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
Potomac Airfield , also known as Potomac Airport (), is a privately owned, public-use airport located in the Friendly census-designated place in unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland, United States (just outside Washington, D.C.); it h ...
, 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
Potomac (), Virginia, is an extinct incorporated town formerly located in Arlington County, Virginia (then called Alexandria County), today the dissolved town's former territory is located within the City of Alexandria, Virginia after municipal ...
, an extinct town formerly located in Arlington County
Other places in the U.S.:
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Potomac, Illinois
Potomac () is a village in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. It is part of the Danville, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 750 at the 2010 census.
History
The town was originally named Marysville after the wives ...
, a village in Vermilion County
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Potomac, Montana, an unincorporated community in Missoula County
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Potomac, West Virginia, 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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