Takoma Park, Maryland#Culture

Takoma Park was founded by Benjamin Franklin Gilbert in 1883.{{Cite book |last=Proctor |first=John Clagett |title=Proctor's Washington and Environs |publisher=John Clagett Proctor, LL.D. |year=1949 |author-link=John Clagett Proctor}}{{rp|331}} It was one of the first planned Victorian commuter suburbs,{{Cite book |last=Anne. |first=O'Boyle, Mary |title=Takoma Park : portrait of a Victorian suburb, 1883-1983 |date=1984-01-01 |publisher=Historic Takoma |isbn=978-0961352707 |oclc=11274182}} centered on the B&O railroad station in Takoma, D.C., and bore aspects of a spa and trolley park.

Takoma was originally the name of Mount Rainier, from Lushootseed {{IPA|sal|təqʷúbəʔ|}} (earlier {{IPA|*təqʷúməʔ}}), 'snow-covered mountain'.{{Cite book |last=Bright |first=William |title=Native American Placenames of the United States |date=2004 |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |isbn=978-0806135762 |location=Norman |page=469 |author-link=William Bright}} In response to a wish of Gilbert, the name Takoma was chosen in 1883 by DC resident Ida Summy, who believed it to mean 'high up' or 'near heaven'.{{Cite news |last=Kohn |first=Diana |date=November 2008 |title=Takoma Park at 125 |pages=14–15 |work=Takoma Voice |url=http://www.historictakoma.org/voice/TakomaParkAt1251108.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=May 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140802143743/http://www.historictakoma.org/voice/TakomaParkAt1251108.pdf |archive-date=August 2, 2014 |df=mdy-all}} The city of Tacoma in Washington state is also named after Mount Takhoma (Mount Rainier).

Gilbert's first purchase of land was in spring 1884 when he bought {{convert|100|acre|km2}} of land from G.C. Grammar, which was known as Robert's Choice.{{rp|331}}{{Cite news |date=June 15, 1889 |title=The History of Takoma Park |page=11 |work=Washington Evening Star |url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX-NB&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=M69F61LUMTQxOTA5Njg2MC4yODM0NzoxOjE1OjEzMi4xNzQuMjU0LjE0NQ&p_action=doc&s_lastnonissuequeryname=3&d_viewref=search&p_queryname=3&p_docnum=31&p_docref=v2:13D5DA85AE05A305@EANX-NB-13EA564E0E14E390@2411169-13E9066A29875CE8@10-13EDE6AFCA4E2348@}} This plot of land was located on both sides of the railroad station, roughly bounded by today's Sixth Street on the west, Aspen Street on the south, Willow Avenue on the east, and Takoma Avenue on the north.{{rp|331}} At the time, much of the land was covered by thick forest, some of which was cleared away in order to lay out and grade streets and housing lots.{{Cite news |date=August 22, 1885 |title=Along the Railroads |page=2 |work=Washington Evening Star |url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX-NB&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=M69F61LUMTQxOTA5Njg2MC4yODM0NzoxOjE1OjEzMi4xNzQuMjU0LjE0NQ&p_action=doc&s_lastnonissuequeryname=3&d_viewref=search&p_queryname=3&p_docnum=5&p_docref=v2:13D5DA85AE05A305@EANX-NB-13E84DF2F0E132E8@2409776-13E84314D5ABAF08@1-13EAB4CF178A7D40@}} At its founding, most lots measured {{convert|50|by|200|ft|m|round=5}} and were sold for $327 to $653 per acre.{{Cite news |date=August 23, 1888 |title=New Towns in Montgomery |work=The Baltimore Sun |id={{ProQuest|535089946}}}} By August 1885, there were about 100 people living in Takoma Park, including temporary summer residents and year-round permanent residents. Gilbert himself lived in a wooden house on a stone foundation, with 20 rooms and a {{convert|65|ft|m|adj=on}} tower.

Gilbert purchased another plot of land in 1886. The land was roughly bounded by Carroll Avenue to the Big Spring (now Takoma Junction) and what is now Woodland Avenue. Gilbert named this land New Takoma. Gilbert later purchased the Jones farm and the Naughton farm, which together he named North Takoma.{{rp|335}} He also purchased land from Francis P. Blair, Richard L. T. Beale, and the Riggs family.

Gilbert hired contractor Fred E. Dudley to build many of the homes in Takoma Park. One of the homes built by Dudley was the home of Cady Lee{{clarify|date=December 2021|reason=this home is not in TP, it is just across the border in DC}}, which was designed by Leon E. Dessez and still stands today at Piney Branch Road and Eastern Avenue. Dudley's son Wentworth was the first child born in Takoma Park.{{rp|331}}

By 1888, there were 75 houses built in the community, and the number increased to 235 homes by 1889.{{rp|335}} In 1889, Gilbert purchased several acres of land along Sligo Creek from a physician in Boston named Dr. R.C. Flower, in order to build a sanitarium on the land.{{Cite news |date=February 9, 1889 |title=Improvements along the Metropolitan Branch |page=6 |work=Washington Evening Star |url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX-NB&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=M69F61LUMTQxOTA5Njg2MC4yODM0NzoxOjE1OjEzMi4xNzQuMjU0LjE0NQ&p_action=doc&s_lastnonissuequeryname=3&d_viewref=search&p_queryname=3&p_docnum=22&p_docref=v2:13D5DA85AE05A305@EANX-NB-13E8A30F62F3F7B0@2411043-13E842F60164AC98@5-13EDA11E56DB7C78@}} By this point, Takoma Park stretched {{convert|1,500|acres|km2|round=5}}.

The deed of each of the original houses prohibited alcohol from being made or sold on the property,{{rp|335}} a prohibition that continued in the city until 1983.{{Cite news |last=Horwitz |first=Sari |date=November 22, 1986 |title=Takoma Park Boasts Fast-Growing Values: From 'Tacky Park' to 'Chevy Chase East' |newspaper=The Washington Post |id={{ProQuest|138891796}}}} Takoma Park incorporated as a town on April 3, 1890.{{Cite news |last=Kaiman |first=Beth |date=June 29, 1989 |title=Takoma Park to Rally Round the Oak Leaf |newspaper=The Washington Post |id={{ProQuest|139976356}}}} The first town election was held on May 5, 1890, and Gilbert was elected mayor and J. Vance Lewis, George H. Bailey, Daniel Smith, and Frederick J. Lung were elected to the town council.{{Cite news |date=May 6, 1890 |title=The Takoma Park Election |page=8 |work=Washington Evening Star |url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX-NB&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=M69F61LUMTQxOTA5Njg2MC4yODM0NzoxOjE1OjEzMi4xNzQuMjU0LjE0NQ&p_action=doc&s_lastnonissuequeryname=3&d_viewref=search&p_queryname=3&p_docnum=41&p_docref=v2:13D5DA85AE05A305@EANX-NB-13EAA4FA8F00DDB8@2411494-13EA407731749560@7-13F1520083F81148@}}

The Watkins Hotel was built in 1892.Sween, Jane C.; Offutt, William. Montgomery County: Centuries of Change. American Historical Press, 1999. {{ISBN|1-892724-05-7}}. A fire destroyed the town's recently built commercial district and the Watkins Hotel in 1893. Gilbert's North Takoma Hotel was built later that year, advertising the pure spring water nearby its 160 rooms.

Many of the streets were originally known as avenues. When the Commissioners of the District of Columbia mandated a District-wide street-naming system, those on the District side were renamed streets but retained their names otherwise.{{rp|335}} Other streets in Takoma, D.C., were renamed entirely. Susquehanna Avenue became Whittier Street. Tahoe Street was renamed Aspen Street. Umatilla Street became Aspen Street. Vermilion Street became Cedar Street. Wabash Street was renamed Dahlia Street. Aspin became Elder Street. Magnolia Street became Eastern Avenue.{{Cite book |last=Baist |first=G. William |title=Baist's Real Estate Atlas Surveys of Washington, D.C., Volume 3, Plate 24 |year=1903}}

