Landover, Maryland
| Landover, Maryland | |
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| — Census-designated place — | |
 Landover, Maryland
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| Coordinates: 38°56′02″N 76°53′48″W / 38.93389°N 76.89667°WCoordinates: 38°56′02″N 76°53′48″W / 38.93389°N 76.89667°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Maryland |
| County | Prince George's |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.1 sq mi (10.6 km2) |
| • Land | 4.1 sq mi (10.5 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 23,078 |
| • Density | 5,600/sq mi (2,200/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP codes | |
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| GNIS feature ID | 597655 |
Landover is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States.[1] As of the 2010 census it had a population of 23,078.[2]
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[edit] History
Beall's Pleasure and Ridgley Methodist Episcopal Church are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[3]
[edit] Geography
Landover is located at 38°55′28″N 76°53′15″W / 38.9244°N 76.8876°W. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, it has an area of 4.07 square miles (10.55 km2), of which 0.004 square miles (0.01 km2), or 0.13%, is water.[4]
Though small, Landover houses many neighborhoods, which include Glenarden, Brightseat, Ardmore, Palmer Park, Kentland, Dodge Park, Columbia Park, Willow Hills(Hill Rd), Belle Haven, Lansdowne, and Village Green. Metrorail's Orange Line passes through the community. Landover Hills is a separate, incorporated community a few miles away. Landover is the birthplace of the late Len Bias. The Prince Georges County Sports and Learning Complex is in Landover.
For the 2000 census, Landover was delineated by the U.S. Census Bureau as the Greater Landover census-designated place.
[edit] Transportation
The Landover Washington Metro station serves the area on the Orange Line.
I-495/95, the Capital Beltway, crosses U.S. Route 50 in Landover. The Beltway also has junctions with Maryland Route 202 (Landover Road) and Brightseat Road, which leads directly to FedEx Field, the site of Washington Redskins football games.
[edit] Education
Landover is a part of the Prince George's County Public Schools system.
Landover also had career based colleges such as Fortis College [5] that offers programs as a bio-technician, medical assisting and medical coding and billing.
[edit] Economy
Giant Food has its headquarters in a location in unincorporated Prince George's County near Landover.[6]
[edit] Sports
FedEx Field is a football stadium for the Washington Redskins in the neighboring CDP of Summerfield. See also Raljon, Maryland.
The Prince George's Sports & Learning Complex is located on approximately 80 acres (320,000 m2) adjacent to FedEx Field.
[edit] Shopping and Crime
| Historical populations | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1970 | 5,597 |
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| 1980 | 5,374 | −4.0% | |
| 1990 | 5,052 | −6.0% | |
| 2010 | 23,078 |
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Landover was the home of Landover Mall, owned and operated by Lerner Enterprises. Built in 1972, it was the first enclosed mall in the Washington, DC metropolitan area to house four high-end retail anchor stores: Garfinkel's, Hecht's (owned by the May company), Woodward and Lothrop (popularly known as Woodies), and Sears. The mall also housed a multiplex movie theater located in the basement of the northeast corridor of the building. Located at the Capital Beltway and Landover Road, the mall neighbored the towns of Palmer Park, Ardmore, Glenarden, and Largo. Palmer Park was the hometown of legendary Olympic boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard.
In the late 1980s, crime began to rise in the surrounding areas and frightened shoppers eventually helped fuel the mall's rapid decline. The movie theater was the first to close, followed by three of the mall's anchor stores in the 1990s. Garfinkel's closed in 1990, Woodies closed in 1995 and was replaced with a short-lived J. C. Penney store that lasted from 1996 to 2001, and Hecht's closed in 2002 with the opening of the Bowie Town Center located in Bowie. The entire mall officially closed in 2003 and was subsequently demolished in 2006. Sears remains as the only free standing store.
With the arrival of FedEx Field, the home stadium for the Washington Redskins in 1997, the mall's parking lot is used for overflow parking. In 2007, according to the Washington Post [1], Prince George's County officials were in the midst of developing plans to transform the area where Landover Mall once stood. County officials propose to build luxury townhouses, trendy stores, and office buildings. The goal of the project is to transform the area into a residential and cultural hub that replicates the Bowie Town Center and The Boulevard at the Capital Centre located in Largo. Woodmore Towne Centre, featuring Costco and Wegmans, opened in 2010 in nearby Glenarden.
[edit] In popular culture
The documentary short cult classic Heavy Metal Parking Lot (1986) was filmed in Landover in the parking lot of the now-demolished Capital Centre prior to a Judas Priest and Dokken concert.
Landover was mentioned in an NCIS series episode.
[edit] Events
A Harlem Renaissance Festival occurs at Kentland-Columbia Park Community Center in Landover every year in May.
[edit] References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Landover, Maryland
- ^ a b "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Landover CDP, Maryland". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. http://factfinder2.census.gov. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Landover CDP, Maryland". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. http://factfinder2.census.gov. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
- ^ Fortis College - Landover
- ^ "Facility Locations." Giant Food. Retrieved on September 6, 2011. 8301 Professional Place, Suite 115 Landover, MD 20785."
- ^ "CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING (1790-2000)". U.S. Census Bureau. http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/decennial/index.html. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
- ^ Not enumerated separately in 2000. Merged with Dodge Park, Palmer Park and Kentland to form Greater Landover
