Tenleytown
Tenleytown is a historic neighborhood in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C.… Tenleytown has about 5,680 residents.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 5,680 residents
- Description: neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C.
- Also known as: “Tenleytown, Washington, D.C.”
- Historically known as: “Tenallytown”, “Tenley”, “Tenley-Town”, “Tennallytown”, and “Tennellytown”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library and Tenley Circle Station.
Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library
Library
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
The Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library in the Tenleytown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Located at 4450 Wisconsin Avenue NW, it services the neighborhoods of Tenleytown and Friendship Heights.
Tenley Circle Station
Metro station
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Tenleytown–AU station is a subway station on the Red Line of the Washington Metro in Washington, D.C. Located in the Upper Northwest neighborhood, it is the last station on the Red Line heading outbound wholly within the District of Columbia; the next stop, Friendship Heights, lies within both the District and the state of Maryland.
Grant Road Historic District
Historic site
Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Grant Road Historic District is located in the Tenleytown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The two-block historic district is what remains of a former settlement in rural Washington County in the District of Columbia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Cleveland Park and Upper Northwest.
North Cleveland Park
Neighborhood
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North Cleveland Park is a neighborhood in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. It is bounded by Albemarle Street NW to the north, Rodman and Quebec Streets NW to the south, Wisconsin and Nebraska Avenues NW to the west, and Connecticut Avenue to the east.
Upper Northwest
The neighborhoods of Washington, D.C.'s Upper Northwest rank among America's most wealthy and privileged. There are big attractions, including the outstanding National Zoo, the massive National Cathedral, American University, upscale shopping in Friendship…American University Park
Neighborhood
American University Park is a neighborhood of Washington, D.C., named for American University. AU Park, as it is often abbreviated, is situated against the Maryland border in the Northwest quadrant, bounded by Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Nebraska, and Western Avenues. Tenleytown and Friendship Heights lie to the east, Embassy Row to the southeast, and Spring Valley to the southwest.
Tenleytown
- Categories: neighborhood of Washington, D.C. and locality
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.9489° or 38° 56′ 56″ northLongitude
-77.08027° or 77° 4′ 49″ westPopulation
5,680Elevation
318 feet (97 metres)Open location code
87C4WWX9+HVOpenStreetMap ID
node 158259609OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
4140642Wikidata ID
Q7699929
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Tenleytown” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Tenleytown”
- French: “Tenleytown”
- German: “Tenleytown”
- Italian: “Tenleytown”
- Japanese: “テンリータウン”
- Japanese: “テンレイタウン”
- Polish: “Tenleytown”
- Scots: “Tenleytown”
- Slovenian: “Tenleytown”
- South Azerbaijani: “تنلئیتوون”
- Spanish: “Tenleytown”
- Urdu: “ٹینلی اؤن، واشنگٹن ڈی سی”
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