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In 1904, the Seventh-day Adventist Church purchased five acres of land in Takoma Park along Carroll Avenue, Laurel Avenue, and Willow Avenue.{{Cite news |date=May 15, 1904 |title=Seventh Day Adventists: Colonizing Largely in Takoma Park, Montgomery County |page=11 |work=The Baltimore Sun |id={{ProQuest|536847192}}}} The land was located on both sides of the Maryland-District of Columbia border. The land was intended for a church, office building, printer, and residences for prominent members of the church. In 1903, the Seventh-day Adventist Church decided to move their headquarters to the Washington area after its headquarters' publishing house in Battle Creek, Michigan, had burned to the ground.{{Cite news |date=May 9, 1904 |title=Deem Fire a Blessing: Why Seventh-day Adventists Moved to Washington |page=10 |newspaper=The Washington Post |id={{ProQuest|144498698}}}} The church decided that moving to a more urban setting would be a more appropriate place from which to increase the church's presence in the southern states.{{Cite news |date=September 10, 1905 |title=Work of Adventists: Denomination Makes Washington Its Headquarters |newspaper=The Washington Post |id={{ProQuest|144552432}}}} The church purchased fifty acres of land along Sligo Creek in Takoma Park to build the new headquarters.{{Cite news |date=October 8, 1903 |title=Home for Adventists: Church Executives Perfecting Plans to Build Here |newspaper=The Washington Post |id={{ProQuest|144391958}}}} The land was away from downtown Washington and had clean water available from a natural spring located at present-day Spring Park.{{Cite news |last=Pressley |first=Sue Anne |date=May 5, 1989 |title=Adventists' Move Marks End of Era: Takoma Park Losing 80-Year Neighbor |page=C7 |newspaper=The Washington Post |id={{ProQuest|140016506}}}} For many decades Takoma Park served as the world headquarters of the Seventh-day Adventist Church,{{Cite news |last=Hyer |first=Marjorie |date=August 29, 1981 |title=Seventh-Day Adventists Reeling From Financial, Theological Crises |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VicxAAAAIBAJ&pg=6786,4993830&dq=takoma+seventh-day-adventist+headquarters&hl=en |url-status=live |access-date=October 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016081112/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VicxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pAIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6786,4993830&dq=takoma+seventh-day-adventist+headquarters&hl=en |archive-date=October 16, 2015 |df=mdy-all}} until it moved to northern Silver Spring in 1989.

In 1908, North Takoma Hotel was bought by Louis Denton Bliss, who turned it into Bliss Electrical School. Months later, a fire destroyed the building, and Bliss rebuilt the school at another site. The school was eventually bought by Montgomery County where it became the site of Montgomery College's Takoma Park/Silver Spring campus.

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In 1964, an inside-the-Capital-Beltway extension of Interstate 70S, also known as the North Central Freeway, was proposed via a route known as "Option #11 Railroad Sligo East," up to {{frac|1|4}} mile parallel to the B&O railroad upon a swath of land displacing 471 houses, that would have cut the city in two. In the mid-to-late 1960s, the future mayor and civil rights activist Sammie Abbott led a campaign to halt freeway construction and replace it with a Metrorail line to the site of the former train station, and worked with other neighborhood groups to halt plans for a wider system of freeways going into and out of DC.{{Cite web |last=Jordan |first=Jamila |date=2015-12-17 |title=The Roads Not Traveled: D.C. Pushes Back Against Freeway Plans |url=https://blogs.weta.org/boundarystones/2015/12/17/roads-not-traveled-dc-pushes-back-against-freeway-plans |website=Boundary Stones |publisher=WETA}}

This controversy also raised the profile of Takoma Park at a time in the late 1960s and 1970s when it was becoming noted regionally and nationally for political activism outside the Nation's capital, with newspaper commentators describing it as "The People's Republic of Takoma Park" or "The Berkeley of the East".{{Cite web |website=DCist.com |title=Takoma Park Votes to Impeach President Bush |url=https://dcist.com/story/07/07/24/takoma-park-vot/ |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320053853/http://dcist.com/2007/07/24/takoma_park_vot.php |archive-date=March 20, 2012 |quote=Commonly referred to as 'The People's Republic of Takoma Park' or 'The Berkeley of the East' |df=mdy-all}}{{void|Fabrickator|comment|setting url-status to deviated because the archive link includes additional content}}{{cbignore}} This era of activism extended into the 1980s, when Takoma Park declared itself a Nuclear-free zone and a sanctuary for Salvadoran and Guatemalan refugees.{{Cite news |date=November 5, 1985 |title=Takoma Park and Democracy |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/05/us/takoma-park-and-democracy.html |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151221151927/http://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/05/us/takoma-park-and-democracy.html |archive-date=December 21, 2015}}{{cbignore}}

Prior to the passage of the Fair Housing Act of 1968, restrictive covenants were used in Takoma Park to exclude African Americans, Jews, and others. Many Takoma Park subdivisions used anti-Black covenants and at least one subdivision used antisemitic covenants. A 1939 deed for the New Hampshire Avenue Highlands subdivision of Takoma Park reads: "No lot shall be leased, transferred, sold, occupied or conveyed to or for the use of any person or persons not wholly of Caucasian Race or blood, excluding Semites; but this covenant shall not prevent casual occupancy by domestic servants of a different race, employed by an owner or tenant."{{cite web|url=https://mcplanning.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0d26456118d34a14b2d27aec8d6f2b1a |title=New Hampshire Avenue Highlands |publisher=Montgomery Planning |accessdate=2024-06-08}} The first known restrictive covenant in Takoma Park was for a property in the Hillcrest subdivision in 1911. Subdivisions with restrictive covenants included Bonnie View, Carroll Farm, Carroll Manor, Fletcher's Addition, Flower Avenue Park, Green Hill Farms, Hampshire Knolls, Hillwood Manor, Wildwood and others.{{cite web|url=https://historictakoma.org/covenant/ |title=Takoma Parks Covenants Project |publisher=HistoricTakoma.org |accessdate=2024-06-08}}

Much of the old town Takoma Park was incorporated into the Takoma Park Historic District; listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.{{Cite news |last=Lefrak |first=Mikaela |date=2019-04-24 |title=How Takoma Park Became 'The Berkeley Of The East' |work=WHAT'S WITH WASHINGTON |publisher=WAMU - FM |url=https://wamu.org/story/19/04/24/how-takoma-park-became-the-berkeley-of-the-east |access-date=2019-04-24}}

Before 1995, the eastern boundary of the city of Takoma Park was in Prince George's County, Maryland, causing the community to be divided across two counties and the Maryland/D.C. line (where the original downtown area is located). For several years, Takoma Park lobbied the State of Maryland for legislation allowing county boundaries to be adjusted. The State finally agreed to this change, with the stipulation that cross-county municipalities would no longer be allowed; the new municipal boundary would forever remain within the county of its choosing. In August 1995, after passage of the law, the city held a public referendum asking registered voters living in three Prince George's County neighborhoods north of New Hampshire Avenue whether they wanted to be annexed to the city of Takoma Park. There was a majority of votes, 219 out of 313, in favor of annexation to the city.{{Cite web|url=https://takomaparkmd.gov/news/city-election-information/results-of-past-elections/|title = Results of Past Elections | City of Takoma Park}}

In November 1995, the state-sponsored referendum was held asking whether the portions of the city in Prince George's County should be annexed to Montgomery County, or vice versa. The majority of votes in the referendum were in favor of unification of the entire city in Montgomery County.{{Cite news |last=Montgomery |first=David |date=November 8, 1995 |title=In a Montgomery State of Mind, Takoma Park Votes to Unify |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1995/11/08/in-a-montgomery-state-of-mind-takoma-park-votes-to-unify/bd270af4-661b-43ef-b0d5-6b4c51dfe4ae/ |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226235545/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1995/11/08/in-a-montgomery-state-of-mind-takoma-park-votes-to-unify/bd270af4-661b-43ef-b0d5-6b4c51dfe4ae/ |archive-date=February 26, 2019}}{{cbignore}} Following subsequent approval by both counties' councils and the Maryland General Assembly, the county line was moved to include the entire city into Montgomery County (including territory in Prince George's County newly annexed by the city) on July 1, 1997.{{Cite web |title=Substantial Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970-Present |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506234535/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html |archive-date=May 6, 2009 |access-date=August 8, 2009 |publisher=Census Bureau |df=mdy-all}} This process became known as Unification.{{Cite web |title=10-year retrospective on Unification |url=http://www.historictakoma.org/voice/Unification0707.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140803070919/http://www.historictakoma.org/voice/Unification0707.pdf |archive-date=August 3, 2014 |access-date=February 23, 2013 |df=mdy-all}}

In 1981, Takoma Park passed the Rent stabilization Law, which limits the rent increase to a percentage set by the city and applies to all individual condominium units and multi-family rental facilities. This led to Takoma Park featuring some of the lowest rents in the D.C. region while similarly discouraging new multi-family housing construction, as evidenced by the lack of any new development in the city after the law passed.{{Cite web |last=Pagnucco, Adam |date=2024-09-04 |title=City Report Reveals Devastating Toll of Takoma Park Rent Control |url=https://montgomeryperspective.com/2023/03/24/city-report-reveals-devastating-toll-of-takoma-park-rent-control/ |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230404145854/https://montgomeryperspective.com/2023/03/24/city-report-reveals-devastating-toll-of-takoma-park-rent-control// |archive-date=April 4, 2023 |access-date=September 4, 2024 |website=Montgomery Perspective|language=en-US}}

The city experienced substantial gentrification in the 1990s and early 2000s (decade), with many houses containing apartments converted back into single-family homes. This process was encouraged by an M-NCPPC "phase back", effectively eliminating scattered-site multifamily housing and implementing single-use zoning in a majority of city neighborhoods. Nearly half of the city's population are tenants, 47.2% according to the Census Bureau's 2019 population estimate,{{Cite web |title=QuickFacts, Takoma Park city, Maryland|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/takomaparkcitymaryland}} many of whom live in a cluster of high-rise and mid-rise apartment buildings surrounding Sligo Creek, which cuts a deep valley through the community.

