Neighborhoods in Washington, D.C.

Neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States, are distinguished by their history, culture, architecture, demographics, and geography. The names of the 131 neighborhoods are unofficially defined by the D.C. Office of Planning. Though the neighborhoods can be defined by the boundaries of wards, historic districts, Advisory Neighborhood Commissions, civic associations, and business improvement districts (BIDs), these boundaries will overlap. The eight wards each elect a member to the Council of the District of Columbia 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

NeighborhoodWardArea (mi2)Area (km2)PopulationEstablishedAdams MorganI17,1131958Columbia Heights31,6961881Kalorama Triangle0.080.211890Lanier Heights1890LeDroit Park1873Meridian HillMount PleasantPark View5,099Pleasant PlainsU Street Corridor5,385Woodley ParkBurleithIIChinatownDowntownDupont CircleFoggy BottomGeorgetownSheridan-KaloramaLogan CircleMount Vernon Square

Ward 1

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

Adams Morgan Columbia Heights Howard University 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 Downtown Dupont Circle Federal Triangle Foggy Bottom Georgetown Sheridan-Kalorama Logan Circle Mount Vernon Square (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 Berkley Cathedral Heights Chevy Chase Cleveland Park Colony Hill Forest Hills Foxhall Friendship Heights Glover Park Kent Massachusetts Heights McLean Gardens North Cleveland Park Observatory Circle The Palisades Potomac Heights Spring Valley Tenleytown Wakefield Wesley Heights Woodland Normanstone Woodley Park

Ward 4

Ward 4 Councilmember: Janeese Lewis George Population (2022): 83,996

Barnaby Woods Brightwood Brightwood Park Chevy Chase (part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 3) Colonial Village Crestwood Fort Totten Hawthorne Manor Park Petworth Riggs Park (also known as Lamond Riggs) Shepherd Park Sixteenth Street Heights Takoma

Ward 5

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

Arboretum 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 Trinidad Truxton Circle Woodridge

Ward 6

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

Buzzard Point Capitol Hill Lincoln Park Judiciary Square Mount Vernon Triangle Near Northeast NoMa Southwest Waterfront 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 Stanton Greenway Hill East Hillbrook Hillcrest Kenilworth Kingman Park Lincoln Heights Marshall Heights Mayfair Naylor Gardens Northeast Boundary Penn Branch Randle Highlands River Terrace Twining

Ward 8

Ward 8 Councilmember: Trayon White Population (2022): 77,756

Anacostia Barry Farm Bellevue Buena Vista Congress Heights Douglass Fairlawn Garfield Heights Good Hope Knox Hill Navy Yard Park Naylor Shipley Terrace Skyland Washington Highlands Woodland

References

External links

External link to D.C. neighborhood websites DC Genealogical Database National Capital Planning Commission D.C. Guide Washington DC, street by street (historic and modern photographs) Street map of Ward 4. Office of Councilmember Muriel Bowser.