College Park City Hall is the official seat of government of the City of College Park , Maryland . The City Hall houses the offices of the Mayor and those of the City Council of College Park as well as various city departments, agencies and boards/commissions.
97-407: The current building, the second city hall since the city's incorporation in 1945 , was completed in 2021 and played a key role in the revitalization of College Park's downtown. The premises combine municipal services, University of Maryland offices, retail space and a large public plaza. By the end of the 20th century, College Park residents and city officials started discussing the need to replace
194-616: A 21-acre (8.5 ha) facility along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line, is operated by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission . In 1943, due to World War II efforts to conserve rail transport, the Washington Senators relocated their spring training camp to College Park. The locations of 1943 Major League Baseball spring training camps were limited to an area east of
291-621: A binary division of society in the South increased after the American Civil War and the emancipation of slaves. Southern whites struggled to regain political and social dominance of their societies during and after the Reconstruction era . They were intent on controlling the freedmen and asserting white supremacy . Although a few families identified as Piscataway by the early 20th century, prevailing racial attitudes during
388-635: A chiefdom under the Piscataway people . Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, the European settlers lived on large plantations, some holding the original grants under Lord Baltimore . In College Park, there are records for Toaping Castle , a land grant to Col. Isaac Walker from c. 1745 in the area between Branchville, Greenbelt, and Berwyn Heights, and for the Calvert family's Riversdale , which included parts of South College Park. One of
485-530: A dialect of Nanticoke . One of their neighboring tribes, with whom they merged after a massive decline of population following two centuries of interactions with European settlers, called them the Conoy. Two major groups representing people who identify as Piscataway descendants received state recognition as Native American tribes in 2012: the Piscataway Indian Nation and Tayac Territory and
582-480: A family was $ 62,759 (these figures had risen to $ 66,953 and $ 82,295 respectively as of a 2007 estimate ). Males had a median income of $ 40,445 versus $ 31,631 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 16,026. About 4.2% of families and 19.9% of the population were below the poverty line , including 6.9% of those under age 18 and 9.2% of those age 65 or over. As of the census of 2010, there were 30,413 people, 6,757 households, and 2,852 families residing in
679-539: A multiple-vortex F3 tornado hit the area, causing two deaths and 55 injuries and $ 101 million in property damage. This tornado was part of the Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., tornado outbreak of 2001 , one of the most dramatic recent tornado events to directly affect the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area. The median income for a household in the city was $ 50,168, and the median income for
776-487: A notable find given their location away from a river. This finding together with other similar ones indicate that the native American population became more sedentary in the Late Archaic period as the availability of local food supply increased, and social complexity grew. By the time Europeans first arrived and colonized the region in the early 17th century, the various native American groups had aligned themselves into
873-471: A training location for Wilbur Wright to instruct military officers to fly in the US government's first airplane. Civilian aircraft began flying from College Park Airport as early as December 1911, making it the world's oldest continuously operated airport. Commercial development in the city increased in the 1920s, aided by the increased automobile traffic and the growing campus along Baltimore Avenue/Route 1 . By
970-734: 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
1067-628: Is considered one of the most important economic drivers in the county. According to the College Park's 2023 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are: The city organizes several annual events. The College Park Day , held in October at the College Park Aviation Museum & Airport, is the city's signature event. It features various activities, entertainment, and food vendors celebrating
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#17328013610291164-679: Is located between Baltimore Avenue and the CSX tracks, while the Discovery District, the university's business and research park, lies east of the tracks. The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen climate classification system, College Park has a humid subtropical climate , abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Tornadoes are rare (the whole state of Maryland averages 4 tornadoes per year ), but on September 24, 2001,
1261-797: 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 km ), of which 5.64 square miles (14.61 km ) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km )
1358-474: Is quantum technology. Efforts in this field include IonQ , a quantum computing company with a market capitalization of $ 2.8 billion as of December 2023, Quantum Startup Foundry, Quantum Catalyzer, and the National Quantum Lab at Maryland (Q-Lab), the nation's first facility providing hands-on access to a commercial-grade quantum computer to the scientific community. These efforts are part of
