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Place in the United States
Fort Lincoln
is a neighborhood located in
northeastern
Washington, D.C.
It is bounded by Bladensburg Road to the northwest,
Eastern Avenue
to the northeast,
New York Avenue NE
to the south, and
South Dakota Avenue NE
to the southwest. The town of
Colmar Manor, Maryland
, is across Eastern Avenue from the Fort Lincoln neighborhood, as is the Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
The name Fort Lincoln was originally used for a
Civil War Fort
in adjacent
Prince George's County, Maryland
, across the
D.C.
line from the Washington neighborhood bearing its name.
Neighborhood
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This northeast Washington neighborhood is home to the Fort Lincoln
"New Town"
development constructed in the 1960s and 1970s.
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This neighborhood is currently the home of
Cathy Lanier
, former Chief of the
D.C. Metropolitan Police
.
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In 2011 another 42 acres of the wetland forest park was sold to make a shopping center.
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The shopping center includes a
Costco
store that opened in November 2012.
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War of 1812 battlefield site
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References
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Ellen Hoffman (September 26, 1969). "New Towners The Voiceless Marylanders, Columbia Citizens Seeking More Say".
The Washington Post
.
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"Hope Stirs In Fort Lincoln Growth, New Neighbor Inspire Pocket of D.C. to Believe in Change," By Clarence Williams,
The Washington Post
, April 30, 2007, p. B01.
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Kelly (December 13, 2011).
"Shops at Dakota Crossing and Costco to Start Now, Open Next Year"
.
DCmud
. DCRE, INC
. Retrieved
December 14,
2011
.
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"Fort Lincoln Wetlands"
.
Anacostia Riverkeeper
. Waterkeeper Alliance. 2010
. Retrieved
December 27,
2011
.
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Fazeli Fard, Maggie (November 29, 2012).
"D.C. welcomes its first Costco"
.
The Washington Post
. Retrieved
August 30,
2023
.
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Places adjacent to Fort Lincoln (Washington, D.C.)
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