Glen Echo

History

Glen Echo derives its name from the name of the lots developed by Edward and Edwin Baltzley, father of Louis E. Baltzley, and an inventor, The town's development was fed by streetcar lines that connected the then-remote area to Washington, D.C.: first, the Glen Echo Railroad, and later the Washington Railway and Electric Company and its successor, the Capital Transit Company. The town is known for its Chautauqua cultural events and for Glen Echo Park, a former amusement park that is now a U.S. national park. Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, lived in Glen Echo, a streetcar ride from her office, from 1897 until her death in 1912. In the 1980s, Glen Echo designated its town bird as the pileated woodpecker; insect, the spicebush swallowtail; tree, the eastern sycamore; and wildflower, the heartleaf aster.

Geography

Glen Echo is located in southern Montgomery County overlooking the Potomac River. Its northeast border is MacArthur Boulevard, while its southwest border is the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. It is bordered to the north by Bannockburn in Bethesda, to the east and south by Brookmont, and to the west by Cabin John. The Clara Barton Parkway runs through the southwest side of the town, parallel to the C&O Canal. The parkway leads west to the Capital Beltway (I-495) and southeast to Georgetown in Washington, D.C. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Glen Echo has a total area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• Montgomery Blair High
  High · Silver Spring · 3,204 students · 16.7:1 ratio
• Walter Johnson High
  High · Bethesda · 2,942 students · 18.6:1 ratio
• Wheaton High
  High · Silver Spring · 2,599 students · 16.6:1 ratio
• Richard Montgomery High
  High · Rockville · 2,390 students · 17.8:1 ratio
• Bethesda-Chevy Chase High
  High · Bethesda · 2,335 students · 18:1 ratio
• Winston Churchill High
  High · Potomac · 2,234 students · 18.6:1 ratio
• Walt Whitman High
  High · Bethesda · 2,018 students · 17.4:1 ratio
• Albert Einstein High
  High · Kensington · 2,012 students · 15.4:1 ratio