Historical_outline_of_the_District_of_Columbia
Outline of Washington, D.C.
Overview of and topical guide to District of Columbia
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to District of Columbia:
Washington, D.C., legally named the District of Columbia, in the United States of America, was founded on July 16, 1790, after the inauguration of City of Washington, the new capital of the country. The area given to District of Columbia, was originally 100 square miles (259 km2) ceded by the states of Maryland and Virginia in accordance with the Residence Act; however, in 1846, the retrocession of the District of Columbia, meant that the area of 31 square miles (80 km2) which was ceded by Virginia was returned,[1] leaving 69 square miles (179 km2) of territory originally ceded by Maryland as the current area of the District in its entirety.[2]
The City of Washington was originally a separate municipality within the Territory of Columbia until the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 effectively merged the City and the Territory into a single entity. It is for this reason that everything within its boundaries is legally the District of Columbia.
- Names
- Common name: Washington, D.C.
- Official name: District of Columbia
- Abbreviations and name codes
- Adjectivals:
- District of Columbia
- District
- DC
- Demonym: Washingtonian
- The District of Columbia is: The federal capital district of the United States of America
- Location
- Northern hemisphere
- Western hemisphere
- Americas
- North America
- Anglo America
- Northern America
- United States of America
- Contiguous United States
- Eastern United States
- East Coast of the United States – even though the District of Columbia does not include any coastline, it is generally considered to be part of the Eastern Seaboard region.
- Mid-Atlantic states
- Eastern United States
- Contiguous United States
- United States of America
- North America
- Americas
- Population of Washington, D.C.: 689,545 (2020 U.S. Census[3])
- Area of Washington, D.C.: 63.8 mi sq
Geographic features of Washington, D.C.
- Atlantic coastal plain
- Atlantic Seaboard fall line
- Boundary Channel
- Buzzard Point
- Capitol Hill
- Columbia Island
- Georgetown Reservoir
- Hains Point
- Dalecarlia Reservoir
- McMillan Reservoir
- Meridian Hill
- Piedmont (United States)
- Southwest Waterfront
- Theodore Roosevelt Island
- Rivers of Washington, D.C.
- Three Sisters
- Tidal Basin
- Washington Channel
Places in Washington, D.C.
- Historic places in Washington, D.C.
- Boundary Markers of the Original District of Columbia
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
- Jefferson Pier
- National Historic Landmarks in Washington, D.C.
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington, D.C.
- Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Northeast Quadrant, Washington, D.C.
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Southeast Quadrant, Washington, D.C.
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Southwest Quadrant, Washington, D.C.
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Northwest Quadrant, Washington, D.C.
- National Monuments in Washington, D.C.
- National Natural Landmarks in Washington, D.C.: none
- Bridges in Washington, D.C.
- 11th Street Bridges
- 14th Street Bridges
- Arlington Memorial Bridge
- Boulder Bridge
- Boundary Channel Bridge
- Chain Bridge
- Connecticut Avenue Bridge (Klingle Valley Bridge)
- Dunbarton Bridge
- Francis Scott Key Bridge
- Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge
- Kutz Memorial Bridge
- New York Avenue Bridge
- Theodore Roosevelt Bridge
- Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge
- Ross Drive Bridge
- William Howard Taft Bridge
- Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge
- Neighborhoods in Washington, D.C.
- National Parks in Washington, D.C. (official units of the U.S. National Park System)
- Benjamin Banneker Park
- Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
- Battleground National Cemetery
- Clara Barton Parkway
- Constitution Gardens
- East Potomac Park
- Ford's Theatre National Historic Site
- Fort Circle Parks
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial
- Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
- Freedom Plaza
- Korean War Veterans Memorial
- Lincoln Memorial
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac
- Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
- National Capital Parks
- Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site
- Theodore Roosevelt Island
- Thomas Jefferson Memorial
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- Washington Monument
- West Potomac Park
- World War II Memorial
- United States Capitol Complex
- Union Square
- United States Botanic Garden
- United States Capitol
- Apotheosis of Democracy
- Hall of Columns
- National Statuary Hall
- National Statuary Hall Collection
- Old Senate Chamber
- Old Supreme Court Chamber
- Statue of Freedom
- United States Capitol crypt
- United States Capitol dome
- United States Capitol rotunda
- United States Senate chamber
- Washington's Tomb (United States Capitol)
- United States Capitol Visitor Center
- United States National Arboretum
- Washington Aqueduct
Environment of Washington, D.C.
Subdivisions of Washington, D.C.
- District of Columbia's At-large congressional district
- District of Columbia census statistical areas
Quadrants of Washington, D.C.
Neighborhoods of Washington, D.C.
The District of Columbia is divided into eight wards and 37 Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANCs) within these wards.