The City Council adopted the Takoma Park Safe Grow Act of 2013,{{Cite web |date=2013-08-12 |title=Safe Grow Act of 2013 |url=https://documents.takomaparkmd.gov/government/city-council/ordinances/2013/ordinance-2013-28.pdf |access-date=2021-05-04 |language=en-US}} which went into effect March 1, 2014,{{Cite web |title=Safe Grow |url=https://takomaparkmd.gov/government/police/neighborhood-services/safegrow/ |access-date=2021-05-04 |language=en-US}} and bans synthetic pesticides and requires organic lawn management on all city lands.

In 2018, the City of Takoma Park proposed renaming streets that were named after generals who fought on either side in the United States Civil War, namely Grant Avenue, Lee Avenue, Sherman Avenue, Sheridan Avenue, and Jackson Avenue, though by 2024, no action had been taken.{{Cite web |last=Uliano, Dick |date=2018-01-30 |title=Takoma Park residents debate renaming of streets named after Civil War generals |url=https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2018/01/takoma-park-streets-civil-war-generals |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202015601/https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2018/01/takoma-park-streets-civil-war-generals/ |archive-date=February 2, 2018 |access-date=February 1, 2018 |website=WTOP-FM |df=mdy-all}}

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{{see also|List of parks in Takoma Park}}

Takoma Park sits on the edge of the Mid-Atlantic fall line and is thus quite hilly, with many narrow, gridded streets. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of {{convert|2.09|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which, {{convert|2.08|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.01|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.{{Cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112090031/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=January 12, 2012 |access-date=January 25, 2013 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |df=mdy-all}} Sligo Creek and Long Branch (both tributaries of the Northwest Branch of the Anacostia River) flow through the area. Sligo Creek Park and the {{convert|9|mi|adj=on|0}} Sligo Creek Trail bisect the area. The main street, Carroll Avenue, and the main state highway, Route 410/East West Highway, narrow to two lanes within city limits. Takoma Park has an extensive hardwood tree canopy which is protected by local ordinance.

Takoma Park is bounded by downtown Silver Spring, a major urban center to the northwest, by Montgomery College campus; East Silver Spring, a community of houses, apartments and small shops, along Flower Avenue and Piney Branch Road, to the north; Langley Park, a community of apartments and shopping centers, along University Boulevard to the northeast; Chillum, in Prince George's County to the southeast, bounded by New Hampshire Avenue, a state highway; and Takoma to the southwest, separated by Eastern Avenue, which follows the District of Columbia line.

The corner of Eastern and Carroll Avenues roughly marks the center of the old commercial district. Other town centers include: "Takoma Junction", the corner of Carroll Avenue and Route 410 in the geographic center of town, home to the city's large food co-op; Takoma-Langley Crossroads in downtown Langley Park, and the Flower shopping district, both of which are home to many immigrant-owned establishments. Takoma Park's municipal center is located at the corner of Maple Avenue and Route 410. Washington Adventist University marks the corner of Carroll and Flower Avenues.

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Takoma Park has many small neighborhoods. There are approximately fifty neighborhood listservs.{{Cite web |last=Andersen |first=Bruce |title=E-Takoma: 50 Online Groups in Takoma Park |url=http://throwing-spaghetti-against-the-wall.blogspot.com/2016/10/e-takoma-50-online-groups-in-takoma-park.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107143630/http://throwing-spaghetti-against-the-wall.blogspot.com/2016/10/e-takoma-50-online-groups-in-takoma-park.html |archive-date=November 7, 2016 |access-date=October 21, 2016 |website=Throwing Spaghetti Against the Wall |df=mdy-all}}

• Ward 1
• Hodges Heights
• Old Takoma a.k.a. the Philadelphia-Eastern Neighborhood
• North Takoma
• Ward 2
• B.F. Gilbert Subdivision (an extension of Old Town)
• Glaizewood Manor
• Long Branch-Sligo
• South of Sligo
• Ward 3
• SS Carroll Neighborhood, named after the addition made by Samuel S. Carroll{{Cite web |date=14 August 2017 |title=Atlantic Reporter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1egKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA380 |publisher=West Publishing Company |via=Google Books}}{{Cite web |title=C is for Carroll |url=http://www.historictakoma.org/KidsA2ZGuide/c.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221121047/http://www.historictakoma.org/KidsA2ZGuide/c.htm |archive-date=February 21, 2014 |access-date=February 11, 2014 |website=historic takoma |df=mdy-all}} Also known "The Generals" streets: Grant Ave, Lee Ave, Sherman Ave, Sheridan Ave.
• Pinecrest
• Takoma Junction
• Westmoreland Area
• Ward 4
• Maple Ave apartment district
• Ritchie Ave
• SS Carroll Neighborhood
• Ward 5
• Between the Creeks (part of the greater Long Branch / East Silver Spring area centered along Flower Ave)
• Ward 6
• Hillwood Manor
• New Hampshire Gardens

{{main|Takoma Avenue Historic District}}

The Takoma Avenue Historic District is a national historic district. All five houses were constructed in 1951, are identical in their layout and construction, and were designed by Charles M. Goodman.

{{US Census population

|1890= 164

|1900= 756

|1910= 1242

|1920= 3168

|1930= 6415

|1940= 8938

|1950= 13341

|1960= 16799

|1970= 18507

|1980= 16231

|1990= 16700

|2000= 17299

|2010= 16715

|2020= 17629

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{Cite web |title=Census of Population and Housing|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|access-date=June 4, 2015|publisher=Census.gov|df=mdy-all}}
2010–2020

}}

As of the census{{Cite web |title=U.S. Census website |url=https://www.census.gov |access-date=January 25, 2013 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |df=mdy-all}} of 2010, there were 16,715 people, 6,569 households, and 3,904 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|8036.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 7,162 housing units at an average density of {{convert|3443.3|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 49.0% White, 35.0% African American, 0.3% Native American, 4.4% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 6.5% from other races, and 4.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 14.5% of the population.

There were 6,569 households, of which 33.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.9% were married couples living together, 14.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 40.6% were non-families. 31.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.12.

The median age in the city was 38 years. 22.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 30.8% were from 25 to 44; 28.7% were from 45 to 64; and 10% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 46.6% male and 53.4% female.

As of the census{{Cite web |title=U.S. Census website |url=https://www.census.gov |access-date=January 31, 2008 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |df=mdy-all}} of 2000, there were 17,299 people, 6,893 households, and 3,949 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|8152.4|PD/sqmi|/km2}}. There were 7,187 housing units at an average density of {{convert|3387.0|/sqmi|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the city was 48.79% White, 33.97% African American, 0.44% Native American, 4.36% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 7.44% from other races, and 4.97% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 14.42% of the population.

There were 6,893 households, out of which 30.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.5% were married couples living together, 14.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.7% were non-families. Approximately 4.5% of all couples were unmarried same sex couples.{{Cite web |title=www.gaydemographics.org USA data, Maryland |url=http://www.gaydemographics.org/USA/states/maryland/2000Census_state_md_general.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725034120/http://www.gaydemographics.org/USA/states/maryland/2000Census_state_md_general.htm |archive-date=July 25, 2008 |access-date=2009-03-18 |df=mdy-all}} 32.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 3.13.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 23.6% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 35.9% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 8.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $48,490, and the median income for a family was $63,434. Males had a median income of $40,668 versus $35,073 for females. The per capita income for the city was $26,437. About 8.4% of families and 10.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.5% of those under age 18 and 20.5% of those age 65 or over.

According to the City's fiscal year 2023 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,{{Cite web |date=September 5, 2024 |title=Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2023 |url=https://documents.takomaparkmd.gov/government/city-council/agendas/2023/Takoma-Park-Annual-Comprehensive-Financial-Report-FY23.pdf |website=City of Takoma Park |page=107}} the top employers in the city are the following.

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Takoma Park is known for a variety of cultural events, most notable of which is the Takoma Park Folk Festival, which attracts an audience from across the Mid-Atlantic region.

