Civic Betterment
Civic Betterment is a small neighborhood in Southeast Washington, D.C., on the border of Prince George's County, Maryland. It is triangular in area, bounded by:…- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States
- Also known as: “Civic Betterment, Washington, D.C.”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Payne Cemetery and District of Columbia Public Library-Capitol View Neighborhood Branch.
Payne Cemetery
Cemetery
Payne's Cemetery was a 13-acre cemetery located in the Benning Ridge neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States. It was founded in 1851 as a privately owned secular cemetery open to the public, but it primarily served the city's African American community.
District of Columbia Public Library-Capitol View Neighborhood Branch
Library
Photo: Bookworm-ce, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Capitol View Neighborhood Library is part of the District of Columbia Public Library System. It was opened to the public on January 23, 1965, after 10 years of advocacy by the Capitol View community.
Woodlawn Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
Woodlawn Cemetery is a historic cemetery in the Benning Ridge neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States. The 22.5-acre cemetery contains approximately 36,000 burials, nearly all of them African Americans.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coral Hills and Capitol Heights.
Coral Hills
Village
Coral Hills is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,997.
Capitol Heights
Village
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Capitol Heights is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, located on the border of both the Northeast & Southeast quadrants of Washington.
Fort Davis
Neighborhood
Fort Davis is a residential neighborhood located in southeast Washington, D.C., on the border between the District of Columbia and Maryland. It is bounded by Southern Avenue, Pennsylvania Avenue SE, and Alabama Avenue SE/Bowen Road SE. Fort Davis Park abuts the western corner of the neighborhood.
Civic Betterment
- Categories: neighborhood of Washington, D.C. and locality
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.87879° or 38° 52′ 44″ northLongitude
-76.9295° or 76° 55′ 46″ westOpen location code
87C5V3HC+G5OpenStreetMap ID
way 615274829OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodWikidata ID
Q5124267
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In Other Languages
“Civic Betterment” goes by many names.
- Urdu: “سوک بیٹرمینٹ”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Benning Park and Benning Park Recreation Center.
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