Seneca
Seneca is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It is located near the intersection of River Road and Seneca Creek, not far from the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and Potomac River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States
- Also known as: “Seneca, Maryland” and “Seneca, MD”
- Historically known as: “Middlebrook Mills”, “Newport”, and “Senica”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Riley’s Lock and Seneca Quarry.
Riley’s Lock
River
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Riley's Lock and lock house are part of the 184.5-mile Chesapeake and Ohio Canal that operated from the 1830s through 1923 along the Potomac River in the United States.
Seneca Quarry
Ruins
Photo: Garrettpeck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Seneca Quarry is a historic site located at Seneca, Montgomery County, Maryland. It is located along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal on the north bank of the Potomac River, just west of Seneca Creek.
The River of Blood
Monument
The River of Blood is a monument installed at the Trump National Golf Club in Lowes Island, Virginia in 2015, which purports to mark an American Civil War battle site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lowes Island and Darnestown.
Lowes Island
Village
Lowes Island is a census-designated place in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 United States Census was 10,756. Along with nearby Countryside and Cascades, it is considered one of the three main components of the Potomac Falls community. Lowes Island is situated 2½ miles south of Seneca.
Darnestown
Village
Darnestown is a United States census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland. The CDP is 17.70 square miles. As of the 2020 census, the Darnestown CDP had a population of 6,723, while the village of Darnestown is considerably smaller in size and population. Darnestown is situated 3 miles northeast of Seneca.
Cascades
Village
Cascades is a census-designated place in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 United States Census was 11,912. Along with nearby Countryside and Lowes Island, it is considered one of the three main components of the Potomac Falls community within Sterling, Virginia. Cascades is situated 3 miles southwest of Seneca.
Seneca
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.07872° or 39° 4′ 43″ northLongitude
-77.33915° or 77° 20′ 21″ westElevation
194 feet (59 metres)Open location code
87F43MH6+F8OpenStreetMap ID
node 157603652OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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