The Takoma Park Folk Festival is a free annual festival featuring music by local musicians on six stages. Performers range from well-seasoned stage veterans to youngsters on stage for the first time, and the music spans genres from old-time fiddle and bluegrass to acoustic folk-rock to Afro-Latin fusion, and more. The festival also includes children's activities, a juried crafts show, and community tables where local organizations and politicians reach out to the community. It has been in existence since 1978, founded by Sam Abbott, former mayor of the city and civil-rights activist.{{Cite web |title=Takoma Park Folk Festival |url=https://www.tpff.org/festival-history |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028043401/https://www.tpff.org/festival-history |archive-date=October 28, 2017 |access-date=November 1, 2017 |website=tpff |df=mdy-all}}

Takoma Park is notable for being the home of blues guitarist John Fahey, who (together with other local music institutions) popularized the city as a haven for folk musicians. He named his label, Takoma Records, for the city, and many of his songs reference local landmarks. Mary Chapin Carpenter, Al Petteway (composer of Sligo Creek) and many other prominent local and national artists have made their home in and around Takoma Park. Root Boy Slim and Goldie Hawn are from Takoma Park.

Other annual festivals include the mildly countercultural Takoma Park Street Festival, the Takoma Jazz Fest, the Takoma Park Independent Film Festival, and the Takoma Park Fourth of July Parade, which is attended by residents and neighboring politicians from across the metropolitan region.{{Cite web |title=Takoma Park Independence Day Parade and Fireworks |url=http://www.takomapark4th.org/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619060555/http://www.takomapark4th.org/ |archive-date=June 19, 2009 |access-date=July 6, 2009 |website=www.takomapark4th.org |df=mdy-all}} The parade typically includes ethnic musical troupes representing a wide variety of global cultures, neighborhood performance troupes, and groups supporting causes, such as LGBTQ and fair trade, reflecting Takoma Park's historic reputation for activism.

Immediately adjacent to the downtown, Takoma, D.C. is home to the A.Salon Building, a large art studio warehouse and former printing plant, which is home to the backstage office and rehearsal center for the Washington Opera. Two (currently vacant) freestanding theaters, the Takoma Theater and the Flower Theater, anchor either end of town. Takoma Park is also home to the Dance Exchange (founded by Liz Lerman) and the Institute of Musical Traditions, a performance society founded by the House of Musical Traditions. Kinetic Artistry, a notable theatre supplier for the Washington area, is also located in Takoma Park. The Takoma Theatre Conservancy is an organization attempting to renovate the 500-seat Takoma Theatre for multiuse purposes.{{Cite web |last=Meno, Mike |date=2008-07-16 |title=Grants offer hope for Takoma Theatre renewal |url=http://www.gazette.net/stories/071608/takonew200357_32368.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522184555/http://www.gazette.net/stories/071608/takonew200357_32368.shtml |archive-date=May 22, 2011 |access-date=September 21, 2010 |website=Maryland Gazette |df=mdy-all}} The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) awarded a Construction Permit to Historic Takoma Inc (HTI) for Takoma Radio. The hyper-local neighborhood station will be identified on the air as WOWD-LP, 94.3FM, and has plans to debut in mid-2016.{{Cite web |last=Shay |first=Kevin |title=Takoma group gets permit from FCC for radio station |url=http://www.gazette.net/article/20150323/NEWS/150329814/0/takoma-group-gets-permit-from-fcc-for-radio-station&template=gazette |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150408202644/http://www.gazette.net/article/20150323/NEWS/150329814/0/takoma-group-gets-permit-from-fcc-for-radio-station&template=gazette |archive-date=April 8, 2015 |access-date=April 8, 2015 |website=Gazette.net |publisher=The Gazette}}

Takoma Park has been home to a variety of local characters who have contributed to the city's sense of identity and culture, including "Catman" and Motor Cat,{{Cite web |title=MotownSports Bar and Grill |url=http://www.motownsports.com/forums/motownsports-bar-grill/2165-motorcycle-riding-cat-dies.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923091438/http://www.motownsports.com/forums/motownsports-bar-grill/2165-motorcycle-riding-cat-dies.html |archive-date=September 23, 2010 |access-date=July 6, 2009 |website=MotownSports.com Message Board |df=mdy-all}} Roscoe the Rooster,{{Cite web |title=Takoma Park, MD - Roscoe the Rooster |url=http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/617 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090909182438/http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/617 |archive-date=September 9, 2009 |access-date=July 6, 2009 |website=RoadsideAmerica.com |df=mdy-all}} The Banjo Man,{{Cite web |date=2013-08-18 |title=About the Banjo Man - Frank Cassel |url=http://banjomanfc.com/whoisfc.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818022242/http://banjomanfc.com/whoisfc.htm |archive-date=2013-08-18}} and "Fox Man",{{Cite web |website=PreservationNation |publisher=National Trust for Historic Preservation |title=My Historic Washington: Takoma |url=http://blogs.nationaltrust.org/preservationnation/?p=2420 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304224645/http://blogs.nationaltrust.org/preservationnation/?p=2420 |date=January 12, 2009 |archive-date=March 4, 2010 |access-date=April 24, 2024}}{{cbignore}} a local animal rights activist and founder of the city's Tool Library. Takoma Park also has a year-round farmer's market and two other farmers markets which sell local produce and free range meats.

Several local newspapers have served the community including The Voice{{cite news |title=The Voice |url=http://tpssvoice.com/|url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140710065711/http://tpssvoice.com/ |archive-date=July 10, 2014 }} and the satirical Takoma Torch.

• Takoma Park Maryland Library is one of the few municipal libraries in suburban Maryland.
• Takoma Park Library, part of the District of Columbia Public Library system, was the first neighborhood library in Washington, D.C. and a Carnegie library.{{Cite web |date=2009-07-23 |title=Takoma Park Library History |url=http://www.dclibrary.org/node/738 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100928030454/http://dclibrary.org/node/738 |archive-date=September 28, 2010 |access-date=September 21, 2010 |df=mdy-all}}
• Long Branch Library in Silver Spring is part of the Montgomery County Public Libraries.

The Sam Abbott Citizens Center, Takoma Park's former city auditorium, has been refurbished as a community theater and gallery.{{Cite web |date=2009-12-17 |title=Exhibition Program |url=http://www.takomaparkmd.gov/committees/arthum/exhibition.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121207155638/http://www.takomaparkmd.gov/committees/arthum/exhibition.html |archive-date=2012-12-07}} The municipal center, which includes the Takoma Park City Hall, Citizens Center and the Takoma Park Maryland Library, was expanded into a community center from 2003–2007. A gymnasium was requested by the city's youth sports leagues after lobbying from Steve Francis, the NBA basketball player, who grew up in Takoma Park; but funding was not identified.{{Cite web |title=Community Center Updates |url=http://www.takomaparkmd.gov/communitycenter/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100808022231/http://www.takomaparkmd.gov/communitycenter/index.html |archive-date=August 8, 2010 |access-date=September 21, 2010}} A small fenced-in basketball court has since been built adjacent to the community center.

In 2010, the Seventh-Day Adventist Church received authorization to relocate the regional Washington Adventist Hospital from the center of town to an outlying area of nearby Silver Spring, Maryland, alongside its international headquarters and the Adventist Book and Health Food Store, which had also been located within city limits. This had followed an effort by county officials to close or relocate the city's fire station, located on the side of a steep hill. Due to resulting controversy, the City Council lobbied to retain the old Hospital facility as a "health campus."{{Cite news |last=Hicks |first=Mitti |date=January 23, 2018 |title=Takoma Park Officials 'Stunned' to Learn Hospital's Plan to Reduce Health Facilities |work=MyMCMedia |url=https://www.mymcmedia.org/takoma-park-officials-stunned-to-learn-hospitals-plan-to-reduce-health-facilities/}} The hospital had been in operation for over a century, having been founded as the Washington Sanitarium overlooking Sligo Creek in 1907.{{Cite web |date=2007-06-13 |title=From the Sanitarium to a future beyond the city |url=http://www.gazette.net/stories/061307/takonew211848_32389.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924040447/http://www.gazette.net/stories/061307/takonew211848_32389.shtml |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |access-date=2014-02-04 |publisher=Gazette.net}} Officials also successfully lobbied to retain a university located on the same campus, which has been renamed Washington Adventist University.

