Landover, Maryland

Landover, Maryland
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 38°56′N76°54′W / 38.933°N 76.900°W / 38.933; -76.900
Country	United States
State	Maryland
County	Prince George's
Area [1]
• Total	4.00 sq mi (10.37 km2)
• Land	4.00 sq mi (10.36 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Population  (2020)
• Total	25,998
• Density	6,499.50/sq mi (2,509.46/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Code	20785
Area code(s)	301, 240
FIPS code	24-45325
GNIS feature ID	597655

Landover is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. ^[2] As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 25,998. ^[3]

Landover is contained between Sheriff Road and Central Avenue to the south, Hill Road, Cabin Branch Drive, and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) Orange Line tracks to the west, John Hanson Highway (U.S. Highway 50) to the north, and Washington D.C.'s Capital Beltway (Interstate 495/95) to the east. Landover borders the communities of New Carrollton, Landover Hills, Glenarden, Lanham, Ardmore, Kentland, Cheverly, Chapel Oaks, Fairmount Heights, Carmody Hills, Pepper Mill Village, Walker Mill, and Largo.

History

Landover was named after the town of Llandovery, Wales. ^[4]

The former CDPs of Landover, Dodge Park, Kentland, and Palmer Park, defined as such by the U.S. Census Bureau in the 1990 U.S. Census, ^[5] were consolidated into the Greater Landover CDP as of the 2000 U.S. Census. ^[6] This amalgamated area was renamed the Landover CDP as of the 2010 U.S. Census. ^[7]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1970	5,597		—
1980	5,374		−4.0%
1990	5,052		−6.0%
2010	23,078		—
2020	25,998		12.7%
U.S. Decennial Census [8] 2010 [9] 2020 [10] Not enumerated separately in 2000 when it was merged with Dodge Park, Palmer Park and Kentland to form Greater Landover

2020 census

Landover CDP, Maryland – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.

Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)	Pop 2010 [9]	Pop 2020 [10]	% 2010	% 2020
White alone (NH)	450	606	1.95%	2.33%
Black or African American alone (NH)	18,671	16,647	80.90%	64.03%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	59	34	0.26%	0.13%
Asian alone (NH)	151	669	0.65%	2.57%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)	7	13	0.03%	0.05%
Some Other Race alone (NH)	45	172	0.19%	0.66%
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH)	336	726	1.46%	2.79%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	3,359	7,131	14.55%	27.43%
Total	23,078	25,998	100.00%	100.00%

Geography

Landover is located at 38°55′26″N76°53′17″W / 38.924°N 76.888°W / 38.924; -76.888 . 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. ^[11] Landover residents have the postal zipcode of 20785. Since Landover is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County, residents of Landover have Hyattsville postal addresses though they live in Landover and not Hyattsville. Landover does not have its own postal zipcode.

Landover consists of several small subdivisions which are notably Ardwick Park, Kentland, Kenmoor, Dodge Park, Brightseat, Palmer Park, Columbia Park, Village Green, White House Heights, and Summerfield. Landover is home to FedExField, which the NFL's Washington Commanders have played at since it opened in 1997. It is also home to the Prince George's Sports & Learning Complex, WMATA's Landover Metrobus Division, WMATA's Carmen E. Turner Maintenance Facility, Giant Food Corporate Office, Giant Food Corporate Plant, National Harmony Memorial Park Cemetery, and Ardwick Industrial Park. WMATA Metrorail's Orange Line from New Carrollton to Vienna, MARC train Line to the BWI Light Rail Station to Washington D.C.'s Union Station, Cargo Trains, and Amtrak's Train Line from Washington D.C.'s Union Station to New York's Penn Station via Wilmington and Philadelphia, all go through Landover. Landover Hills is a separate, incorporated community just across the Orange Line train tracks and John Hanson Highway (U.S. Highway 50) to the north. Landover is the birthplace of the late Len Bias. From 1960 to 1972, Landover was the home of jazz guitarist, composer, arranger, author, and jazz educator Steve Rochinski.

For the 2000 census, Landover was delineated by the U.S. Census Bureau as the Greater Landover census-designated place.

Economy

Eight O'Clock Coffee's coffee production plant is located in Landover. Giant Food has its headquarters in a location in unincorporated Prince George's County in the Ardwick Industrial Park area, near Landover. ^[12] The Giant Food Headquarters is located next to the New Carrollton Metro Station. It is served by the F13 metrobus shuttle that goes from the Cheverly Metro station to Washington Business Park.

