Bowie State University

Bowie State University is an university in Prince George’s County, Capital Region, Maryland. Bowie State University is situated nearby to the railway station Bowie State station, as well as near the building Don S. S. Goodloe House.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bowie State station and Bowie Railroad Buildings.

Bowie State station

Railway station

Photo: Woogers, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bowie State station is a regional rail station on the Northeast Corridor, located adjacent to the campus of Bowie State University in Bowie, Maryland. It is served by MARC Penn Line commuter rail trains. Bowie State station is situated 2,200 feet west of Bowie State University.

Bowie Railroad Buildings

Museum

Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.

The Bowie Railroad Buildings comprise three small frame structures at the former Bowie train station, located at the junction of what is now the Northeast Corridor and the Pope's Creek Subdivision in the town center of Bowie, Maryland. Bowie Railroad Buildings is situated 1½ miles southwest of Bowie State University.

Don S. S. Goodloe House

Building

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The Don S. S. Goodloe House, a 1915–16 Colonial Revival style building veneered with brick, is significant for its association with Don Speed Smith Goodloe, the first principal of the Maryland Normal and Industrial School. Don S. S. Goodloe House is situated 2,900 feet west of Bowie State University.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bowie and Collington.

Bowie

Photo: J1729, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bowie is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,329 persons. Bowie, Maryland has grown from a small railroad town to the largest municipality in Prince George's County.

Collington

Neighborhood

Collington was a settlement in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, dating from colonial times. Collington has been subsumed by the city of Bowie. Collington is situated 3½ miles south of Bowie State University.

Crofton

Town

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Crofton is a census-designated place and planned community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States, located 9.8 miles west of the state capital Annapolis, 24 miles south of Baltimore, and 24 miles east-northeast of Washington, D.C. The community was established in 1964 and as of the 2020 census, it had a population of 29,136. Crofton is situated 4 miles east of Bowie State University.

Bowie State University

Type: University
Historically known as: “Bowie Normal and Industrial School for the Training of Colored Youth”, “Bowie State College”, “Maryland Normal and Industrial School at Bowie”, “Maryland State Teacher’s College”, “Maryland Teachers College at Bowie”, and “Normal School Number 3”
Category: education
Location: Prince George’s County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.01839° or 39° 1′ 6″ north

Longitude

-76.7571° or 76° 45′ 26″ west

Elevation

128 feet (39 metres)

Open location code

87F5269V+95

OpenStreetMap ID

way 511789833

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=university

GeoNames ID

4349171

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