Green Meadows is an

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, United States. For statistical purposes, it is part of the Chillum

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(CDP).

Geography

Green Meadows is contained between the

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to the east, East West Highway to the north, the Sligo Creek River to the south, and

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to the west. Green Meadows borders the communities of Hyattsville, Chillum, and Lewisdale. The primary roads that pass through Green Meadows are East West Highway, Ager Road and

History

The developer-built Green Meadows was platted in the early 1940s and completed by 1942. The street pattern of Green Meadows is a fragmented grid of curved parallel streets. The houses are primarily two-family attached units constructed of brick or brick and frame. The Green Meadows subdivision was extended on its south end by two streets in 1957. The neighborhood is about a mile from the and stations on the

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Green Line.

Education

Rosa L. Parks Elementary School (grades pre-k to 6), Prince Georges County Public School System

Parks and recreation

1. Green Meadows Community Park 2. Heurich Community Park

Trails

1. Northwest Branch Trail 2. Sligo Creek Trail

References

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