Arts and culture

Beall's Pleasure and Ridgley Methodist Episcopal Church are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ^[13] A Harlem Renaissance Festival occurs at Kentland-Columbia Park Community Center in Landover every year in May. ^[14] In 2014, the National Archives for Black Women's History was controversially relocated from Washington, D.C., to 3300 Hubbard Road in Landover. ^{[15] [16]}

Sports

FedExField, the home field of the NFL's Washington Commanders.

FedExField is a football stadium for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League in the neighboring CDP of Summerfield and has a Landover postal address. ^{[17] [18]} (See also Raljon, Maryland.) The Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals used to play in Landover's Capital Centre (later known as the US Airways Arena) before moving to the Capital One Arena, inside D.C itself. The arena was demolished in 2002. ^[19]

The Prince George's Sports & Learning Complex is also in Summerfield CDP, ^[20] located on approximately 80 acres (320,000 m²) adjacent to FedExField. ^[21]

Government

Prince George's County Police Department headquarters, which is also District 3 Station, ^{[22] [23]} is in the Palmer Park area in Landover CDP. ^{[5] [7]}

The U.S. Postal Service operates the Landover Post Office in the CDP. ^{[7] [24]}

Education

Public education

Landover is a part of the Prince George's County Public Schools system. ^[7]

Elementary schools serving sections of the Landover CDP include: Columbia Park, Dodge Park, Cooper Lane, Gladys Noon Spellman, Highland Park, and William Paca. ^[25] Middle schools serving sections of the Landover CDP include: G. James Gholson, Kenmoor, and Charles Carroll. ^[26] Senior high schools serving sections of the Landover CDP include: Fairmont Heights, Charles Herbert Flowers, DuVal, and Bladensburg. ^[27] The schools serving the 1990 CDP are: ^[28] Cooper Lane and Gladys Noon Spellman elementaries, ^[25] Charles Carroll Middle, ^[26] and Bladensburg High. ^[27]

When desegregation busing began in 1972, PG County school officials bused many black children in Landover to schools with large numbers of white students in other areas of the county. Since then many schools in the Landover area had closed. David Nakamura of The Washington Post stated that many Landover residents believed that desegregation busing contributed to the socioeconomic decline of Landover. In 1998 the busing program was abolished due to a settlement in federal court. ^[29]

Matthew Henson Elementary School was previously in the CDP. ^[30] It was scheduled to close in 2009. ^[31] In 2012 EXCEL Academy agreed to open a charter school in the former Henson space, ^[32] and it moved from its previous campus in Riverdale. ^[33]

Other area schools:

• Kenmoor Elementary School^{[ citation needed ]}
• Palmer Park Elementary School
• Columbia Park Elementary School^{[ citation needed ]}
• John Carroll Elementary School - closed in 2009 ^[31]
• Cora L. Rice Elementary School^{[ citation needed ]}
• Thomas Pullen Creative & Performing Arts Academy^{[ citation needed ]}

Colleges and universities

Landover had career-based colleges, such as Fortis College, ^[34] that offer programs including bio-technician, medical assisting, and medical coding and billing.

Infrastructure

Transportation

Landover station, located off MD 202

Landover is one of the few regions in the Washington, D.C. area that is served directly by multiple separate Washington Metro rail lines. Landover is served by the Orange, Blue, and Silver lines (many DC area suburbs are not served directly by Metrorail at all). The Landover Metro station serves the northern portion of Landover on the Orange Line. This station is also the primary metro station that serves the Landover area. The Morgan Boulevard Metro station, constructed in 2004, serves the southern portion of Landover on the Blue and Silver Lines and is the main rail terminus providing access to FedExField, which is home to the Washington Commanders in addition to many other sporting and entertainment events. Landover also has a special Metrobus Division also houses many Metrobuses that serve routes in Prince George's County, Maryland.

In addition to the Landover and Morgan Boulevard Metro Stations that primarily serve the Landover area, Landover residents have access to other metro stations nearby, such as New Carrollton, Cheverly, Downtown Largo, and Addison Road-Seat Pleasant.

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 FedExField.

Shopping

Main article: Landover Mall

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, D.C. 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 Olympic boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard. ^[35] Garfinkel's closed in 1990, Woodies closed in 1995 and was replaced with a 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 demolished in 2006, with the exception of Sears. Sears closed in 2014 and was later demolished.

With the arrival in 1997 of FedExField, the mall's parking lot is used for overflow parking. In 2007, according to The Washington Post, ^[36] 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; the latter is in Lake Arbor CDP and has a Largo postal address. ^{[37] [38]}

Parks and recreation

The Prince George's County Department of Parks and Recreation operates the Kentland Community Center and the Palmer Park Community Center. ^{[39] [40]}

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21. Prince George's Sports & Learning Complex
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34. Fortis College - Landover
35. 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.
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External links

• Media related to Landover, Maryland at Wikimedia Commons