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Edmonston, Maryland

Edmonston, Maryland
Town
Location of Edmonston, Maryland
Location of Edmonston, Maryland
Coordinates: 38°57′3″N 76°56′0″W / 38.95083°N 76.93333°W / 38.95083; -76.93333Coordinates: 38°57′3″N 76°56′0″W / 38.95083°N 76.93333°W / 38.95083; -76.93333
Country  United States of America
State  Maryland
County Prince George's
Incorporated 1924
Government
 • Mayor Tracy Gant
Area
 • Total 0.40 sq mi (1.04 km2)
 • Land 0.39 sq mi (1.01 km2)
 • Water 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation 20 ft (6 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 1,445
 • Estimate (2016) 1,516
 • Density 3,600/sq mi (1,400/km2)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 20781
Area code(s) 301
FIPS code 24-25425
GNIS feature ID 0597374

Edmonston is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 1,445.

It is located 2.5 miles (4.0 km) from Washington, D.C. Edmonston's ZIP code is 20781.

The area of present-day Edmonston probably acquired its name from Captain James Edmonston, a member of a prominent Bladensburg, Maryland, family. He was called "Captain" because he owned a large ship. In 1742, he paid five shillings for a piece of land upon which the town of Edmonston eventually developed. The Edmonston Family had been active in local Revolutionary War effort and were descendants of the Family Edmonstone of Duntreath Castle, Scotland.

The first modern settlers of the community were Adam Francis Plummer and his wife Emily Saunders Arnold Plummer, who had been slaves of the powerful Calvert family on the Riversdale Plantation in present-day Riverdale Park. After the Civil War, Adam Plummer purchased ten acres of land for $1000, south of the plantation and sought out and recovered family members that had been sold during slavery to deep south plantations, thus establishing the settlement. A skilled horticulturalist, Plummer named the settlement Mt. Rose after his favorite plant and copious rose gardens. Notably, Adam Plummer kept a diary as a slave which today is the only known living slave diary and is a featured exhibit of the Smithsonian Institution.

Two subdivisions that would later comprise the town of Edmonston were platted in 1903: East Hyattsville and Palestine. The eastern section was developed in 1903 by J. Harris Rogers on two parcels of land he purchased in the 1880s and 1890s. Rogers platted 70 acres (280,000 m2) into a subdivision of more than 170 lots known as East Hyattsville. The western half began with the subdivision of Dr. Charles A. Wells. Wells purchased the 90-acre (360,000 m2) Palestine Farm from Benjamin Franklin Guy in 1878 and 1879 and continued the farm's dairy operations until 1903. In that year, 25 of the farm's acres were subdivided into 62 building lots of various sizes. Within the first decade, 55 houses were constructed in both subdivisions and many of them remain today. The earliest buildings were simple vernacular buildings such as the "I" house that were later adapted to the constraints of the narrow suburban building lot.


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