Sherman Circle

Sherman Circle is an urban park and traffic circle in the Northwest neighborhood of Petworth at the intersection of Illinois Avenue, Kansas Avenue, 7th Street, and Crittenden Street NW.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include District of Columbia Public Library-Petworth Neighborhood Branch and Rock Creek Cemetery.

Library
The Petworth Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library in the neighborhood of , United States. It is located at 4200 Kansas Avenue NW.

Cemetery
is an 86-acre with a natural and rolling landscape located at Rock Creek Church Road, NW, and Webster Street, NW, off Hawaii Avenue, NE, in the neighborhood of , across the street from the historic Soldiers' Home and the .

Government office
The in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the to the . It is located at 4530 16th Street Northwest, Washington, D.C. in the neighborhood.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Petworth and Brookland-Petworth-Takoma.

Neighborhood
Brookland, , 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 , just across Rock Creek Park.

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 , just across Rock Creek Park.

Sherman Circle

Latitude
38.94733° or 38° 56′ 50″ north
Longitude
-77.02188° or 77° 1′ 19″ west
Elevation
220 feet (67 metres)
Open location code
87C4WXWH+W6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 41965132
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Geo­Names ID
9675452
Wiki­data ID
Q7495140
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Chinese—“Sherman Circle” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Sherman Circle
  • Chinese: 谢尔曼圆环

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