1455-611: 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
1552-541: Is water. The neighborhoods that were part of the initial incorporation of the city in 1945 ( Calvert Hills , Old Town , Lakeland, Berwyn, Branchville, Oak Springs, Daniel's Park, and Hollywood) plus Sunnyside lie in between the Washington-Baltimore CSX railway tracks and Route 1/Baltimore Avenue . West of Baltimore Avenue lie Lord Calvert Manor, College Park Woods, Crystal Springs, Acerdale (University View), Autoville, Cherry Hill, and Camden. East of
1649-776: The Art Gallery at the University of Maryland , the flagship art museum on the campus of the University of Maryland, and the National Museum of Language , a cultural institution established in 1997 to examine the history, impact, and art of language. Piscataway people Piscataway Indian Nation 103 Piscataway-Conoy Tribe of Maryland 3,500 The Piscataway / p ɪ s ˈ k æ t ə ˌ w eɪ / pih- SKAT -ə- WAY or Piscatawa / p ɪ s ˈ k æ t ə ˌ w eɪ , ˌ p ɪ s k ə ˈ t ɑː w ə / pih- SKAT -ə- WAY , PIH -skə- TAH -wə , are Native Americans . They spoke Algonquian Piscataway ,
1746-516: The Catholic Church consistently continued to identify Indian families by that classification in their records. Such church records became valuable resources for scholars and family and tribal researchers. Anthropologists and sociologists categorized the self-identified Indians as a tri-racial community. They were commonly called a name (regarded as derogatory by some) " Wesorts ." In the 19th century, census enumerators classified most of
1843-470: The City and Suburban Electric Railway entered the area. By 1925, approximately 100 single-family homes existed, mostly two-story, wood-frame buildings. The community housing continued to develop in the 1930s and 1940s with one story bungalows, Cape Cods, and Victorians and, later, raised ranches and split-level homes. The Daniels Park neighborhood was developed, beginning in 1905 on the east and west sides of
1940-555: The Indian Reorganization Act , Chief Turkey Tayac organized a movement for American Indian peoples that gave priority to their self-identification. There are still Indian people in southern Maryland, living without a reservation in the vicinity of US 301 between La Plata and Brandywine . They are formally organized into several groups, all bearing the Piscataway name. After Chief Turkey Tayac died in 1978,
2037-654: The Iroquois but peace was negotiated. In 1697, the Piscataway relocated across the Potomac and camped near what is now The Plains, Virginia , in Fauquier County . Virginia settlers were alarmed and tried to persuade the Piscataway to return to Maryland, though they refused. Finally in 1699, the Piscataway moved north to what is now called Heater's Island (formerly Conoy Island) in the Potomac near Point of Rocks, Maryland . They remained there until after 1722. In
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#17328013610292134-689: The Mississippi River and north of the Ohio River . During the 1960s through the 1980s an Urban Renewal Project took place within the historic African American community of Lakeland. This project was carried out in the face of the opposition of the community's residents and resulted in the redevelopment of approximately two thirds of the community. It displaced 104 of Lakeland's 150 households. The College Park–University of Maryland station opened in 1993, connecting College Park to Washington D.C. by means of Metro . During its construction in
2231-555: The Shingle , Queen Anne , and Stick styles, as well as modest vernacular dwellings. By the turn of the century, College Park was being developed rapidly by catering to those who were seeking to escape the crowded Washington, D.C., as well as to a rapidly expanding staff of college faculty and employees. In 1909 the College Park Airport was established by the United States Army Signal Corps to serve as
2328-646: The Susquehannock and other Iroquoian peoples from the north had almost entirely destroyed many of the Algonquian settlements above present-day Great Falls, Virginia on the Potomac River. The villages below the fall line survived by banding together for the common defense. They gradually consolidated authority under hereditary chiefs, who exacted tribute, sent men to war, and coordinated the resistance against northern incursions and rival claimants to
2425-691: The Taux ( Doeg ) on the Virginia side of the river. Rivals and reluctant subjects of the Tayac hoped that the English newcomers would alter the balance of power in the region. In search of trading partners, particularly for furs, the Virginia Company , and later, Virginia Colony , consistently allied with enemies of the settled Piscataway. Their entry into the dynamics began to shift regional power. By
2522-555: The Virginia Colony . They were believed to have merged with the Meherrin . Numerous contemporary historians and archaeologists, including William H. Gilbert , Frank G. Speck , Helen Rountree , Lucille St. Hoyme , Paul Cissna , T. Dale Stewart , Christopher Goodwin , Christian Feest , James Rice, and Gabrielle Tayac , have documented that a small group of Piscataway families continued to live in their homeland. Although
