Hyattsville, Maryland "Hyattsville"
Hyattsville, Maryland City of Hyattsville Flag of Hyattsville, Maryland Flag Official seal of Hyattsville, Maryland Nickname(s): Hyattsville Hyattsville is a town/city in Prince George's County, Maryland, and also a close, urban suburb of Washington, D.C.
Hyatt opened a store and began mail bringy, officially naming the nascent improve "Hyattsville" in his 1859 application to turn into postmaster.
The community's locale at the intersection of the Washington and Baltimore Turnpike (modern day US 1) and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line made the territory attractive for development.
In the years following the Civil War, Hyatt and other small-town landowners subdivided their properties and sold lots, and the populace of Hyattsville grew.
Hyattsville was incorporated as a town/city on April 7, 1886. The historic precinct of the town/city is home to a number of Victorian homes assembled in the late 1880s and Sears bungalows and Arts & Crafts homes assembled between the wars (late 1910s and early 1940s).
Historic Hyattsville is roughly bounded by Madison Street, East West Highway, and Oliver Street to the north; Route 1 to the east; Magruder Park to the south; and 39th Avenue, 42nd Avenue, and 42nd Place to the west. Hyattsville is mostly a leafy, semi-urban region with many trees and many small- to medium-sized homes with small yards.
The region has always had a large existence of University of Maryland students, faculty and staff inhabitants as well.
As the area's most momentous population expansion occurred as part of America's post-war urban expansion, the varied traditions established in that era are felt in the town/city to this day.
Hyattsville also once had a momentous counter-cultural community, dating back to the 1960s, with many group homes and some small counter-cultural businesses and organizations present in the city.
Hyattsville is positioned at 38 57 25 N 76 57 5 W (38.956910, -76.951270). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.70 square miles (6.99 km2), of which, 2.67 square miles (6.92 km2) is territory and 0.03 square miles (0.08 km2) is water. Typical of central Maryland, Hyattsville lies inside the humid subtropical climate zone (Koppen: Cfa), characterized by hot humid summers and generally cool to mild winters, with high annual precipitation. Hyattsville lies inside USDA plant hardiness zone 7a. Hyattsville has thriving a momentous gay and lesbian population.
Population by Race in Hyattsville Maryland (2010) As of the census of 2010, there were 17,557 citizens , 6,324 homeholds, and 3,724 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 33.2% White, 35.6% African American, 0.8% Native American, 4.4% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 21.4% from other competitions, and 4.6% from two or more competitions.
The median age in the town/city was 32.1 years.
22.2% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 12.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 34.7% were from 25 to 44; 23.2% were from 45 to 64; and 7.2% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 14,733 citizens , 5,540 homeholds, and 3,368 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 41.03% African American, 39.53% White, 18.14% Hispanic or Latino 0.50% Native American, 4.02% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 10.91% from other competitions, and 3.98% from two or more competitions.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 24.2% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 34.0% from 25 to 44, 20.5% from 45 to 64, and 10.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $45,355, and the median income for a family was $51,625.
First Baptist Church of Hyattsville Hyattsville Mennonite Church Hyattsville Seventh-Day Adventist Church West Hyattsville Baptist Church The following is a list of historic sites in Hyattsville identified by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission: In 1982, a portion of the town/city was placed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Hyattsville Historic District; the precinct was extended in late 2004.
7 Hyattsville Armory Hyattsville Armorry Entrance Nov 08.JPG 5340 Baltimore Avenue 68-041-09 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, March 27, 1980 8 Hyattsville Post Office Hyattsville PO Nov 08.JPG 4325 Gallatin Street 68-041-40 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, July 24, 1986 Various enhance artwork sculptures, murals, and mosaics have been commissioned throughout the City of Hyattsville, thanks to Prince George's Art in Public Places Program, M-NCPPC's Department of Parks and Recreation, the Hyattsville CDC and the Prince George's Arts & Humanities Council.
