New Carrollton

History

Developer Albert W. Turner acquired the former estate of horse racing figure Edward L. Mahoney after Mahoney's death in 1957 and transformed it into a planned suburb. Turner had secured a charter for the City of Carrollton from the Maryland General Assembly on April 11, 1953. He named the community after Charles Carroll of Carrollton, an early Maryland settler and the last surviving signatory of the Declaration of Independence. Since two other Maryland communities also carried the name Carrollton, voters approved renaming the city to New Carrollton in a referendum on May 2, 1966.

Geography

New Carrollton is located at (38.966360, -76.876643). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  144,774
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  134,526
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  113,183
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  110,733
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  106,452
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  104,289
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  94,463
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  93,481

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

Most recent

• M 2.5 — 2025-10-27
  4 km E of Riverside, Maryland
• M 2.6 — 2021-06-25
  2 km SE of Woodlawn, Maryland
• M 3.03 — 2016-01-17
  3 km NE of Ranson, West Virginia
• M 3.6 — 2010-07-16
  5 km NNW of Barnesville, Maryland