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Place Name
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New Carrollton
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Population
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12,002 (1990)
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Location
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Prince Georges County, Maryland (MD), United States, North America
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Latitude
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38°58'N
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Longitude
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76°53'W
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New Carrollton
, city (1990 pop. 12,002), Prince Georges co.,
central Md., 9 mi/14.5 km NE of Washington,
D.C.; 38°58'N 76°53'W. A rapidly growing suburb of Washington, it
was named Carrollton by the developer, Albert Turner after Charles
Carroll of Carrollton. When a post office was opened in 1965,
mail was misdirected to Carrollton, a small rural village in Carroll
co., which had first claim on the name. The growing suburb became New
Carrollton. A major light RR terminal for the D.C. subway system is
located here. Inc. in 1953.
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