In the 1970s, the city experienced controversy over plans to expand or relocate Montgomery College, which has a campus located in the historic district of North Takoma, an area of large old homes adjacent to downtown Silver Spring. This debate was subsequently resolved when the County agreed to preserve the existing campus, and expand in the direction of downtown Silver Spring by building a bridge across the B&O railroad tracks. It was renamed the "Takoma Park-Silver Spring Campus," focused on health, nursing and the arts. The expanded campus included a major new arts center located in South Silver Spring, near the boundary between the three jurisdictions.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}} After more than 100 years in Takoma Park, a city on the northern edge of Washington DC, Washington Adventist Hospital has relocated to Silver Spring, Maryland and has been renamed Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical Center.{{Cite web|url=https://www.adventistworld.org/washington-adventist-hospital-has-a-new-name-and-a-new-home/#:~:text=After%20more%20than%20100%20years%20in%20Takoma%20Park,,been%20renamed%20Adventist%20Healthcare%20White%20Oak%20Medical%20Center.|title = Washington Adventist Hospital Has a New Name and a New Home|date = September 13, 2019}}

The Takoma Park-Silver Spring Food Co-op is one of the Washington area's largest food co-ops. The Takoma Park Presbyterian Church has been a bulwark of civic activism throughout its history. The TPPC helped to found CASA de Maryland.

In the late 2000s, regional and national debate occurred over the decision to close Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Takoma, D.C., and relocate its operations to the Bethesda Naval Medical Center.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}} Takoma Park Soccer Club is the sponsor of many youth soccer teams in the Takoma Park area; such as the TAPK United, coached by professional Brazilian coach Manilton Santos. A successful team, they have earned the affectionate nickname Tapioca United.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}

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Takoma Park's electorate and its elected officials are known for their liberal and left-of-liberal values, which have led to the enactment of several municipal laws. For instance, Takoma Park has allowed non-U.S.-citizen residents to vote in its own municipal elections since 1993,{{Cite news |last=Wilkinson |first=Nolan |date=14 February 2025 |title=Non-citizen voter rolls considered public, city emphasizes |url=https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/elections/non-citizen-voter-rolls-will-be-public-city-emphasizes/article_adf50d0c-2a72-5661-a14b-36386b8212f3.html |access-date=14 February 2015 |work=The Frederick News-Post |type=Paper}}{{Rp|page=A10}} and has lowered the voting age for city elections to 16. The city was also forbidden, by statute, from doing business with any entity having commercial ties with the government of Burma (Myanmar),{{Cite news |last=Zapana |first=Victor |date=2012-07-07 |title=A "post-hippie" Takoma Park? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/a-post-hippie-takoma-park/2012/07/07/gJQAXgtSUW_story.html |url-status=live |access-date=October 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907123458/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/a-post-hippie-takoma-park/2012/07/07/gJQAXgtSUW_story.html |archive-date=September 7, 2018 |df=mdy-all}} though after a U.S. Supreme Court decision struck down a similar Massachusetts law, enforcement of the provision was suspended in the year 2000. {{As of|2007}}, the Free Burma Committee is inactive.{{Cite web |date=September 27, 2007 |title=Agenda |url=http://www.takomaparkmd.gov/clerk/agenda/items/2007/010807-4.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927064918/http://www.takomaparkmd.gov/clerk/agenda/items/2007/010807-4.pdf |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |access-date=November 13, 2016 |df=mdy-all}} In 2008, the city unanimously approved a resolution to oppose foie gras.{{Cite news |last1=Marimow |first1=Ann E. |last2=Spivack |first2=Miranda S. |date=July 10, 2008 |title=Takoma Park Officials Frown Upon Foie Gras |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/09/AR2008070901547.html |url-status=live |access-date=May 24, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108154010/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/09/AR2008070901547.html |archive-date=November 8, 2012 |df=mdy-all}} Takoma Park is the only Maryland municipality with a rent control law.Armando Trull, [https://wamu.org/story/15/09/17/rents_at_takoma_park_building_help_spur_debate_over_md_tenant_protections/ Rents At Takoma Park Building Help Spur Debate Over Maryland Tenant Protections], WAMU (September 17, 2015).

Like a handful of other U.S. municipalities, Takoma Park has declared itself a "nuclear free zone"; under a 1983 law, contractors working for the city must also sign a notarized document that they are not "knowingly or intentionally" "engaged in the development, research, production, maintenance, storage, transportation and/or disposal of nuclear weapons or their components."{{Cite web |date=2013-03-04 |title=Takoma Park Nuclear Free Zone Act |url=http://www.takomaparkmd.gov/committees/nfz/nftpcord.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304164940/http://www.takomaparkmd.gov/committees/nfz/nftpcord.htm |archive-date=2013-03-04}}Carlos Moncada, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1983/12/15/takoma-park-votes-itself-a-nuclear-free-zone/e8664144-8055-47ac-8a4e-1925ce22b6e4/ Takoma Park Votes Itself a Nuclear-Free Zone], Washington Post (December 15, 1983). Waivers have been given in the past, including a 2012 waiver to purchase a library system from Userful Corporation that includes computers made by Hewlett-Packard, a company that has also worked on nuclear weapons programs for the federal government.{{Cite news |last=Zapana |first=Victor |date=June 19, 2012 |title=Takoma Park Grants Waiver to 'Nuclear-free Zone' Ordinance |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/takoma-park-grants-waiver-to-nuclear-free-zone-ordinance/2012/06/19/gJQADMB2oV_story.html |url-status=live |access-date=September 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003230551/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/takoma-park-grants-waiver-to-nuclear-free-zone-ordinance/2012/06/19/gJQADMB2oV_story.html |archive-date=October 3, 2017 |df=mdy-all}}

Under a local ordinance, Takoma Park residents must obtain a permit or waiver from the City arborist ("urban forest manager") to cut down any tree on their property with a diameter of 7 5/8 inches or greater.Daniella Byck, [https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/10/08/inside-takoma-parks-ongoing-tree-war/ Inside Takoma Park's Ongoing Tree War: A fight over foliage tests the suburb's hippie values.]. Washington Post (October 8, 2019).[https://takomaparkmd.gov/government/public-works/tree-care-and-resources/urban-forestry/ Urban Forestry], City of Takoma Park. The minutes of all Takoma Park City Council meetings are available on the Takoma Park City website.{{cite web | url=https://takomaparkmd.gov/government/city-clerk/takoma-park-archives/ | title=Takoma Park Archives | City of Takoma Park }}

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Takoma Park is governed by a city council composed of a mayor and council members for each of six wards. The current mayor of Takoma Park (the 24th) is Talisha Searcy (mayor since 2022).{{Cite web |title=Mayor Information Page |url=http://www.takomaparkmd.gov/citycouncil/info/mayor |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023093535/http://www.takomaparkmd.gov/citycouncil/info/mayor |archive-date=October 23, 2013 |access-date=November 4, 2013 |website=City of Takoma Park |df=mdy-all}}

In the November 5, 1991, election the voters approved a referendum (1,199 for and 1,107 against) to change the Takoma Park City Charter "to permit residents of Takoma Park who are not U.S. citizens to vote in Takoma Park elections."{{Cite web |date=November 6, 1991 |title=Election Results, 1991 – 2012 |url=http://citycouncil-takomapark.s3.amazonaws.com/election/tp-election-results1991-2012.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605160748/http://citycouncil-takomapark.s3.amazonaws.com/election/tp-election-results1991-2012.pdf |archive-date=June 5, 2014 |access-date=October 12, 2014 |website=City of Takoma Park |df=mdy-all}}

In the 2005 election, an advisory referendum to adopt instant-runoff voting (IRV, also called "ranked choice voting") for municipal elections passed with 84% approval. In 2006, the City Council amended the City Charter to incorporate IRV, making Takoma Park one of a small but growing number of municipalities across the nation to adopt IRV (and the first in Maryland to do so).{{Cite web |last=Bartolanzo |first=Adam |date=2007-03-29 |title=Research Report: Assessing Instant Runoff Voting in Takoma Park (MD) |url=https://www.fairvote.org/assessing-instant-runoff-voting-in-takoma-park-md- |website=FairVote}}{{Cite web |title=Wayback Machine |url=https://documents.takomaparkmd.gov/government/city-clerk/elections-and-voter-registration/IRV/IRV-FAQ-Takoma-Park.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626170637/https://documents.takomaparkmd.gov/government/city-clerk/elections-and-voter-registration/IRV/IRV-FAQ-Takoma-Park.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2023-06-26 |access-date=2023-11-24 }}

In the 2009 election, Takoma Park used the Scantegrity voting system. This marked the first time an open source voting system was used in a public sector election in the United States, as well as the first time a system with end-to-end verifiability was used.

In 2013, Takoma Park became the first city in the U.S. to allow sixteen- and seventeen-year-olds to vote.

Convicted felons on parole and probation were also given the right to vote in Takoma Park elections in 2013.