2619-686: The 18th century, the Maryland Colony nullified all Indian claims to their lands and dissolved the reservations. By the 1720s, some Piscataway as well as other Algonquian groups had relocated to Pennsylvania just north of the Susquehannah River . These migrants from the general area of Maryland are referred to as the Conoy and the Nanticoke . They were spread along the western edge of the Pennsylvania Colony , along with
2716-544: The 4-star Hotel at UMD in 2017 and the Cambria in 2018, the first hotels built in the city in over half a century, and the construction of the College Park City Hall in 2021, a joint venture between the city and the university that provides offices for both as well as retail space and a public plaza. This plaza holds music performances, markets, and city events throughout the year that contributed towards
2813-693: The Algonquian Lenape who had moved west from modern New Jersey, the Tutelo , the Shawnee and some Iroquois . The Piscataway were said to number only about 150 people at that time. They sought the protection of the powerful Haudenosaunee , but the Pennsylvania Colony also proved unsafe. Most of the surviving tribe migrated north in the late eighteenth century and were last noted in the historical record in 1793 at Detroit , following
2910-926: The American Revolutionary War, when the United States gained independence. In 1793 a conference in Detroit reported the peoples had settled in Upper Canada, joining other Native Americans who had been allies of the British in the conflict. Today, descendants of the northern migrants live on the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation reserve in Ontario, Canada . Some Piscataway may have moved south toward
3007-488: The CSX tracks lie College Park Estates and Yarrow. These neighborhoods are primarily residential. They exhibit a variety of architectural styles including Queen Anne and Colonial Revival, and, in later constructions, American Foursquare, Cape Cod, and bungalow. Commercial activity is concentrated along Baltimore Avenue, Greenbelt Road, and Berwyn Road. Starting in 2017 commercial development also started expanding along Knox Road, Hartwick Road, and Calvert Road. Additionally,
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3104-601: The Chesapeake and Tidewater region, arriving according to archeologists' estimates from roughly 3,000 to 10,000 years ago. Those people of Algonquian stock who would coalesce into the Piscataway nation, lived in the Potomac River drainage area since at least AD 1300. Sometime around AD 800, peoples living along the Potomac had begun to cultivate maize as a supplement to their ordinary hunting-gathering diet of fish, game, and wild plants. Some evidence suggests that
3201-455: The City and Suburban Electric Railway in north College Park. Daniels Park was created by Edward Daniels on 47 acres (19 ha) of land. This small residential subdivision was improved with single-family houses arranged along a grid pattern of streets. The houses—built between 1905 and the 1930s—range in style from American Foursquares to bungalows. The Hollywood neighborhood was developed in
3298-729: The FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), and the navy's software factory (the Forge ), as well as university centers such as the Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS) sponsored by the Department of Defense. The Discovery district also includes technology companies generally related to the university. An area that has seen rapid growth in the Discovery district since 2010
3395-649: The Maryland Colony continued to compete for control of Piscataway land. Piscataway fortunes declined as the English Maryland colony grew and prospered. They were especially adversely affected by epidemics of infectious disease , which decimated their population, as well as by intertribal and colonial warfare. After the English tried to remove tribes from their homelands in 1680, the Piscataway fled from encroaching English settlers to Zekiah Swamp in Charles County, Maryland . There they were attacked by
3492-472: The Maryland Commission on Indian Affairs stated that the Piscataway had provided adequate documentation of their history and recommended recognition. On January 9, 2012, Gov. Martin O'Malley issued executive orders recognizing all three Piscataway groups as Native American tribes. As part of the agreement that led to recognition, the tribes renounced any plans to launch gambling enterprises, and
3589-1191: The Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library. The Adele H. Stamp Student Union houses the Hoff Theater, the Art and Learning Center, and the Grand Ballroom where various events are held. Additionally, the Nyumburu Amphitheater, adjacent to the Stamp Student Union, features outdoor performances. The Jones-Hill House (former Cole Field), the Ritchie Coliseum , and the XFINITY Center are athletic facilities that also host performances. Some notable concerts held in these venues include Bruce Springsteen in 1973, Elvis Presley in 1974, Queen in 1977, and U2 in 1983. Other venues in College Park that host cultural events include
3686-632: The Old Parish House, owned by the city, and the Hall CP, a restaurant with an outdoor performing area. The College Park Aviation Museum is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution that since 1987 has housed antique and reproduction aircraft associated with the history of College Park Airport. It also includes an extensive library and archives which hold materials relating to the airport's history, early aviation history, especially relating to Maryland. Other museums in College Park include