Ward 1
Adams Morgan • Columbia Heights • Kalorama • LeDroit Park • Mount Pleasant • Park View • Pleasant Plains • Shaw
Ward 2
Burleith • Downtown • Dupont Circle • Foggy Bottom • Georgetown • Sheridan Kalorama • Logan Circle • Mount Vernon Square • Shaw • West End
Ward 3
American University Park • Berkley • Cathedral Heights • Chevy Chase • Cleveland Park • Colony Hill • Forest Hills • Foxhall • Friendship Heights • Glover Park • Kent • Massachusetts Heights • McLean Gardens • North Cleveland Park • Observatory Circle • The Palisades • Potomac Heights • Spring Valley • Tenleytown • Wakefield • Wesley Heights • Woodland-Normanstone Terrace • Woodley Park (Part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 1)
Ward 4
Barnaby Woods • Brightwood • Brightwood Park • Chevy Chase (Part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 3) • Colonial Village • Crestwood • Fort Totten • Hawthorne • Manor Park • Petworth • Riggs Park • Lamond-Riggs • Shepherd Park • Sixteenth Street Heights • Takoma
Ward 5
Arboretum • Bloomingdale • Brentwood • Brookland • Carver Langston • Eckington • Edgewood • Fort Lincoln • Fort Totten (Part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 4) • Gateway • Ivy City • Riggs Park (Part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 4) • Langdon • Michigan Park • North Michigan Park • Pleasant Hill • Stronghold/Metropolis View • Trinidad • Truxton Circle • Woodridge
Ward 6
Barney Circle • Capitol Hill • Chinatown • Judiciary Square • Kingman Park • Navy Yard/Near Southeast • Near Northeast • Penn Quarter • NoMa, Washington, D.C. • Southwest Federal Center • Southwest Waterfront • Sursum Corda • Swampoodle • Union Station
Ward 7
Benning Heights • Benning Ridge • Benning • Burrville • Capitol View • Civic Betterment • Deanwood • Dupont Park • Eastland Gardens • Fairfax Village • Fairlawn • Fort Davis • Fort Dupont • Good Hope • Grant Park • Greenway • Hillbrook • Hillcrest • Kenilworth • Kingman Park • Lincoln Heights • Mahaning Heights • Marshall Heights • Mayfair • Naylor Gardens • Penn Branch • Randle Highlands • River Terrace • Skyland • Summit Park • Twining
Ward 8
Anacostia • Barry Farm • Bellevue • Buena Vista • Congress Heights • Douglass • Fairlawn • Garfield Heights • Knox Hill • Shipley Terrace • Washington Highlands • Woodland
Demography of Washington, D.C.
Structure of the government of Washington, D.C.
- District of Columbia home rule
- There are two committees in the United States Congress that oversee the District of Columbia:
- The United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform,
which is the successor committee to the United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, and - The United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
- The United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform,
- There are two committees in the United States Congress that oversee the District of Columbia:
- United States congressional delegations from the District of Columbia (one non-voting delegate)
Branches of the government of Washington, D.C.
Executive branch of the government of Washington, D.C.
Legislative branch of the government of Washington, D.C.
Judicial branch of the government of Washington, D.C.
Law and order in Washington, D.C.
Military in Washington, D.C.
History of the District of Columbia, by period
- Indigenous peoples
- American Revolutionary War, April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783
- United States Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
- Treaty of Paris, September 3, 1783
- State of Maryland, (1776–1791)
- Commonwealth of Virginia, (1776–1791)
- District of Columbia since March 3, 1791
- President George Washington signs An Act for establishing the temporary and permanent seat of the Government of the United States on July 16, 1790[4]
- President George Washington proclaims location of the district for the permanent seat of the Government of the United States on January 24, 1791[5]
- President George Washington signs An Act to amend "An Act for establishing the temporary and permanent seat of the Government of the United States" on March 3, 1791[6]
- President John Adams moves into new White House on November 1, 1800
- Sixth United States Congress meets in new United States Capitol on November 17, 1800
- War of 1812, June 18, 1812 – March 23, 1815
- Burning of Washington, August 24–25, 1814
- Treaty of Ghent, December 24, 1814
- Mexican–American War, April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848
- Retrocession of the District of Columbia, 1847
- Know-Nothing Riot, 1857
- American Civil War, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865
- District of Columbia in the American Civil War
- Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865
- Streetcars in the District of Columbia, 1862–1962
- Assassination of President James A. Garfield on July 2, 1881
- Protest marches on Washington, D.C. since 1894
- McMillan Plan, 1901
- United States Capitol shooting incident on March 1, 1954
- Civil Rights Movement from December 1, 1955, to January 20, 1969
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963
- Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his I Have a Dream speech
- President Lyndon Johnson signs the National Voting Rights Act on August 6, 1965
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963
- Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution, 1960–1961
- District of Columbia riots of 1968
- District of Columbia Home Rule Act of 1973
- United States Senate bombing of 1983
- United States Capitol shooting incident of 1998
- Attacks on the United States, including the Pentagon, on September 11, 2001
- Architecture of Washington, D.C.
- Museums in Washington, D.C.
- People from Washington, D.C.
- Scouting in Washington, D.C.
- Symbols of the District of Columbia
The Arts in Washington, D.C.
Sports in Washington, D.C.
- Communications in Washington, D.C.
- Healthcare in Washington, D.C.
- Transportation in Washington, D.C.
- Metrobus
- Airports in Washington, D.C.: none
- Rail transport in Washington, D.C.
- Railroads in Washington, D.C.
- Washington Metro
- Baltimore-Washington D.C. Maglev (proposed project)
- Roads in Washington, D.C.
- Water in Washington, D.C.
- Schools in Washington, D.C.
- Topic overview:
- All pages with titles beginning with District of Columbia
- All pages with titles beginning with Washington, D.C.
- All pages with titles beginning with Washingtonian
- All pages with titles containing District of Columbia
- All pages with titles containing Washington, D.C.
- All pages with titles containing Washingtonian
- "D.C. History F.A.Q." Historical Society of D.C. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
- "Frequently Asked Questions About D.C". Historical Society of Washington, D.C. Archived from the original on 2010-09-18. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
- First United States Congress (July 16, 1790). "An Act for establishing the temporary and permanent seat of the Government of the United States" (cgi-bin). Retrieved June 23, 2009.
- George Washington (January 24, 1791). "Proclamation of the location of the district for the permanent seat of the Government of the United States" (php). President of the United States of America. Retrieved June 23, 2009.
- First United States Congress (March 3, 1791). "An Act to amend "An Act for establishing the temporary and permanent seat of the Government of the United States"" (cgi-bin). Retrieved June 23, 2009.
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