In 2017, the Takoma Park City Council changed the City Charter to schedule City elections in even numbered years (called "Election Synchronization") beginning in 2020. The Council elected in 2017 would serve a three-year term.{{Cite web |title=PLANNING FOR CHANGED DATE OF CITY ELECTIONS |url=https://takomaparkmd.gov/initiatives/project-directory/election-date-change-planning |website=City of Takoma Park}}

In 2020, Takoma Park held its first ever vote-by-mail election, with 6549 ballots counted, more than 2 1/2 times the number of votes in the 2015 and 2017 elections.{{Cite web |date=December 2020 |title=December 2020 newsletter |url=https://documents.takomaparkmd.gov/news/newsletter/2020/TakomaPark-Newsletter-December2020.pdf |website=City of Takoma Park |volume=59 |number=12}}

The United States Postal Service operates the Takoma Park Post Office,{{Cite web |date=2018-09-11 |title=TAKOMA PARK |url=https://tools.usps.com/go/POLocatorDetailsAction!input.action?locationTypeQ=all&address=Takoma+Park%2C+MD&radius=20&locationType=po&locationID=1434466&locationName=TAKOMA+PARK&address2=&address1=6909+LAUREL+AVE&city=TAKOMA+PARK&state=MD&zip5=20912&zip4=9997&tollFree=800-ASK-USPS%26reg%3B%26nbsp%3B%28800-275-8777%29&fax=301-270-0201&tAddress=&tAddress1Ams=&tAddress2Ams=&tCityAms=&tStateAms=&tZipAms=&tCarrierRouteAms=&latitude=38.974015&longitude=-77.012354&sWithin=20&&&&&&&&& |website=United States Postal Service}} "6909 LAUREL AVE TAKOMA PARK, MD 20912-9997" as well as the Langley Park Post Office; the latter has a Hyattsville, Maryland postal address.{{Cite web |date=2018-09-11 |title=LANGLEY PARK |url=https://tools.usps.com/go/POLocatorDetailsAction!input.action?locationTypeQ=all&address=Adelphi%2C+MD&radius=20&locationType=po&locationID=1434419&locationName=LANGLEY+PARK&address2=&address1=1325+HOLTON+LN&city=HYATTSVILLE&state=MD&zip5=20783&zip4=9997&tollFree=800-ASK-USPS%26reg%3B%26nbsp%3B%28800-275-8777%29&fax=301-422-3982&tAddress=&tAddress1Ams=&tAddress2Ams=&tCityAms=&tStateAms=&tZipAms=&tCarrierRouteAms=&latitude=38.989784&longitude=-76.9731929&sWithin=20&&&&&&&&& |website=United States Postal Service}} "1325 HOLTON LN HYATTSVILLE, MD 20783-9997"{{Cite web |title=Ward Map (2013 Redistricting) |url=https://documents.takomaparkmd.gov/government/city-council/documents-council/WardMapAdopted201311x17.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911120906/https://documents.takomaparkmd.gov/government/city-council/documents-council/WardMapAdopted201311x17.pdf |archive-date=September 11, 2018 |access-date=September 11, 2018 |df=mdy-all}}{{Cite web |date=2018-09-11 |title=Street Plan |url=https://documents.takomaparkmd.gov/government/city-council/documents-council/street-directory-with-wards-2013-04-13-corrected.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911120758/https://documents.takomaparkmd.gov/government/city-council/documents-council/street-directory-with-wards-2013-04-13-corrected.pdf |archive-date=September 11, 2018 |access-date=September 11, 2018 |website=City of Takoma Park |df=mdy-all}}

The city is served by the Montgomery County Public Schools.

Elementary schools that serve the city include:{{Cite web |title=Montgomery County Public Schools |url=https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905170629/https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/ |archive-date=September 5, 2018 |access-date=October 11, 2018 |df=mdy-all}}

• Piney Branch Elementary School (3–5)
• Rolling Terrace Elementary School (PK–5)
• Sligo Creek Elementary School (K–5)
• Takoma Park Elementary School (PK–2)

Most Takoma Park residents are zoned to Takoma Park ES and Piney Branch. Sligo Creek Elementary School has new boundaries that no longer include students living in Takoma Park. SCES has a French Immersion program open to all Montgomery County families via lottery. {{citation needed|date=October 2018}}

Middle schools that serve the city include:

• Silver Spring International Middle School
• Takoma Park Middle School, (most Takoma Park residents are zoned to Takoma Park MS)

All of the city is served by Montgomery Blair High School. With the Downcounty Consortium, students have limited opportunity to enroll in one of four other schools, including Kennedy, Northwood, Einstein, and Wheaton.

Prior to the mid-1990s sections of the Takoma Park census-designated place were zoned to Prince George's County Public Schools (PGCPS). These sections are now designated as being in the Chillum CDP index map.{{Cite web |date=2018-09-08 |title=1990 COUNTY BLOCK MAP (RECREATED): PRINCE GEORGE'S County" index map |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st24_Maryland/24033_PrinceGeorges/90B24033_000.pdf |website=U.S. Census Bureau}} PG County Takoma Park CDP is shown on pages 7 {{Cite web |title=census |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st24_Maryland/24033_PrinceGeorges/90B24033_007.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030505135125/http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st24_Maryland/24033_PrinceGeorges/90B24033_007.pdf |archive-date=May 5, 2003 |access-date=September 9, 2018 |df=mdy-all}} and 12.{{Cite web |date=2018-09-08 |title=1990 COUNTY BLOCK MAP (RECREATED): PRINCE GEORGE'S County" index map |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st24_Maryland/24033_PrinceGeorges/90B24033_012.pdf |website=U.S. Census Bureau}} From 1950 to 1964, during the era of legally-required racial segregation of schools, black students from the PG County section of Takoma Park attended Fairmont Heights High School, then near Fairmount Heights.{{Cite web |date=2018-09-04 |title=Fairmont Heights High School History |url=http://www.pgcps.org:80/~fmhts/history.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051004001621/http://www.pgcps.org/~fmhts/history.html |archive-date=October 4, 2005 |access-date=2018-09-04 |publisher=Fairmont Heights High School |df=mdy-all}}

• John Nevins Andrews School, a K–8 Seventh-day Adventist Christian School.{{Cite web |title=John Nevins Andrews School |url=http://jna.org |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205053112/http://jna.org/ |archive-date=December 5, 2017 |access-date=December 4, 2017 |df=mdy-all}}
• Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School, a private Catholic high-school.
• Takoma Academy, a private Adventist Education high-school.

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• Washington Adventist University, a private liberal arts university
• Montgomery College (Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus) (a 2-year institution)

Takoma Park is chartered with its own police force, public works department, housing department, library, and recreation department. It has also historically maintained its own Volunteer Fire Department and Municipal Library. Until 2007, the city operated a Tool Library as well, and continues to operate its own compost recycling program and silo for corn-burning stoves. Takoma Park is densely developed with narrow houses on deep lots, often featuring mid-block developments and a mix of apartments and homes which are no longer permitted under regional suburban zoning laws, under which many apartments were de-zoned in 1989.

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Several state highways serve Takoma Park. The largest of these is Maryland Route 650 (New Hampshire Avenue), which is the only six-lane thoroughfare running within city limits. New Hampshire Avenue continues into central Washington, D.C. and primarily serves through-traffic to the east of the city. Maryland Route 193 (University Boulevard) serves as the major suburban shopping strip, skirting the city on its northeast edge. Other state highways serving Takoma Park include Maryland Route 410, Maryland Route 320 and Maryland Route 195, all of which serve as local connectors to neighboring areas.

Being part of Montgomery County, Takoma Park is served by both the Ride On bus system, and by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, which provides bus and rail service to the Maryland and Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C.

The Takoma Metrorail station, also a Ride On and Metrobus hub, sits in the heart of the Old Takoma Main Street, in Washington, D.C., two blocks from the Maryland line.

The Takoma Langley Crossroads Transit Center is situated just outside the city border, at the intersection of University Boulevard and New Hampshire Avenue, also a location for a future Purple Line station.

The {{convert|9|mi|adj=on|0}} Sligo Creek Trail is used for recreation by bicyclists and pedestrians, and much of the roadway segment within the City of Takoma Park is closed to motor vehicles Fridays through Sundays. The Takoma Park segment of the Metropolitan Branch Trail, a rail trail that parallels the Red Line, is complete. Trail-building is planned to connect that segment with the completed portion that runs south to Washington Union Station and to planned segments running north to Silver Spring, Maryland with a connection to the {{convert|12|mi|adj=on|0}} Capital Crescent Trail.