3783-848: The Piscataway Conoy Tribe of Maryland. Within the latter group was included the Piscataway Conoy Confederacy and Sub-Tribes and the Cedarville Band of Piscataway Indians. All these groups are located in Southern Maryland . None are federally recognized . The Piscataway were recorded by the English (in days before uniform spelling) as the Pascatowies , Paschatoway , Pazaticans , Pascoticons , Paskattaway , Pascatacon , Piscattaway , and Puscattawy . They were also referred to by
3880-456: The Piscataway in having the English as allies and buffers were short-lived. The Maryland Colony was initially too weak to pose a significant threat. Once the English began to develop a stronger colony, they turned against the Piscataway. By 1668, the western shore Algonquian were confined to two reservations, one on the Wicomico River and the other on a portion of the Piscataway homeland. Refugees from dispossessed Algonquian nations merged with
3977-566: The Piscataway individuals as "free people of color", " Free Negro " or "mulatto" on state and federal census records, largely because of their intermarriage with blacks and Europeans. The dramatic drop in Native American populations due to infectious disease and warfare, plus a racial segregation based on slavery , led to a binary view of race in the former colony. By contrast, Catholic parish records in Maryland and some ethnographic reports accepted Piscataway self-identification and continuity of culture as Indians, regardless of mixed ancestry. Such
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4074-456: The Piscataway migrated from the Eastern Shore , or from the upper Potomac, or from sources hundreds of miles to the north. It is fairly certain, however, that by the 16th century the Piscataway was a distinct polity with a distinct society and culture, who lived year-round in permanent villages. The onset of a centuries-long " Little Ice Age " after 1300 had driven Algonquian and Iroquoian peoples from upland and northern communities southward to
4171-475: The Piscataway split into three groups (outlined below): the Piscataway Conoy Confederacy and Subtribes (PCCS), the Cedarville Band of Piscataway Indians, and the Piscataway Indian Nation. These three organizations have disagreed over a number of issues: seeking state and federal tribal recognition, developing casinos on their land if recognition were gained, and determining which groups were legitimately Piscataway. Two organized Piscataway groups have formed: In
4268-436: The Piscataway. Colonial authorities forced the Piscataway to permit the Susquehannock , an Iroquoian-speaking people, to settle in their territory after having been defeated in 1675 by the Iroquois Confederacy ( Haudenosaunee ), based in New York. The traditional enemies eventually came to open conflict in present-day Maryland. With the tribes at war, the Maryland Colony expelled the Susquehannock after they had been attacked by
4365-399: The Piscataway. The Susquehannock suffered a devastating defeat. Making their way northward, the surviving Susquehannock joined forces with their former enemy, the Haudenosaunee, the five-nation Iroquois Confederacy . Together, the Iroquoian tribes returned repeatedly to attack the Piscataway. The English provided little help to their Piscataway allies. Rather than raise a militia to aid them,
4462-412: The Varsity (2011). In 2013 the College Park City-University Partnership—a nonprofit funded by the University of Maryland and the city of College Park—launched the College Park Academy aiming to improve the perception of local public schools. Development accelerated after Wallace Loh became the president of the University of Maryland in 2010 and relations between the university and the city improved. It
4559-473: The campus of the University of Maryland occupies 41% of the city's surface. The main campus, located west of Baltimore Avenue, is noted for its red-brick Georgian buildings and McKeldin Mall , which is the largest academic mall in the United States . Various film and TV pieces have been filmed on this campus, including St. Elmo’s Fire , Veep , National Treasure: Book of Secrets , or Young Sheldon . Graduate as well as fraternity and sorority housing
4656-433: The city and county passed the Route 1 Sector Plan, which allowed and encouraged mixed use development along College Park's main roadway. In July 2006, a group of students created Rethink College Park —a community group providing a website to share information about development and to encourage public dialogue. Early mixed-used projects along Baltimore Avenue included the View I (2006) and II (2010), Mazza Grandmarc (2010), and
4753-432: The city government offices, council chambers, an atrium and community meeting space, 45,000 square feet for the University of Maryland offices, and 7,000 square feet of retail space on the ground floor. The council chambers have a nine-foot seal that is visible from outside the building and can be lit up. The building is organized around a large landscaped public plaza that provides seating and tables for retail customers and
4850-740: The city government passed a "Resolution of the Mayor and Council of the City of College Park Renouncing Systemic Racism and Declaring Support of Black Lives" which recognized harm done to the historic African American community of Lakeland. In it, "the Mayor and Council acknowledge and apologize for our city's past history of oppression, particularly with regards to the Lakeland community, and actively seek opportunities for accountability and truth-telling about past injustice, and aggressively seek opportunities for restorative justice". On March 2, 2023, Patrick Wojahn, who had served as College Park's mayor since 2015, resigned after being arrested on child pornography charges. Wojahn pleaded guilty to over 100 counts and
