Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)
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Georgetown Historic District | |
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| Location | Roughly boondit bi Whitehaven Street, Rock Creek Park, the Potomac River, an the Georgetown Varsity campus |
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| Coordinates | 38°54′34″N 77°3′54″W / 38.90944°N 77.06500°WCoordinates: 38°54′34″N 77°3′54″W / 38.90944°N 77.06500°W |
| Aurie | 750 acre (300 ha) |
| NRHP Reference # | 67000025 |
| Significant dates | |
| Addit tae NRHP | 28 Mey 1967 |
| Designatit NHLD | 28 Mey 1967 |
Georgetown is a historic neebourheid, commercial, an enterteenment destrict locatit in northwast Washington, D.C., situatit alang the Potomac River. Foondit in 1751 in the Province o Maryland, the port o Georgetown predatit the establishment o the federal destrict an the City of Washington bi 40 years. Georgetown remained a separate municipality till 1871, when the Unitit States Congress creatit a new consolidatit govrenment for the whole District of Columbia. A separate act passed in 1895 specifically repealed Georgetown's remainin local ordinances an renamit Georgetown's streets tae conform wi those in the City of Washington.
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- Neebourheids in Washington, D.C.
- Populatit places on the Potomac River
- Shoppin destricts an streets in the Unitit States
- 1751 establishments in the Thirteen Colonies