Fort Lincoln is a neighborhood located in
northeastern Washington, D.C.
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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
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, across the
D.C. line from the Washington neighborhood bearing its name.
Neighborhood
This northeast Washington neighborhood is home to the Fort Lincoln
"New Town" development constructed in the 1960s and 1970s. This neighborhood is currently the home of
Cathy Lanier, former Chief of the
D.C. Metropolitan Police.
In 2011 another 42 acres of the wetland forest park was sold to make a shopping center. The shopping center includes a
Costco
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store that opened in November 2012.
War of 1812 battlefield site
References
External links
"Fort Lincoln: Finding a Leafy Enclave," By Linda Wheeler, ''The Washington Post'', July 18, 1992*
Fort Lincoln Historical Marker, The Maryland Historical Marker Database
{{Neighborhoods in Washington, D.C.
Neighborhoods in Northeast (Washington, D.C.)