4947-418: The city's total employment and a significant fraction of its population. In 2017 the university rebranded its 150-acre business and research park as the Discovery district aiming to bring together research firms, start-ups and shops and restaurants. This area is divided between College Park and Riverdale Park. This Discovery district is home to federal agencies such as the NOAA's Weather Prediction Center ,
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#17328013610295044-421: The city. The population density was 4,537.5 inhabitants per square mile (1,751.9/km ). There were 6,245 housing units at an average density of 1,149.2 units per square mile (443.7 units/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 68.82% White , 15.93% Black or African American , 0.33% Native American , 10.03% Asian , 0.01% Pacific Islander , 2.57% from other races , and 2.31% from two or more races. 5.54% of
5141-453: The city. The population density was 5,392.4 inhabitants per square mile (2,082.0/km ). There were 8,212 housing units at an average density of 1,456.0 units per square mile (562.2 units/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 63.0% White , 14.3% African American , 0.3% Native American , 12.7% Asian , 0.1% Pacific Islander , 6.0% from other races , and 3.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race were 11.9% of
5238-522: 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. The earliest evidence of human activity in the College Park area was found at an archeological site just south of Archives II. Projectile points of Clagett and Vernon styles dating from 3000 to 2600 BC were recovered,
5335-401: The community. Other events include the College Park Parade , featuring local groups, organizations, entertainers, and performers, Friday Night Live! , held several Fridays over the summer and featuring a variety of musical genres, food, beer, and other entertainment, and Winter Wonderland , which hosts the annual Winter Wonderland holiday market and the lighting of the city's tree. During
5432-445: The early 1630s, the Tayac's hold over some of his subordinate werowances had weakened considerably. However, when the English began to colonize what is now Maryland in 1634, the Tayac Kittamaquund managed to turn the newcomers into allies. He had come to power that year after killing his brother Wannas , the former Tayac. He granted the English a former Indian settlement, which they renamed St. Mary's City after Queen Henrietta Marie,
5529-533: The early 20th century along the City and Suburban Electric Railway. Edward Daniels, the developer of Daniels Park, planned the Hollywood subdivision as a northern extension of that earlier community. Development in Hollywood was slow until after World War II, when Albert Turner acquired large tracts of the northern part of the neighborhood in the late 1940s. Turner was able to develop and market brick and frame three-bedroom bungalows beginning in 1950. By 1952, an elementary school had been built. Hollywood Neighborhood Park,
5626-462: The early and mid-twentieth century cultural revitalization movements. His leadership inspired tribes other than the Piscataway, and revival has also occurred among other Southeastern American Indian communities. These include the Lumbee , Nanticoke , and Powhatan of the Atlantic coastal plain. Assuming the traditional leadership title "tayac" during an era when American Indian identity was being regulated to some extent by blood quantum , outlined in
5723-415: The general public. This plaza holds music performances, markets, and city events throughout the year that have contributed towards the revitalization of College Park's downtown. College Park, Maryland#History College Park is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland , United States, located approximately four miles (6.4 km) from the northeast border of Washington, D.C. Its population
5820-520: The girl's education, including learning English. At a young age, Mary Kittamaquund married the much older English colonist Giles Brent , one of Margaret's brothers. After trying to claim Piscataway territory upon her father's death, the couple moved south across the Potomac to establish a trading post and live at Aquia Creek in present-day Stafford County, Virginia . They were said to have had three or four children together. Brent married again in 1654, so his child bride may have died young. Benefits to
5917-487: The historic Piscataway. In 1996 the Maryland Commission on Indian Affairs (MCIA) suggested granting state recognition to the Piscataway Conoy Confederacy and Subtribes. Critics were concerned about some of the development interests that backed the Piscataway Conoy campaign, and feared gaming interests. (Since the late twentieth century, many recognized tribes have established casinos and gaming entertainment on their reservations to raise revenues.) Gov. Parris Glendening , who
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#17328013610296014-415: The lands. A hierarchy of places and rulers emerged: hamlets without hereditary rulers paid tribute to a nearby village . Its chief , or werowance , appointed a "lesser king" to each dependent settlement. Changes in social structure occurred and religious development exalted the hierarchy. By the end of the 16th century, each werowance on the north bank of the Potomac was subject to the paramount chief :
