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, the capital city of the

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, are distinguished by their history, culture, architecture, demographics, and geography. The names of 131 neighborhoods are unofficially defined by the D.C. Office of Planning. Neighborhoods can be defined by the boundaries of wards, historic districts, Advisory Neighborhood Commissions, civic associations, and

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s (BIDs); these boundaries will overlap. The eight wards each elect a member to the

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and are redistricted every ten years. As the nation's capital, Washington, D.C.'s local neighborhood history and culture is often presented as distinct from that of the national government.

List of neighborhoods by ward

Ward 1

: Ward 1 Councilmember: Brianne Nadeau :Population (2022): 88,846 *

Adams Morgan Adams Morgan (abbreviated as AdMo) is a Neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., neighborhood in Washington, D.C., located in the city’s Northwest (Washington, D.C.), Northwest quadrant. Adams Morgan is noted as a historic hub for Counterculture of ...

* Columbia Heights *

Howard University Howard University is a private, historically black, federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C., United States. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" and accredited by the Mid ...

* Kalorama Triangle * LeDroit Park * Lanier Heights * Meridian Hill * Mount Pleasant * Park View * Pleasant Plains * Shaw (parts of the neighborhood are also in Ward 2) * U Street Corridor (part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 2)

Ward 2

: Ward 2 Councilmember: Brooke Pinto :Population (2022): 89,518 * Burleith *

Chinatown Chinatown ( zh, t=唐人街) is the catch-all name for an ethnic enclave of Chinese people located outside Greater China, most often in an urban setting. Areas known as "Chinatown" exist throughout the world, including Europe, Asia, Africa, O ...

Downtown ''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in American and Canadian English to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political, and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business district ( ...

Dupont Circle Dupont Circle is a historic roundabout park and Neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., neighborhood of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest (Washington, D.C.), Northwest D.C. The Dupont Circle neighborhood is bounded approximately by 16th St ...

Federal Triangle Federal Triangle is a Triangle, triangular area in Washington, D.C., formed by 15th Street NW, Constitution Avenue, Constitution Avenue NW, Pennsylvania Avenue, Pennsylvania Avenue NW, and E Street NW. Federal Triangle is occupied by 10 large c ...

Foggy Bottom Foggy Bottom is a neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States, located in the city's northwest quadrant. It stretches west of the White House towards the Potomac River, north of the National Mall, east of Georgetown, south of the West ...

* Georgetown * Sheridan-Kalorama * Logan Circle *

Mount Vernon Square Mount Vernon Square is a town square, city square and neighborhood in the Northwest (Washington, D.C.), Northwest Address (geography)#Quadrants, quadrant of Washington, D.C. The square is located where the following streets would otherwise inters ...

(part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 6) * Penn Quarter * Shaw (parts of the neighborhood are also in Ward 1) * Southwest Federal Center * U Street Corridor (part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 1) * West End

Ward 3

: Ward 3 Councilmember: Matthew Frumin :Population (2022): 81,883 *

American University Park American University Park is a Neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., neighborhood of Washington, D.C., named for American University. AU Park, as it is often abbreviated, is situated against the Maryland border in the Northwest, Washington, D.C., No ...

* Berkley *

Cathedral Heights Cathedral Heights is a neighborhood of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. Primarily residential, the neighborhood has a commercial corridor of shops and restaurants along Wisconsin Avenue. Cathedral Heights is named for Washington Nation ...

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Cleveland Park Cleveland Park is a residential neighborhood in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. It is located at and bounded approximately by Rock Creek Park to the east, Wisconsin and Idaho Avenues to the west, Klingle and Woodley Roads to the sou ...

* Colony Hill * Forest Hills * Foxhall * Friendship Heights * Glover Park *

Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...

Massachusetts Heights Massachusetts Heights is a small neighborhood in Northwest The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A '' compass rose'' is primarily composed ...

* McLean Gardens * North Cleveland Park * Observatory Circle * The Palisades * Potomac Heights * Spring Valley *

Tenleytown Tenleytown is a historic neighborhood in Northwest, Washington, D.C., Northwest, Washington, D.C. History In 1790, locals began calling the neighborhood "Tennally's Town" after area tavern owner John Tennally. Over time, the spelling has evolve ...

Wakefield Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England located on the River Calder. The city had a population of 109,766 in the 2021 census, up from 99,251 in the 2011 census. The city is the administrative centre of the wider Metropolit ...

* Wesley Heights * Woodland Normanstone * Woodley Park * Woodmont

Ward 4

: Ward 4 Councilmember: Janeese Lewis George :Population (2022): 83,996 * Barnaby Woods * Brightwood * Brightwood Park *

(part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 3) * Colonial Village * Crestwood * Fort Totten * Hawthorne * Manor Park *

Petworth Petworth is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Chichester (district), Chichester District of West Sussex, England. It is located at the junction of the A272 road, A272 east–west road from Heathfield, East Sussex, Heat ...