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• Danielle Allen, classicist and political scientist{{cite web |last1=Zongker |first1=Brett |title=Library of Congress to Award Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity to Danielle Allen |url=https://crcs.seas.harvard.edu/news/library-congress-award-kluge-prize-achievement-study-humanity-danielle-allen |website=Center for Research on Computation & Society |publisher=Harvard University |date=2020-06-22}}
• Henry Allen, author, artist{{Cite web |title=Henry Allen |url=http://henryallenstudio.blogspot.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021005405/http://henryallenstudio.blogspot.com/ |archive-date=October 21, 2017 |access-date=October 21, 2017 |website=HenryAllenStudio.blogspot.com |df=mdy-all}}
• Roger MacBride Allen, novelist{{Cite web |title=Spectrum Literary Agency – 320 Central Park West, New York, NY 10025 |url=http://www.spectrumliteraryagency.com/allen.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707101319/http://www.spectrumliteraryagency.com/allen.htm |archive-date=July 7, 2016 |access-date=October 21, 2017 |website=www.SpectrumLiteraryAgency.com |df=mdy-all}}
• Tom Brosius, track and field athlete{{Cite news |last=Belz |first=Rick |date=May 2, 1999 |title=Sprint wins sweep Wilde Lake boys past River Hill for title |work=The Baltimore Sun |url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/keyword/discus/featured/4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928091037/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/keyword/discus/featured/4 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 28, 2012 |access-date=July 16, 2011}}
• Maia Campbell, former actress, singer and model{{Cite web |date=November 30, 2005 |title=Maia Campbell |url=https://hbcuconnect.com/content/26088/maia-campbell}}
• Mary Chapin Carpenter, singer-songwriter{{Cite web |date=September 1, 2010 |title=What I've Learned: Mary Chapin Carpenter – Washingtonian |url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2010/09/01/what-ive-learned-mary-chapin-carpenter/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022033300/https://www.washingtonian.com/2010/09/01/what-ive-learned-mary-chapin-carpenter/ |archive-date=October 22, 2017 |access-date=October 21, 2017 |website=Washingtonian.com |df=mdy-all}}
• Lorig Charkoudian, Maryland State Delegate, District 20
• David Corn, journalist{{Cite web |title=Takoma Park's David Corn wins a Polk Award for scoop that helped defeat Romney – Takoma Voice |url=http://takomavoice.com/2013/03/12/takoma-parks-david-corn-wins-a-polk/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022033509/http://takomavoice.com/2013/03/12/takoma-parks-david-corn-wins-a-polk/ |archive-date=October 22, 2017 |access-date=October 21, 2017 |website=TakomaVoice.com |df=mdy-all}}
• Tommy Davidson, comedian, actorDavidson, Tommy; Teicholz, Tom (2020). Living in Color. Kensington Publishing. {{ISBN|978-1-4967-1294-3}}.
• Dominique Dawes, three-time women's Olympic gymnastics team member{{Cite web |title=TALE OF TAKOMA: African-American history in Takoma Park – Takoma Voice |url=http://takomavoice.com/2016/02/26/tale-of-takoma-african-american-history-in-takoma-park/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022033245/http://takomavoice.com/2016/02/26/tale-of-takoma-african-american-history-in-takoma-park/ |archive-date=October 22, 2017 |access-date=October 21, 2017 |website=TakomaVoice.com |df=mdy-all}}
• Peabo Doue, soccer player
• Matt Drudge, political commentator, creator and editor of the Drudge Report
• Marc Elrich, Montgomery County Executive
• John Fahey, guitarist; founder of Takoma Records{{Cite web |date=2001-02-23 |title=Guitarist John Fahey Dead |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/guitarist-john-fahey-dead-20010223 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022033047/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/guitarist-john-fahey-dead-20010223 |archive-date=October 22, 2017 |access-date=October 21, 2017 |website=RollingStone.com |df=mdy-all}}
• Peter Franchot, former Maryland State Comptroller{{Cite web |title=Maryland State Comptroller |url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/08conoff/comptroller/html}}
• Steve Francis, former National Basketball Association player{{Cite web |last=Crockett |first=Stephen A. Jr. |title=What Happened to Steve Francis? |url=https://www.theroot.com/what-happened-to-steve-francis-1790857852 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021173031/http://www.theroot.com/what-happened-to-steve-francis-1790857852 |archive-date=October 21, 2017 |access-date=October 21, 2017 |website=TheRoot.com |date=November 22, 2016 |df=mdy-all}}
• Goldie Hawn, actress{{Cite news |last=Rosin |first=Hanna |date=May 14, 2005 |title=Goldie's Haven |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/13/AR2005051301723.html |url-status=live |access-date=October 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022034505/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/13/AR2005051301723.html |archive-date=October 22, 2017 |via=www.WashingtonPost.com |df=mdy-all}}
• Bowie Kuhn, Commissioner of Baseball from 1969–1984, was born in Takoma Park.{{Cite news |title=Bowie K. Kuhn's Obituary on The Washington Post |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?n=bowie-k-kuhn&pid=86812636 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171102161426/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?n=bowie-k-kuhn&pid=86812636 |archive-date=November 2, 2017 |access-date=November 1, 2017 |newspaper=The Washington Post |df=mdy-all}}
• Denis McDonough, White House chief of staff in the Obama Administration,{{Cite web |last=Eilperin |first=Juliet |date=October 29, 2014 |title=Progressives have huge sway in a White House that has developed a reputation for being overly pragmatic |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/takoma-park-liberals-at-the-core-of-the-white-house/2014/10/29/b3395174-5de6-11e4-9f3a-7e28799e0549_story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022034445/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/takoma-park-liberals-at-the-core-of-the-white-house/2014/10/29/b3395174-5de6-11e4-9f3a-7e28799e0549_story.html |archive-date=October 22, 2017 |access-date=October 21, 2017 |via=www.WashingtonPost.com |df=mdy-all}} Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the Biden Administration
• Mona Minkara, chemist at Northeastern University
• Heather Mizeur, former Maryland State Delegate; candidate in Democratic primary for governor in 2014 {{Cite web |last=Alexander |first=Kate S. |title=In bid for governor, Mizeur hopes 'to blow doors off' |url=http://www.gazette.net/gazettecms/story.php?id=30741 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112222258/http://www.gazette.net/gazettecms/story.php?id=30741 |archive-date=January 12, 2018 |access-date=May 1, 2015 |publisher=Gazette.net |df=mdy-all}}
• David Moon, Maryland State Delegate, District 20{{Cite web |title=David Moon, Maryland State Delegate |url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa17063.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205214256/http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa17063.html |archive-date=December 5, 2017 |access-date=October 21, 2017 |website=msa.Maryland.gov |df=mdy-all}}
• Wes Moore, Governor of Maryland{{cite news |last1=May |first1=Eric Charles |title=PEOPLE |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1987/12/17/people/9e0dc420-5b6f-48f8-b2d1-946dffff4373/ |access-date=July 20, 2022 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=December 17, 1987}}
• Cal Newport, author {{Cite web |title=About - Cal Newport |url=http://calnewport.com/about/}}
• Tom Perez, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee; former Secretary of Labor{{Cite web |title=Takoma Park's Tom Perez, a leading contender for Democratic Party leader – Takoma Voice |url=http://takomavoice.com/2017/02/25/marylander-a-leading-contender-for-democratic-party-leader/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022033354/http://takomavoice.com/2017/02/25/marylander-a-leading-contender-for-democratic-party-leader/ |archive-date=October 22, 2017 |access-date=October 21, 2017 |website=TakomaVoice.com |df=mdy-all}}
• Al Petteway and Amy White, composers, musicians, singers{{Cite web |last=Amy |first=Al & |title=Biography |url=http://www.alandamy.com/Amy/amybiography.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001110732/http://www.alandamy.com/Amy/amybiography.htm |archive-date=October 1, 2016 |access-date=October 21, 2017 |website=www.AlAndAmy.com |df=mdy-all}}
• Jamie Raskin, Congressman, 8th District{{Cite web |date=December 3, 2012 |title=About |url=https://raskin.house.gov/about |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022033716/https://raskin.house.gov/about |archive-date=October 22, 2017 |access-date=October 21, 2017 |website=House.gov |df=mdy-all}}
• Sarah Bloom Raskin, former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury; former governor of the Federal Reserve System{{Cite web |title=Former Treasury Deputy Secretary Joins Duke As Rubenstein Fellow |url=https://today.duke.edu/2017/08/former-treasury-deputy-secretary-joins-duke-rubenstein-fellow |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021092547/https://today.duke.edu/2017/08/former-treasury-deputy-secretary-joins-duke-rubenstein-fellow |archive-date=October 21, 2017 |access-date=October 21, 2017 |website=Duke.edu |df=mdy-all}}
• Hans Riemer, former Montgomery County Councilmember{{cite news |last1=Luttrell |first1=Cameron |title=Hans Riemer Elected As Montgomery County Council President |url=https://patch.com/maryland/bethesda-chevychase/hans-riemer-elected-montgomery-county-council-president |work=Patch |date=2017-12-05}}
• Root Boy Slim, musician {{Cite news |title=Root Boy Slim Dies |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1993/06/10/rocker-root-boy-slim-dies/c9c0512b-3ef5-478f-aa12-e5becffa50ec}}{{Cite news |title=Takoma Park Newsletter |url=https://documents.takomaparkmd.gov/news/newsletter/2009/20091001-takoma-park-city-newsletter.pdf}}
• Nina Gilden Seavey, Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker{{Cite web |last=otteragency.com |first=Hosted by Doug Block, John Burgan, Erica Ginsberg, Marj Safinia, Niam Itani, and Paul Szynol. Built by Peter Gerard, ptgerard.com. Designed by Doug Fitzsimmons |title=The D-Word: Nina Gilden Seavey |url=http://d-word.com/people/seavey |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022085127/http://d-word.com/people/seavey |archive-date=October 22, 2017 |access-date=November 1, 2017 |website=D-Word.com |df=mdy-all}}
• Kate Stewart, Montgomery County Councilmember
• Henry Vestine, guitarist {{Cite web |title=Bio |url=http://www.vipertoons.com/henry/}}
• Nick Zedd, underground filmmaker{{Cite web |title=Guide to the The [sic] Nick Zedd Papers 1963 – 2010 MSS.311 |url=http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/fales/zedd/bioghist.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022032809/http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/fales/zedd/bioghist.html |archive-date=October 22, 2017 |access-date=October 21, 2017 |website=dlib.NYU.edu |df=mdy-all}}{{cite web |title=Nick Zedd (1958–2022) |url=https://www.artforum.com/news/nick-zedd-1958-2022-88031 |website=Artforum | date=2022-02-28}}