6111-450: The larger tribe was destroyed as an independent, sovereign polity, descendants of the Piscataway survived. They formed unions with others in the area, including European indentured servants and free or enslaved Africans. They settled into rural farm life and were classified as free people of color , but some kept Native American cultural traditions. For years the United States censuses did not have separate categories for Indians. Especially in
6208-405: The late 1930s, most of the original subdivision had been partially developed. Several fraternities and sororities from the University of Maryland built houses in the neighborhood. After World War II , construction consisted mostly of infill of ranch and split-level houses. After incorporation in 1945, the city continued to grow, and a municipal center was built in 1959. The Lakeland neighborhood
6305-447: The late 1980s, sand and gravel were excavated from the site of an adjacent small lake. In return, Metro built Lake Artemesia on the site, a large recreational area that includes aquatic gardens, fishing piers, and hiker-biker trails. By the turn of the 21st century, College Park began experiencing significant development pressure. Both students and city residents acknowledged the city's lack of amenities and poor sense of place. In 2002,
6402-445: The late 1990s, after conducting an exhaustive review of primary sources, a Maryland-state appointed committee, including a genealogist from the Maryland State Archives, validated the claims of core Piscataway families to Piscataway heritage. A fresh approach to understanding individual and family choices and self-identification among American Indian and African-American cultures is underway at several research universities. Unlike during
6499-633: The late 19th century, and imposition of Jim Crow policies, over-determined official classification of minority groups of color as black. In the 20th century, Virginia and other southern states passed laws to enforce the " one-drop rule ", classifying anyone with a discernible amount of African ancestry as " negro ", " mulatto ", or " black ". For instance, in Virginia, Walter Plecker , Registrar of Statistics, ordered records to be changed so that members of Indian families were recorded as black, resulting in Indian families losing their ethnic identification. Phillip Sheridan Proctor, later known as Turkey Tayac ,
6596-423: The late spring and throughout the summer, farmer markets in the Hollywood neighborhood, the university campus, and Paint Branch Parkway sell local produce, meats, bakery products, and crafts. Several performing arts groups and facilities are on the University of Maryland's campus. The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center is a 318,000-square-foot complex that opened in 2001 housing six performance venues as well as
6693-515: The names of their villages: Moyaone , Accotick, or Accokicke, or Accokeek ; Potapaco, or Portotoack ; Sacayo, or Sachia; Zakiah , and Yaocomaco, or Youcomako, or Yeocomico, or Wicomicons. Related Algonquian-speaking tribes included the Anacostan , Chincopin, Choptico , Doeg, or Doge, or Taux ; Tauxeneen, Mattawoman , and Pamunkey . More distantly related tribes included the Accomac, Assateague , Choptank , Nanticoke , Patuxent , Pocomoke , Tockwogh and Wicomoco . The Piscataway language
6790-407: The old city hall. The old building, inaugurated in 1959, could not meet the increased demand for city services as College Park developed, leading to hallways and corridors being used as office and storage space and city departments being spread across several different buildings. In 2014 the city selected the existing site as the location to build the replacement building. Two additional properties on
6887-448: The oldest buildings in the city, the Old Parish House dating from 1817 was initially a farm building in the latter estate. The oldest standing building in College Park is the Rossborough Inn , whose construction was completed in 1803. The forerunner of today's University of Maryland was chartered in 1856 as the Maryland Agricultural College , and would become a land grant college in February 1864. The original College Park subdivision
6984-432: The population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 6,030 households, out of which 19.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.6% were married couples living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 49.6% were non-families. 25.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size
7081-438: The population. There were 6,757 households, of which 18.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 30.6% were married couples living together, 7.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 57.8% were non-families. 24.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size
7178-632: The reconstruction of a portion of Baltimore Avenue into a boulevard with a planted median, new bicycle lanes, and continuous sidewalks. Additionally, the University of Maryland has added several state-of-the-art facilities on their campus, including the Iribe Center for computer science and engineering, the Thurgood Marshall Hall for the public policy school, and the IDEA factory for engineering and entrepreneurship. On June 9, 2020,
