Berwyn Heights

History

Beginning in the 1870s, the area northeast of Washington, D.C. was the scene of active and continuous development as the population of the city increased and railroad suburbs such as Berwyn Heights, originally platted as Charlton Heights, gradually grew and expanded around it. The O'Dea House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is one of the homes that was erected in 1888 by the Charlton Heights Improvement Company to spur development in the new subdivision. In 1967, it adopted its town seal, which contains three acorns. In 1986, it was awarded the Tree City USA title. {|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:98%" ! | ! width = 25% | Site Name ! width = 8% class="unsortable" | Image ! |Location ! class="unsortable" | M-NCPPC Inventory Number ! class="unsortable" | Comment |-- ! | 1 | Berwyn Heights Schoolhouse | | 5814 Ruatan Street | 67–022–07 | |-- ! | 2 | Cissel House | | 8911 57th Avenue | 67–022–18 | |-- ! | 3 | Cross House | | 5805 Ruatan Street | 67–022–13 | |-- ! | 4 | Kleiner House | | 5603 Ruatan Street | 67–022–17 | |-- ! | 5 | O’Dea House | | 5804 Ruatan Street | 67–022–11 | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, 1987-06-04; a late Victorian pattern-book house |-- ! | 6 | Pickett House | | 8616 57th Avenue | 67–022–16 | |-- ! | 7 | Sportland | | 5933 Natasha Drive | 67-005 | |-- ! | 8 | Elwood J. Taylor House | | 8516 58th Avenue | 67–022–21 | |-- ! | 9 | Wetherald House | | 8411 58th Avenue | 67–022–10 | |-- ! | 10 | Wolfe House | | 5617 Ruatan Street | 67–022–15 | |}

Geography

Berwyn Heights is located at (38.993810, -76.912344). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• High Point High
  High · Beltsville · 3,003 students · 18.4:1 ratio
• Charles Herbert Flowers High
  High · Springdale · 2,569 students · 21.1:1 ratio
• Parkdale High
  High · Riverdale · 2,561 students · 16.3:1 ratio
• Eleanor Roosevelt High
  High · Greenbelt · 2,526 students · 20.7:1 ratio
• Duval High
  High · Lanham · 2,503 students · 19.7:1 ratio
• Bowie High
  High · Bowie · 2,460 students · 18.8:1 ratio
• Northwestern High
  High · Hyattsville · 2,346 students · 16.5:1 ratio
• Bladensburg High
  High · Bladensburg · 2,164 students · 16.5:1 ratio