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• Takoma Park is identified as a location in the video game Fallout 3.{{Cite web |title=Where is and How Do I get to Takoma Park? - Fallout 3 Answers for Xbox 360 – GameFAQs |url=https://www.gamefaqs.com/xbox360/939933-fallout-3/answers/14688-where-is-and-how-do-i-get-to-takoma-park |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022194102/https://www.gamefaqs.com/xbox360/939933-fallout-3/answers/14688-where-is-and-how-do-i-get-to-takoma-park |archive-date=October 22, 2017 |access-date=November 1, 2017 |website=www.GameFAQs.com |df=mdy-all}}
• Takoma Park is cited in the production of the play, Native Gardens, by Karen Zacarias at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. from September 15 – October 22, 2017.{{Cite web |date=September 2017 |title=Theatre Review: 'Native Gardens' at Arena Stage – Maryland Theatre Guide |url=http://mdtheatreguide.com/2017/09/theatre-review-native-gardens-at-arena-stage/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021004322/http://mdtheatreguide.com/2017/09/theatre-review-native-gardens-at-arena-stage/ |archive-date=October 21, 2017 |access-date=October 21, 2017 |website=MdTheatreGuide.com |df=mdy-all}}
• The movie American Milkshake was set and filmed in Takoma Park.{{Cite web |last=Hendrix |first=Steve |date=September 3, 2013 |title=Movie 'American Milkshake,' made in Takoma Park, gives residents a taste of stardom |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/movie-made-in-takoma-park-gives-residents-a-taste-of-stardom/2013/08/30/04c53e2c-10e5-11e3-b4cb-fd7ce041d814_story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171102103354/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/movie-made-in-takoma-park-gives-residents-a-taste-of-stardom/2013/08/30/04c53e2c-10e5-11e3-b4cb-fd7ce041d814_story.html |archive-date=November 2, 2017 |access-date=April 1, 2018 |via=www.washingtonpost.com |df=mdy-all}}
• "Takoma Park"{{Cite web |date=May 8, 2008 |title=Texas by Fred Smith on Apple Music |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/texas/291069203 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111012717/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/texas/id291069203 |archive-date=November 11, 2017 |access-date=April 1, 2018 |website=apple.com |df=mdy-all}} is a song on the album Texas by Iain Campbell Smith (a.k.a. Fred Smith), described as "a comic portrait of a soft left suburb on the outskirts of Washington DC, with Glockenspiel solo."{{Cite web |title=Texas |url=http://www.fredsmith.com.au/albums/texas |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021003912/http://www.fredsmith.com.au/albums/texas/ |archive-date=October 21, 2017 |access-date=October 21, 2017 |website=www.FredSmith.com.au |df=mdy-all}}
• "The Ballad of Sammie Abbott" {{Cite web |date=January 24, 2005 |title=Food For The Long Haul by Jesse Palidofsky on Apple Music |url=https://music.apple.com/mn/album/food-for-the-long-haul/151711818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115025721/https://itunes.apple.com/mn/album/food-for-the-long-haul/id151711818 |archive-date=November 15, 2017 |access-date=April 1, 2018 |website=apple.com |df=mdy-all}} is a song in praise of Takoma Park's former mayor (1980–85) on the album Food for the Long Haul by Jesse Palidofsky from Azalea City Recording.
• Takoma Park is the location for the HQ of the protagonists in The Lone Gunmen, a television spinoff of the X-Files.{{Cite web |title=The Lone Gunmen Pilot – 1AEB79 |url=http://www.insidethex.co.uk/transcrp/tlg179.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012105912/http://www.insidethex.co.uk/transcrp/tlg179.htm |archive-date=October 12, 2017 |access-date=October 21, 2017 |website=www.InsideTheX.co.uk |df=mdy-all}}
• Takoma Park is featured in Atlas Obscura articles on "Herlong the Carved Dragon"{{Cite web |title=Herlong the Carved Dragon |url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/herlong-the-carved-dragon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023010613/https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/herlong-the-carved-dragon |archive-date=October 23, 2017 |access-date=November 1, 2017 |website=Atlas Obscura |df=mdy-all}} and "Roscoe the Rooster."{{Cite web |title=The Rooster Perpetually Crossing the Road |url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/roscoe-the-rooster |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023010431/https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/roscoe-the-rooster |archive-date=October 23, 2017 |access-date=November 1, 2017 |website=Atlas Obscura |df=mdy-all}} Roscoe the Rooster is the subject of a poem, "Roscoe Magnus",{{Cite web |title=Spring For Poetry In Takoma Park 2010 |url=http://www.ftpml.org/poetry/spring2010_locations.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090008/http://www.ftpml.org/poetry/spring2010_locations.html |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=November 1, 2017 |website=www.FTPML.org |df=mdy-all}} authored by "Anonymous, 2nd century BCE, Trans. from Latin by Merrill Leffler." Merrill Leffler is Takoma Park's Poet Laureate Emeritus.{{Cite web |title=Merrill Leffler to mentor Takoma's poetic voice – Takoma Voice |url=http://takomavoice.com/2011/08/04/merrill-leffler-to-mentor-takomas-poetic-voice/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703014207/http://takomavoice.com/2011/08/04/merrill-leffler-to-mentor-takomas-poetic-voice/ |archive-date=July 3, 2017 |access-date=November 1, 2017 |website=TakomaVoice.com |df=mdy-all}}
• Bridge to Terabithia, a children's novel by Katherine Paterson, winner of the Newbery Medal, was inspired by an event in Takoma Park.{{Cite news | work = takoma.com |title= Lisa Hill and the Bridge to Terabithia | first = Diana | last = Kohn|url=http://www.takoma.com/archives/copy/2005/06/features_takomaarchives0605.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013145702/http://www.takoma.com/archives/copy/2005/06/features_takomaarchives0605.html |archive-date=2011-10-13}}
• Takoma Park is the setting for a number of the novels of Allison Leotta.e.g., Leotta, Allison, Discretion, Simon and Schuster, 2012, p. 41.
• Takoma Park is referred to in The Night Gardener by George Pelecanos.see Pelecanos, George, The Night Gardener, Little Brown and Company, 2006
• Takoma Park is a location cited in the NBC television series, The Blacklist, Season 1, Episode 7 and Season 2, Episode 13.{{Cite web |date=March 2, 2015 |title=Script: 2:13 The Deer Hunter |url=https://www.blacklistdeclassified.net/2015/03/02/213-the-deer-hunter/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114042003/https://blacklistdeclassified.net/2015/03/02/213-the-deer-hunter/ |archive-date=November 14, 2017 |access-date=April 1, 2018 |website=blacklistdeclassified.net |df=mdy-all}}
• Takoma Park is described in the 2017 memoir by Suzanne Rhodenbaugh, The Deepest South I've Gotten.{{Cite web |title=Suzanne Rhodenbaugh |url=http://www.suzannerhodenbaugh.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817095705/http://www.suzannerhodenbaugh.com/ |archive-date=August 17, 2018 |access-date=October 11, 2018 |df=mdy-all}}

• Takoma, Washington, D.C.
• Benjamin Franklin Gilbert
• :Category:People from Washington, D.C.
• List of cities in Maryland

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Category:Cities in Montgomery County, Maryland

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Category:Populated places established in 1883

Category:Suburbs of Washington, D.C.

Category:Washington metropolitan area