7275-684: The revitalization of College Park's downtown. The university also launched the Discovery District, its business and research park, and promoted several mixed-used apartment high-rises such as the Aster (2022) or the Union (2024) that brought along new restaurants, shops, and grocery stores. This development has been complemented by two major infrastructure projects: the Purple Line , which will provide direct light-rail connections form College Park to Bethesda , Silver Spring , and New Carrolton , and
7372-635: The ruler of the Piscataway known as the Tayac . The English explorer Captain John Smith first visited the upper Potomac River in 1608. He recorded the Piscataway by the name Moyaons , after their "king's house", i.e., capital village or Tayac's residence, also spelled Moyaone , located at Accokeek Creek Site at Piscataway Park . Closely associated with them were the Nacotchtank people ( Anacostans ) who lived around present-day Washington, DC , and
7469-788: The same block were acquired and the land was pooled with lots owned by the University of Maryland to redevelop the whole block. The project broke ground in February 2020 and was completed in December 2021. It was recognized with the MidAtlantic Best Projects award of merit for a government/public building and an Honorable Mention by the AIA Baltimore Design Awards. The building is four stories tall and it initially dedicates 33,000 square feet for
7566-1104: The several Patuxent River settlements that were under some degree of Piscataway suzerainty . The Piscataway settlements appear in that same area on maps through 1700. Piscataway descendants now inhabit part of their traditional homelands in these areas. None of the three state-recognized tribes noted above has a reservation or trust land. Their status as "landless" Indians had contributed to their difficulty in proving historical continuity and being recognized as self-governing tribes. The Piscataway relied more on agriculture than did many of their neighbors, which enabled them to live in permanent villages. They lived near waters navigable by canoes. Their crops included maize, several varieties of beans, melons, pumpkins, squash and (ceremonial) tobacco, which were bred and cultivated by women. Men used bows and arrows to hunt bear, elk, deer, and wolves, as well as smaller game such as beaver, squirrels, partridges, and wild turkeys. They also did fishing and oyster and clam harvesting. Women also gathered berries, nuts and tubers in season to supplement their diets. As
7663-458: The slave states, all free people of color were classified together as black, in the hypodescent classification resulting from the racial caste of slavery. In the late 19th century, archaeologists , journalists , and anthropologists interviewed numerous residents in Maryland who claimed descent from tribes associated with the former Piscataway chiefdom . Uniquely among most institutions,
7760-483: The university's campaign to further establish the area as the capital of quantum . Other sectors with a strong presence in the Discovery district are cyber security (Cybrary, Immuta, BlueVoyand, and Inky) and medical devices (Medcura). On December 18, 2023, the Washington Commanders announced that they would be moving their headquarters to the Discovery district in 2024. The Discovery district area
7857-877: The warmer climate of the Potomac basin. Growing seasons there were long enough for them to cultivate maize. As more tribes occupied the area, they competed for resources and had an increasing conflict. By 1400, the Piscataway and their Algonquian tribal neighbors had become increasingly numerous because of their sophisticated agriculture, which provided calorie-rich maize , beans and squash . These crops added surplus to their hunting-gathering subsistence economy and supported greater populations. The women cultivated and processed numerous varieties of maize and other plants, breeding them for taste and other characteristics. The Piscataway and other related peoples were able to feed their growing communities. They also continued to gather wild plants from nearby freshwater marshes. The men cleared new fields, hunted, and fished. By 1600, incursions by
7954-714: The wife of King Charles I. The Tayac intended the new colonial outpost to serve as a buffer against the Iroquoian Susquehannock incursions from the north. Kittamaquund and his wife converted to Christianity in 1640 by their friendship with the English Jesuit missionary Father Andrew White , who also performed their marriage. Their only daughter Mary Kittamaquund became a ward of the English governor and of his sister-in-law, colonist Margaret Brent , both of whom held power in St. Mary's City and saw to
8051-492: The years of racial segregation, when all people of any African descent were classified as black, new studies emphasize the historical context and evolution of seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth century ethnic cultures and racial categories. The State of Maryland appointed a panel of anthropologists, genealogists, and historians to review primary sources related to Piscataway genealogy. The panel concluded that some contemporary self-identified Piscataway descended from
8148-467: Was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.11. In the city, 10.5% of the population was under the age of 18, 51.3% was between from 18 to 24, 19.8% from 25 to 44, 11.3% from 45 to 64, and 7.2% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 22 years. For every 100 females, there were 110.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 111.2 males. The University of Maryland shapes College Park's economy significantly, contributing to over half of
