Key facts
- Country
- United States of America
- State
- Maryland
- County
- Prince George's
- Total
- 0.29 sq mi (0.74 km )
- Land
- 0.27 sq mi (0.71 km )
- Water
- 0.012 sq mi (0.03 km )
- Elevation
- 30 ft (9 m)
- Density
- 4,904.2/sq mi (1,893.53/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Area codes
- 301, 240
- Fips code
- 24-20050
- Gnis feature id
- 0597284
- Website
- http://www.cottagecitymd.gov/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Cottage City
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Prince George's County
- Population
- 1335
- Area
- 0.644286
- Elevation
- 9
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- North Brentwood
- Official website
- www.cottagecitymd.gov
- Image
- Cottage City Maryland town hall.jpg
- Households
- 433
- Dialing code
- 240
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- Commons category
- Cottage City, Maryland
- inception
- 1923-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 32317
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Encyclopedic overview
Cottage City, officially the Town of Cottage City, is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 1,335. Cottage City is a small, quiet community lying between Eastern Avenue (the border with Washington), Brentwood, Colmar Manor, and the Anacostia River. Cottage City was developed, beginning in 1870, under the name of "The Highlands". The area was incorporated in 1924 as Cottage City.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cottage City” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.