A full Public Art Locator is positioned on Hyattsville - CDC.org.
Downtown Hyattsville is also undergoing revitalization as part of the Gateway Arts District, in the form of the Arts District Hyattsville private evolution project, which includes townhomes, live-work units, and retail space.
Organic Market, Elevation Burger, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Spice 6 Modern Indian, and Tara Thai. In the winter of 2015, a traveling exhibition platform Visual Collaborative collaborated with the Arts District Hyattsville Master Association, utilizing the Lustine Center to host a group exhibition themed Vanity. When first incorporated, Hyattsville was run by a Board of Commissioners; in May 1900, it switched to a mayor and common council system.
Today, the town/city government consists of a popularly propel mayor and a ten-person town/city council.
In January 2015, the Hyattsville Council passed a charter amendment to allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in town/city elections, making Hyattsville one of the several jurisdictions in the United States that has done so. In December 2016, the town/city period voting rights again, granting non-citizen inhabitants the right to vote in municipal elections. Hyattsville Elementary, Felegy Elementary, Hyattsville Middle, and Northwestern High School, along with the College Park Academy charter school, Chelsea School, St.
Jerome Academy are positioned inside the town/city limits.
The town/city is served by Prince George's County Public Schools, and its borders overlap with the enrollment areas for the following enhance schools: Hyattsville Elementary School University Park Elementary School Hyattsville Middle School As a improve inside the Capital Beltway, Hyattsville appreciates access to Washington through the West Hyattsville and Prince George's Plaza metro stations, which are on the Metro subway system's Green Line.
Hyattsville inhabitants also have access to Baltimore Camden Station and Washington Union Station via the MARC commuter rail trains on the Camden Line in the neighboring town of Riverdale Park.
The town/city has undergone a primary redevelopment over the last decade, including residentiary and retail evolution in the Arts District Hyattsville private evolution (located in the Gateway Arts District), and the region surrounding Prince George's Plaza.
One new primary evolution is the University Town Center, which is positioned athwart Belcrest Road from The Mall at Prince Georges.
The locale is prominent with college students, due to its close adjacency to the University of Maryland, College Park, University of Maryland, University College, and Prince George's Community College.
There is also a bus stop positioned just outside the residentiary apartements, which services not only small-town county and town/city transit systems, but also a several university shuttles, including the University of Maryland and Howard University. The National Center for Health Statistics, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, is headquartered in Hyattsville and positioned at University Town Center.
The town/city of Hyattsville has expressed concern that crime in non-Hyattsville locations sharing the same ZIP codes and unincorporated communities designated as "Hyattsville" by the United States Postal Service creates an image lured for the city. The town/city was involved in a minor controversy in April 2006.
In the episode airing April 27, the Geena Davis tv series Commander in Chief depicted Hyattsville as having the highest murder rate in the United States; it also indirectly depicted the town/city as being an urban ghetto dominated by poor minorities.
The town/city and Prince George's County were very upset at ABC.
On May 1, ABC formally apologized to both the town/city and county. Parris Glendening, governor of Maryland from 1995 2003, began his political longterm position as a member of Hyattsville City Council Anne Healey, Maryland House of Delegates (District 22) Washington, Maryland House of Delegates (District 22) "City of Hyattsville, Maryland".
City of Hyattsville, Maryland.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014".
Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hyattsville, Maryland "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Hyattsville city, Maryland".
"Hyattsville History".
City of Hyattsville, Maryland.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
"Hyattsville Maryland Population Statistics".
M-NCPPC Illustrated Inventory of Historic Sites (Prince George's County, Maryland), 2011.
"New Organic Market Opening Furthers Hyattsville's Arts District Development".
"Council lowers Hyattsville voting age to 16 years old".
Hyattsville Life & Times.
"Hyattsville will allow non-U.S.
"Prince George's County Public Schools".
Prince George's County Public Schools.
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