8245-436: Was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.18. The median age in the city was 21.3 years. 7.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 60.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 15.7% were from 25 to 44; 11% were from 45 to 64; and 5.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 53.1% male and 46.9% female. As of the census of 2000, there were 24,657 people, 6,030 households, and 3,039 families residing in
8342-527: Was 34,740 at the 2020 United States census . It is 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) or Cybrary (cyber security). College Park Airport , established in 1909,
8439-515: Was a new elementary which opened in 1925. The Berwyn neighborhood was developed beginning about 1885 adjacent to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. It was created by Francis Shannabrook, a Pennsylvanian who purchased a tract of land between Baltimore Avenue and the railroad tracks. Shannabrook established a small depot, built a general store, and erected approximately 15 homes in the area to attract moderate-income families looking to move out of Washington. The neighborhood began to grow after 1900 when
8536-567: Was born in 1895. Proctor revived the use of the title tayac , a hereditary office which he claimed had been handed down to him. Turkey Tayac was instrumental in the revival of American Indian culture among Piscataway and other Indian descendants throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast. He was allied with the American Indian Movement Project for revitalization. Chief Turkey Tayac was a prominent figure in
8633-552: Was central in a group of African American communities located along Route One through Prince Georges County. Lakeland High School opened in 1928 with funding from the Rosenwald Fund , the African American community and the county. Lakeland High served all African American students in the northern half of the county until 1950 when it was converted to a facility for lower grades. The community's first Rosenwald school
8730-423: Was common among the Algonquian peoples, Piscataway villages consisted of several individual houses protected by a defensive log palisade . Traditional houses were rectangular and typically 10 feet high and 20 feet long, a type of longhouse , with barrel-shaped roofs covered with bark or woven mats. A hearth occupied the center of the house with a smoke hole overhead. A succession of Indigenous peoples occupied
8827-464: Was developed beginning in 1890 around the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, whose Branchville and Calvert Road depots were located approximately one mile to the north and south, respectively. Lakeland was created by Edwin Newman, who improved the original 238 acres (0.96 km ) located to the west of the railroad. He also built a number of the original homes, a small town hall, and a general store . The area
8924-485: Was first platted in 1872 by Eugene Campbell. Early maps called the local post office "College Lawn". The area remained undeveloped and was re-platted in 1889 by John O. Johnson and Samuel Curriden, Washington real estate developers. The original 125-acre (0.51 km ) tract was divided into a grid-street pattern with long, narrow building lots, with a standard lot size of 50 by 200 feet (15 by 61 m). College Park originally included single-family residences constructed in
9021-543: Was opposed to gambling, denied the tribe's request. In 2004, Governor Bob Ehrlich also denied the Piscataway Conoy's renewed attempt for state recognition, stating that they failed to prove that they were descendants of the historical Piscataway Indians, as required by state law. Throughout this effort, the Piscataway-Conoy stated they had no intent to build and operate casinos. In December 2011,
9118-489: Was originally envisioned as a resort-type community. However, due to the flood-prone, low-lying topography, the neighborhood became an area of African-American settlement. Around 1900, the Baltimore Gold Fish Company built five artificial lakes in the area to spawn goldfish and rarer species of fish. By 1903 Lakeland was an established African-American community with a school and two churches. Lakeland
9215-576: Was part of the large Algonquian language family. Jesuit missionary Father Andrew White translated the Catholic catechism into Piscataway in 1640, and other English missionaries compiled Piscataway-language materials. The Piscataway by 1600 were on primarily the north bank of the Potomac River in what is now Charles , southern Prince George's , and probably some of western St. Mary's counties in southern Maryland, according to John Smith 's 1608 map, "wooded; near many waterways". This also notes
9312-409: Was recognized that the university could not compete if the students, faculty, and staff could not live in College Park so the Greater College Park initiative, a $ 2 billion public-private investment to revitalize the community around the university aiming to create one of the nation's best college towns, was launched in 2014. Some of the developments that occurred as a result of this initiative included
9409-528: Was sentenced to 150 years with 120 years suspended. On November 8, 2023, the parking lot on the Greenbelt Metro station, adjacent to North College Park, was selected to host the future FBI headquarters. The construction of this facility is expected to further accelerate and consolidate the development of College Park. College Park is located in Prince George's County , Maryland . The city
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