannon shot down the Potomac River. During the War of 1812, the Fort was quickly abandoned during a British advance. Offshore from the fort are the wrecked remains of the USS Princeton, a warship that accidentally exploded prior to the American Civil War.
Near the fort are many impressive luxury riverfront homes, two marinas, and a country club and golf course. The area was rural until about 1960 when growth began and is continuing to grow, adding new, oversized homes. About 1980 the postal service split the area from Oxon Hill, giving it a separate town address. At that time, to make mail sorting easier, they drew the boundary to conform to existing zip codes; however, this is illogical, since the northern end of the Fort Washington mail delivery area identifies more instead with the communities Oxon Hill or Temple Hills.
The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC), established in 1927, maintains the Harmony Hall Regional Center , including the John Addison Concert Hall, site of community theater, art shows, concerts, and a variety of classes for all ages. A YMCA fitness center opened in 2005. The 10,000-member Ebenezer A.M.E. Church is also noteworthy, as is a large nursery/landscaping business. There is a small hospital. Many highly successful African-Americans live in Fort Washington; there are also some Ethiopian residents and a large, established ethnic Filipino population.
As explained above, some Fort Washington addresses are actually many miles north of the Fort and closer to the Capital Beltway or to Allentown Road, where there are also some apartment projects. Fort Washington teens generally attend Friendly High School, but some attend Crossland or Oxon Hill High Schools. The Henson Creek hiker-biker trail extends 5-1/2 miles, partly in the Fort Washington area. First-time visitors are often confused by the several different busy "Livingston Roads" which are disconnected and wind in different directions, as well the two separate "Old Fort Roads" causing them to make wrong turns off of Maryland Route 210. Eventually all roads intersecting Route 210 in the Fort Washington area (from the Beltway as far south as the highway curve at Piscataway Creek) are planned for upgrading to controlled-access interchanges, but not until the next decade (2010's). Miles to downtown Washington, D.C. 18.60 (much less for some areas of the community).

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