* Riggs Park (also known as Lamond Riggs) * Shepherd Park *

Sixteenth Street Heights Sixteenth Street Heights is a large neighborhood of terraced house, rowhouses, duplex (building), duplexes, and American Craftsman and American Foursquare detached houses in Washington, D.C. (northwest), Northwest Washington, D.C. Geography Def ...

* Takoma

Ward 5

: Ward 5 Councilmember: Zachary Parker :Population (2022): 86,794 *

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* Bloomingdale * Brentwood * Brookland * Carver Langston * Eckington * Edgewood * Fort Lincoln * Fort Totten * Gateway * Ivy City * Langdon * Michigan Park * North Michigan Park * Pleasant Hill * Queens Chapel * Riggs Park (part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 4) * Stronghold *

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* Truxton Circle * Woodridge

Ward 6

: Ward 6 Councilmember: Charles Allen :Population (2022): 99,652 * Barney Circle *

Buzzard Point Buzzard Point, sometimes known as Greenleaf Point, is a peninsula and Neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., neighborhood of Washington, D.C., located in Southwest (Washington, D.C.), Southwest D.C., at the confluence of the Potomac River, Potomac and ...

Capitol Hill Capitol Hill is a neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., neighborhood in Washington, D.C., located in both the Northeast, Washington, D.C., Northeast and Southeast, Washington, D.C., Southeast quadrants. It is bounded by 14th Street SE & NE, F S ...

Lincoln Park Lincoln Park is a park along Lake Michigan on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. Named after US president Abraham Lincoln, it is the city's largest public park and stretches for from Grand Avenue (500 N), on the south, to near Ardmore Avenu ...

* Judiciary Square * Kingman Park (part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 7) * Mount Vernon Triangle * Near Northeast *

NoMa Noma, NoMa, or NOMA may refer to: Places * NoMa, the area North of Massachusetts Avenue in Washington, D.C., US ** NoMa–Gallaudet U station, on Washington Metro * Noma, Florida, US * NOMA, Manchester, a redevelopment in England * Noma District, ...

Southwest Waterfront The Southwest Waterfront is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C. (Southwest), Southwest Washington, D.C. The Southwest quadrant is the smallest of Washington's four Address (geography)#Quadrants, quadrants, and the Southwest Waterfront is one of on ...

* Sursum Corda * Swampoodle (a neighborhood from the 1850s to the 1910s, replaced in large part today by NoMa and Near Northeast)

Ward 7

: Ward 7 Councilmember: Wendell Felder :Population (2022): 77,456 * Benning * Benning Heights * Benning Ridge * Burrville * Capitol View * Central Northeast * Civic Betterment * Deanwood * Dupont Park *East Corner * East River Heights * Eastland Gardens * Fairfax Village * Fort Davis *

Fort Dupont Fort DuPont, named in honor of Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont, is located between the original Delaware City and the modern Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on the original Reeden Point tract, which was granted to Henry Ward in 1675. Along ...

* Fort Stanton * Greenway
Hill East
* Hillbrook * Hillcrest *

Kenilworth Kenilworth ( ) is a market town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Warwick (district), Warwick District of Warwickshire, England, southwest of Coventry and north of both Warwick and Leamington Spa. Situated at the centre of t ...

* Lincoln Heights * Marshall Heights *

Mayfair Mayfair is an area of Westminster, London, England, in the City of Westminster. It is in Central London and part of the West End. It is between Oxford Street, Regent Street, Piccadilly and Park Lane and one of the most expensive districts ...

* Naylor Gardens * Northeast Boundary * Penn Branch * Randle Highlands * River Terrace * Twining

Ward 8

: Ward 8 Councilmember:

Trayon White Trayon White (born May 11, 1984) is an American politician from Washington, D.C. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Ward 8 on the Council of the District of Columbia from January 2017 to February 2025. He was first elected to the ...

:Population (2022): 77,756 *

Anacostia Anacostia is a historic neighborhood in Southeast (Washington, D.C.), Southeast Washington, D.C. Its downtown is located at the intersection of Marion Barry Avenue (formerly Good Hope Road) SE and the neighborhood contains commercial and gover ...

* Barry Farm * Bellevue *Buena Vista * Congress Heights * Douglass * Fairlawn * Garfield Heights * Good Hope *Knox Hill * Navy Yard * Park Naylor * Shipley Terrace *

Skyland ''Skyland'' (full French title: "Skyland, Le Nouveau Monde", or "Skyland, The New World"), is an animated television series developed in France in partnership with Canada and Luxembourg for television channels France 2 in France, Teletoon in Can ...

* Washington Highlands *

Woodland A woodland () is, in the broad sense, land covered with woody plants (trees and shrubs), or in a narrow sense, synonymous with wood (or in the U.S., the '' plurale tantum'' woods), a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunli ...

References

External links

External link to D.C. neighborhood websites

National Capital Planning Commission

D.C. Guide

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