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College Park, MD

College Park is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, and is approximately four miles (6.4 km) from the northeast border of Washington, D.C. The population was 34,740 at the 2020 United States census. College Park is best known as the home of the University of Maryland, College Park.

College Park is also home to federal agencies such as the National Archives at College Park (Archives II), NOAA's Weather Prediction Center, and the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, as well as tech companies such as IonQ (quantum computing)[6] or Cybrary (cyber security).

College Park Airport, established in 1909, is the world's oldest continuously operated airport. The College Park Aviation Museum, attached to the airport and an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, houses antique and reproduction aircraft as well as materials relating to early aviation history.

In 2014 the University of Maryland launched the Greater College Park initiative, a $2 billion public-private investment to revitalize the community around the university, develop a robust Discovery District and create one of the nation’s best college towns. As a result, the city is experiencing significant development that has led to new housing, office space, schools, grocery stores, restaurants, and other amenities.

College Park is located in Prince George's County, Maryland. The city is also part of the Washington metropolitan area, with all of its neighborhoods except for Camden and Sunnyside lying inside the Capital Beltway. It is bordered to the North by Beltsville, to the East by Greenbelt and Berwyn Heights, to the South by Riverdale Park and University Park, and to the West by Hyattsville and Adelphi.

The city straddles two small streams, Paint Branch and Indian Creek. The confluence of these 

two streams is located on the South-East corner of the city, next to the College Park Airport, and results in the Northeast branch Anacostia river. This river is a tributary of the Anacostia river, which itself is a tributary of the Potomac river that flows into the Chesapeake Bay. College Park has a total area of 5.68 square miles (14.71 km²), of which 5.64 square miles (14.61 km²) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km²) is water.

College Park places a strong emphasis on health and wellness to its residents. University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) offers comprehensive health services, including wellness check-ups and preventive care programs. Orangetheory Fitness provides a range of equipment and fitness classes for members seeking a supportive gym environment. Adose Wellness provides unique events such as "Unlocking the Spirit of Cannabliss," which combines wellness and relaxation techniques. The M-NCPPC Department of Parks and Recreation offers a wide range of family-oriented health and wellness programs designed to create healthy communities through parks and recreational activities. For those interested in holistic health, the AWCAA Community Health Fair provides a platform for learning about various health and wellness topics. OpenBarre Studios offers barre classes that combine ballet, Pilates, and yoga to improve strength and flexibility. 

Top sites of College Park, MD are College Park Aviation Museum, Lake Artemesia, and Jim Henson Statue and Memorial Garden.

Population: 34,187 (2023). ZIP codes: 20740–20742. Area code: 301, 240. Elevation: 69 ft (21m). Area: 5.68 square miles (14.71 km²).

FAQs 

What is the history of College Park, MD?

For over 150 years, College Park has been a center of education, experimentation, and exploration, a place where creative minds pursued innovations first in agriculture, then in flight, and today  serves as the home of the flagship campus of the University of Maryland.  The Maryland Agricultural College was founded here in 1856 to support scientific research and education in agriculture to bring prosperity to Maryland farmers.  Fifty years later, in 1909, the Wright Brothers found College Park the perfect place for an airfield where they could continue their experiments with flight and train the first army pilots.  

Is it expensive to live in College Park, MD?

College Park is part of Washington-Arlington-Alexandria DC--MD-WV Metro Div. metro area, which is ranked 16 out of 273 cities across the US in terms of cost of living. According to C2ER (the Council for Community and Economic Research), the cost of living in College Park is estimated to be 134.5% of the national average making it one of the more expensive cities in the US. Total monthly expenditure you can expect to incur depends on the cost of housing, food, utilities, transportation, healthcare, other miscellaneous goods and services. 

What is the crime rate of College Park, MD?

The crime rate in College Park is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 21 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in College Park is 1 in 47. Based on FBI crime data, College Park is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Maryland, College Park has a crime rate that is higher than 77% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

Sources

Wikipedia

City of College Park

Prince George County

Fly Homes

Neighborhood Scout

College Park Aviation Museum

Lake Artemesia

Jim Henson Statue and Memorial Garden

University of Maryland Medical Center

Orangetheory Fitness

Adose Wellness

M-NCPPC Department of Parks and Recreation

AWCAA Community Health Fair

OpenBarre Studios

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