Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Details for Washington

Name

Washington

Official Name

City of Washington

Also Known As

Washington City

Place Type

Incorporated City

Located in

District of Columbia, United States

Capital of

United States

Coordinates

Latitude		38.9001118		38° 54' 00.4" N
Longitude		-77.0163653		77° 00' 58.9" W

Nearby Cities

Judiciary Square 0.1 mi. S
Mount Rainier (Prince George's County, Maryland) 4 mi. NE
Brentwood (Prince George's County, Maryland) 4.4 mi. NE
Colmar Manor (Prince George's County, Maryland) 4.4 mi. NE
Cottage City (Prince George's County, Maryland) 4.5 mi. NE
North Brentwood (Prince George's County, Maryland) 4.7 mi. NE

Nearby Cemeteries

Saint Johns 1.1 mi. NW
Prospect Hill 1.4 mi. N
Saint Marys Catholic 1.4 mi. NE
Eastern 1.5 mi. E
Glenwood 1.7 mi. N
Harmony 2 mi. NE
Mount Olivet 2.1 mi. E
Oak Hill 2.4 mi. W
Congressional 2.5 mi. SE
Soldiers Home 3.1 mi. N
Holy Rood 3.2 mi. W
Arlington National (Arlington County, Virginia) 3.2 mi. SW

Elevation

14 m

USGS GNIS FeatureID

529318, 2390665

Histopolis Place ID

605150372

Updated Jan 5

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Genealogy Resources for Washington

3 Resources; At this time most Genealogy Resources are not associated with a specific city. See the District of Columbia or a specific area Cemetery for a more complete list of Genealogy Resources in this area.

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > District of Columbia > Washington City > Cemeteries [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > District of Columbia > Washington City > Cemeteries
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/DC/WashingtonDC/cem/ (6 Dec 2008)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > District of Columbia > Washington City [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > District of Columbia > Washington City
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/DC/WashingtonDC/ (26 May 2010)

The Political Graveyard: Washington city, D.C. [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

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Neighborhoods of Washington

175 Unincorporated Places (u.p.)

Adams Morgan	American University Park	Anacostia	Armsleigh Park (historical u.p.)
Barnaby Terrace	Barnaby Woods	Barry Farms	Bellevue
Benning	Benning Heights	Bloodfield (historical u.p.)	Bloomingdale
Brentwood Village	Brightwood	Brightwood Park	Brinetown (historical u.p.)
Brookland	Buena Vista	Burleith	Buzzard Point
Capitol Hill	Capitol View	Carrollsburg (historical u.p.)	Cathedral Heights
Central Northeast	Chevy Chase	Chevy Chase Heights	Chillum Station
Chinatown	Clark Mills Estate Subdivision (historical u.p.)	Cleveland Park	The Cloisters
Cloisters	Colonial Village	Colony Hill	Columbia Heights
Congress Heights	Congress Park	Cookes Park	Cowtown (historical u.p.)
Crestwood	Deanwood	Dobbins Addition (historical u.p.)	Douglass Dwellings
Dupont Circle	Dupont Park	East Central	East End
East Washington Heights	Eastland Gardens	Eckington	Edgewood
Edgewood Terrace	Embassy Park	Fairfax Village	Fairlawn
Fairview Heights (historical u.p.)	Farragut Square	Fernwood Heights (historical u.p.)	Foggy Bottom
Forest Hills	Fort Davis	Fort Dupont	Fort Lincoln New Town
Foxhall	Foxhall Crescent	Foxhall Terrace	Foxhall Village
Franklin McPherson Square	Friendship Heights	Garfield Heights	Gateway
Georgetown	Georgetown Heights (historical u.p.)	Giesboro	Glover Park
Good Hope	Greenway	Hamburgh (historical u.p.)	Hampshire Knolls
Harlem (historical u.p.)	Hawthorne	Hells Bottom (historical u.p.)	Hillcrest
Indian Rock Terrace	Isherwood	Ivy City	Judiciary Square
Kalorama Heights	Kalorama Triangle	Kenilworth	Kent
Kingman Park	Knox Hill Dwellings	Lamond Riggs	Langdon
Lanier Heights	LeDroit Park	Lewis Subdivision (historical u.p.)	Lincoln Heights
Lincoln Park	Little Indian Rock Terrace	Logan Circle	Manor Park
Marshall Heights	Massachusetts Avenue Heights	Mayfair-Parkside	McLean Gardens
Metropolis View	Michigan Park	Monastery Lot (historical u.p.)	Morris Addition (historical u.p.)
Mount Pleasant	Mount Vernon Square	Nacocktanke (historical u.p.)	Nacotchtanke (historical u.p.)
Naylor Gardens	North Cleveland Park	North Gate	North Michigan Park
Northeast Boundary	Northwest Rectangle	The Palisades	Park Place
Park View	Penn Branch	Pennsylvania Avenue Hights	Petworth
Pipetown (historical u.p.)	Potomac City (historical u.p.)	Potomac Heights	Pretty Prospect (historical u.p.)
Randle Highlands	Reno	Riggs Park	River Terrace
Robeyville (historical u.p.)	Rock Creek Gardens	Rosedale	Sauis Addition (historical u.p.)
Scott Circle	Senate Heights	Shaw	Shepherd Park
Sheridan-Kalorama	Shipley Terrace	Southeast	Southwest
Spring Valley	Stanton Park	Sutton Place	Tenleytown
Terra Cotta	Thomas Circle	Tohoga (historical u.p.)	Trinidad
Truxton Circle	Tunlaw Heights (historical u.p.)	Twining	University Heights
Varnum	Washington Highlands	Wesley Heights	West End
West Over View	Westchester	Westminster	Westmoreland Terrace
Weston (historical u.p.)	Westover Place	Widowsville (historical u.p.)	Woodland
Woodley Park	Woodridge	Youngsborough (historical u.p.)

Cemeteries of Washington

35 Cemeteries, 13 Alternate Names (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)

Battleground National	Beall Burying Ground (historical cemetery)	Congressional †	Eastern
Eastern Methodist (historical cemetery)	Female Union Band Society Burying Ground (historical cemetery)	Glenwood	Graceland (historical cemetery)
Harmony	Holmeads (historical cemetery)	Holy Rood	Methodist (historical cemetery)
Mount Olivet	Mount Zion (historical cemetery)	Mt. Olivet (*)	Mt. Zion (*)
Oak Hill	Old Methodist Burying Ground (historical cemetery)	Payne	Presbyterian Graveyard (historical cemetery)
Prospect Hill	Rock Creek	Rosemont (historical cemetery)	Rosewood
Saint Elizabeths Hospital Cemeteries	Saint Francis DeSales (historical cemetery)	Saint Johns	Saint Marys Catholic
Saint Matthews Catholic (historical cemetery)	Saint Patricks (historical cemetery)	Saint Patricks Catholic (historical cemetery)	Saint Peters Catholic (historical cemetery)
Saint Peters Catholic Burial Ground (historical cemetery)	Soldiers Home	St. Elizabeths Hospital Cemeteries (*)	St. Francis DeSales (*)
St. Johns (*)	St. Marys Catholic (*)	St. Matthews Catholic (*)	St. Patricks (*)
St. Patricks Catholic (*)	St. Peters Catholic (*)	St. Peters Catholic Burial Ground (*)	US Soldiers' & Airmen's Home National (*)
Washington (*) †	Washington Hebrew Congregation	Woodlawn	Young Mens Baptist (historical cemetery)

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