Petworth
Brookland, Petworth, and Takoma are three relatively quiet neighborhoods east of Rock Creek Park. Following the "White Flight" after desegregation and the 1968 riots, these neighborhoods were left underpopulated, overwhelmingly African-American, and much less wealthy than the Upper Northwest, just across Rock Creek Park.
- Neighborhood with about 19,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 230 feet (70 metres)
- Description: neighborhood in Washington, D.C.
- Also known as“Linden Farm”“Petworth (Washington, D.C.)”
Places of Interest
Discover Sherman Circle and District of Columbia Public Library-Petworth Neighborhood Branch.
District of Columbia Public Library-Petworth Neighborhood Branch
The Petworth Neighborhood Library is a branch of the…
Honeymoon Chicken
Honeymoon Chicken is a restaurant in Petworth, Washington, D.C., United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brookland-Petworth-Takoma and Brightwood Park.
Brookland-Petworth-Takoma
Brookland, Petworth, and Takoma are three relatively quiet neighborhoods east of Rock Creek Park.
Brightwood Park
Brightwood Park is a small neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C. in the United States.
Petworth
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Latitude
38.94593° or 38° 56′ 45″ north
Longitude
-77.02498° or 77° 1′ 30″ west
Open location code
87C4WXWG+92
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = neighbourhood
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Petworth” goes by many names.
ПитвортRussian
PetworthSlovenian
ПетвортUkrainian
پیٹورتھ، واشنگٹن ڈی سیUrdu
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