Potomac () may refer to:
Places in the United States
Washington, D.C. area:
*The
Potomac River, which flows through West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
**The
Potomac Highlands, a region of the Potomac River's watershed in West Virginia
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Patowmack Canal, also spelled Potomac, a series of five inoperative canals in Maryland and Virginia
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Potomac, Maryland, an unincorporated area in Montgomery County
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Potomac Airfield, a general aviation airport in Fort Washington, Maryland
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Potomac Park, Maryland
Potomac Park () is an unincorporated subdivision and census-designated place (CDP) located on the North Branch Potomac River in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 2,530. Potomac Park lies alon ...
, in Allegany County
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Potomac, Virginia, an extinct town formerly located in Arlington County
Other places in the U.S.:
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Potomac, Illinois, a village in Vermilion County
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Potomac, Montana, an unincorporated community in Missoula County
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Potomac, West Virginia
Potomac is an unincorporated community in Ohio County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia.
History
A post office called Potomac was established in 1872, and remained in operation until 1902. Despite its name, the community is not located on t ...
, an unincorporated community
Companies
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Potomac Company, a former infrastructure company
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Epic Games
Epic Games, Inc. is an American video game and software developer and publisher based in Cary, North Carolina. The company was founded by Tim Sweeney as Potomac Computer Systems in 1991, originally located in his parents' house in Potomac, M ...
, originally called Potomac Computer Systems, and American video game and software developer
Transportation
Trains
* ''Potomac'', a series of several former Amtrak passenger trains:
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''Potomac'' (Amtrak train)
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Potomac Special''
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Potomac Turbo''
Vessels
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USS ''Potomac'', one of six ships
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''Potomac'' (tug), a Patapsco Class tug built for Vane Brothers Company
Other uses
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Patawomeck (or ''Potomac''), a Native American tribe for whom the Potomac River was named
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Army of the Potomac, a major Union army during the American Civil War
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1345 Potomac
1345 Potomac (), provisional designation , is a dark Hildian asteroid from the outermost regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 4 February 1908, by American astronomer Joel Metcalf at the Taunton Observato ...
, an asteroid
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Potomac Horse Fever, a disease in horses
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Potomac Lake, an artificial lake in
Gunnersbury Park
Gunnersbury Park is a park in the London Borough of Hounslow between Acton, Brentford, Chiswick and Ealing, West London, England. Purchased for the nation from the Rothschild family, it was opened to the public by Neville Chamberlain, then ...
, London commissioned by
Lionel Nathan Rothschild.
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University of the Potomac
University of the Potomac (formerly Potomac College) is a private for-profit university with campuses in Washington, DC; Falls Church, Virginia; and Chicago, Illinois. It offers Associate of Science, Bachelor of Science, Graduate, and advanced ...
, a degree-granting college based in Washington, D.C.
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