Fort Lincoln (Washington, D.C.)
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{{About|the neighborhood|the Civil War fortification|Fort Lincoln (District of Columbia)}}
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Fort Lincoln is a neighborhood located in northeastern Washington, D.C. It is bounded by Bladensburg Road to the northwest, Eastern Avenue to the northeast, New York Avenue NE to the south, and South Dakota Avenue NE to the southwest. The town of Colmar Manor, Maryland, is across Eastern Avenue from the Fort Lincoln neighborhood, as is the Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
The name Fort Lincoln was originally used for a Civil War Fort in adjacent Prince George's County, Maryland, across the D.C. line from the Washington neighborhood bearing its name.
Neighborhood
File:Fort Lincoln neighborhood, Washington, DC.jpg
This northeast Washington neighborhood is home to the Fort Lincoln "New Town" development constructed in the 1960s and 1970s.{{cite news|newspaper=The Washington Post|title=New Towners The Voiceless Marylanders, Columbia Citizens Seeking More Say|author=Ellen Hoffman|date=September 26, 1969}} This neighborhood is currently the home of Cathy Lanier, former Chief of the D.C. Metropolitan Police.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/29/AR2007042901503.html "Hope Stirs In Fort Lincoln Growth, New Neighbor Inspire Pocket of D.C. to Believe in Change," By Clarence Williams, The Washington Post, April 30, 2007, p. B01.]
In 2011 another 42 acres of the wetland forest park was sold to make a shopping center.{{cite web |url=http://dcmud.blogspot.com/2011/12/shops-at-dakota-crossing-and-costco-to.html |title=Shops at Dakota Crossing and Costco to Start Now, Open Next Year |author=Kelly |date=December 13, 2011 |work=DCmud |publisher=DCRE, INC. |access-date=December 14, 2011}}
{{cite web |url=http://www.anacostiariverkeeper.org/fort-lincoln-wetlands |title=Fort Lincoln Wetlands |year=2010 |work=Anacostia Riverkeeper |publisher=Waterkeeper Alliance |access-date=December 27, 2011}} The shopping center includes a Costco store that opened in November 2012.{{cite news |last=Fazeli Fard |first=Maggie |date=November 29, 2012 |title=D.C. welcomes its first Costco |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dcs-first-costco-set-to-open-thursday/2012/11/29/c1e49bf0-3a18-11e2-a263-f0ebffed2f15_story.html |work=The Washington Post |accessdate=August 30, 2023}}
War of 1812 battlefield site
File:Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Maryland 008.JPG historical marker inside the entrance Of Fort Lincoln Cemetery detailing the War of 1812 exploits of the last stand in the American defense against the ensuing British advance by the artillery barrage of Commodore Joshua Barney and his Chesapeake Bay Flotilla of sailors and attached marines before being overwhelmed.]]
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Fort Lincoln (neighborhood)}}
- [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/counties/dc/longterm/wwlive/fortlinc.htm "Fort Lincoln: Finding a Leafy Enclave," By Linda Wheeler, The Washington Post, July 18, 1992]
- {{cite news |last=Zafar |first=Nina |date=December 2, 2020 |title=In D.C., affordable Fort Lincoln still evokes its Great Society origins |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/in-dc-affordable-fort-lincoln-still-evokes-its-great-society-origins/2020/12/01/754bf546-246f-11eb-a688-5298ad5d580a_story.html |work=The Washington Post}}
- [http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=5069/ Fort Lincoln Historical Marker, The Maryland Historical Marker Database]
{{geographic location
|Centre =Fort Lincoln
|North =Mount Rainier, Maryland
|Northeast =Colmar Manor, Maryland
|Southeast =Anacostia River
|Southwest =Gateway
|West =Langdon
|Northwest =Woodridge}}
{{Neighborhoods in Washington, D.C.}}