Palmers Corner

Palmers Corner is a locality in Prince George’s County, Capital Region, Maryland. Palmers Corner is situated nearby to the neighborhood Oaklawn, as well as near Squires Woods.

Type: Locality
Description: hamlet in Prince George’s County, Maryland, United States
Also known as: “Palmers Corner, Maryland” and “Palmers Corner, MD”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Potomac Airfield and Rosecroft Raceway.

Potomac Airfield

Aerodrome

Potomac Airfield, also known as Potomac Airport, a privately owned, public-use airport located in the Friendly census-designated place in unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland, United States; it has a Fort Washington postal address. Potomac Airfield is situated 2 miles south of Palmers Corner.

Rosecroft Raceway

Athletics track

Photo: Michael Jester, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rosecroft Raceway, nicknamed the "Raceway by the Beltway" for being close to Interstate 495, is a harness racing track in Fort Washington, Maryland. It first opened in 1949 and was owned by William E.

Saint Ignatius Church

Church

Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.

St. Ignatius Church is a Catholic church of the Archdiocese of Washington in Oxon Hill, Prince George's County, Maryland. Saint Ignatius Church is situated 2 miles north of Palmers Corner.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Friendly and Broad Creek.

Friendly

Village

Friendly is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, with an African-American majority population, located a few miles south of Washington, D.C. The population was 9,937 at the 2020 census. Friendly is situated 2 miles southwest of Palmers Corner.

Broad Creek

Neighborhood

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Broad Creek in Prince George's County was the first footprint of European settlement in the immediate counties around what would become the nation's capital, Washington, D.C. The area is part of greater Fort Washington. Broad Creek is situated 2½ miles southwest of Palmers Corner.

Oxon Hill

Town

Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Oxon Hill is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in southern Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Oxon Hill is a close suburb of Washington, located southeast of the downtown district and east of Alexandria, Virginia. Oxon Hill is situated 2½ miles northwest of Palmers Corner.

Palmers Corner

Categories: human settlement and hamlet
Location: Prince George’s County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.77567° or 38° 46′ 32″ north

Longitude

-76.95775° or 76° 57′ 28″ west

Elevation

253 feet (77 metres)

Open location code

87C5Q2GR+7V

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158237601

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

4364820

Wikidata ID

Q122565697

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include New Life Family Fellowship Church and Bethel Free Methodist Church.

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