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European settlement in Southeast Washington first occurred in 1662 at
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1454:Kingman Park
1428:
1424:Fort Stanton
1374:Capitol View
1333:Sursum Corda
1303:Capitol Hill
1222:Fort Lincoln
1192:Bloomingdale
1075:Woodley Park
995:Forest Hills
934:Penn Quarter
924:Logan Circle
909:Foggy Bottom
873:Woodley Park
843:LeDroit Park
823:Adams Morgan
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528:Evening Star
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337:World War II
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275:, a wealthy
266:
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198:
181:skating rink
169:middle class
153:
152:
138:Trayon White
30:Neighborhood
1560:Park Naylor
1530:Buena Vista
1484:Penn Branch
1419:Fort Dupont
1394:Dupont Park
1227:Fort Totten
1126:Fort Totten
1106:Chevy Chase
1010:Glover Park
990:Colony Hill
980:Chevy Chase
692:Penn Branch
314:post office
302:toll bridge
255:) in 1663.
234:Blue Plains
204:Nacotchtank
111:Constructed
70: /
1595:Categories
1520:Barry Farm
1449:Kenilworth
1414:Fort Davis
1338:Swampoodle
1156:Riggs Park
1136:Manor Park
1096:Brightwood
1055:Tenleytown
914:Georgetown
474:1973/1974.
343:References
325:Barry Farm
277:Georgetown
253:Barry Farm
227:Piscataway
215:John Smith
213:. Captain
129:Government
1555:Navy Yard
1515:Anacostia
1444:Hillcrest
1439:Hillbrook
1429:Good Hope
1369:Burrville
1282:Woodridge
1212:Eckington
1202:Brookland
1197:Brentwood
1187:Arboretum
1131:Hawthorne
1116:Crestwood
1060:Wakefield
894:Chinatown
858:Park View
761:Hillcrest
720:Good Hope
165:Anacostia
158:southeast
154:Good Hope
120:Named for
23:Good Hope
1580:Woodland
1545:Fairlawn
1540:Douglass
1525:Bellevue
1434:Greenway
1389:Deanwood
1272:Trinidad
1237:Ivy City
1217:Edgewood
1146:Petworth
949:West End
899:Downtown
889:Burleith
682:Fairlawn
564:Archived
242:Bellevue
219:European
183:and the
93:District
1570:Skyland
1499:Twining
1469:Mayfair
1354:Benning
1242:Langdon
1232:Gateway
1000:Foxhall
970:Berkley
751:Skyland
435:Spanish
262:Skyland
195:History
163:, near
83:Country
1508:Ward 8
1347:Ward 7
1291:Ward 6
1180:Ward 5
1171:Takoma
1084:Ward 4
958:Ward 3
882:Ward 2
816:Ward 1
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393:
331:, and
106:Ward 8
424:1920.
376:1977.
1323:NoMa
1015:Kent
939:Shaw
628:ISBN
588:ISBN
391:ISBN
223:C.E.
202:The
175:and
114:1820
103:Ward
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