Editing Takoma Park, Maryland (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Takoma Park Maryland.png|thumb|Map]]
{{see also|List of parks in Takoma Park}}
Takoma Park sits on the edge of the [[Atlantic Seaboard fall line|Mid-Atlantic fall line]] and is thus quite hilly, with many narrow, gridded streets. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|2.09|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which, {{convert|2.08|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.01|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{Cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112090031/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=January 12, 2012 |access-date=January 25, 2013 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |df=mdy-all}}</ref> [[Sligo Creek]] and Long Branch (both [[tributaries]] of the Northwest Branch of the [[Anacostia River]]) flow through the area. [[Sligo Creek Park]] and the {{convert|9|mi|adj=on|0}} [[Sligo Creek Trail]] bisect the area. The main street, Carroll Avenue, and the main [[state highway]], Route 410/East West Highway, narrow to two lanes within city limits. Takoma Park has an extensive hardwood tree canopy which is protected by local ordinance.

Takoma Park is bounded by downtown [[Silver Spring, Maryland|Silver Spring]], a major urban center to the northwest, by [[Montgomery College]] campus; East Silver Spring, a community of houses, apartments and small shops, along Flower Avenue and Piney Branch Road, to the north; [[Langley Park, Maryland|Langley Park]], a community of apartments and shopping centers, along University Boulevard to the northeast; [[Chillum, Maryland|Chillum]], in [[Prince George's County, Maryland|Prince George's County]] to the southeast, bounded by [[New Hampshire Avenue]], a state highway; and [[Takoma, Washington, D.C.|Takoma]] to the southwest, separated by Eastern Avenue, which follows the [[District of Columbia]] line.

The corner of Eastern and Carroll Avenues roughly marks the center of the old commercial district. Other town centers include: "Takoma Junction", the corner of Carroll Avenue and Route 410 in the geographic center of town, home to the city's large [[food co-op]]; Takoma-Langley Crossroads in downtown Langley Park, and the Flower shopping district, both of which are home to many immigrant-owned establishments. Takoma Park's municipal center is located at the corner of Maple Avenue and Route 410. [[Washington Adventist University]] marks the corner of Carroll and Flower Avenues.

===Neighborhoods by ward===
[[File:Takoma Park sign.JPG|thumb|Welcome sign]]
Takoma Park has many small neighborhoods. There are approximately fifty neighborhood listservs.<ref name="Spaghetti">{{Cite web |last=Andersen |first=Bruce |title=E-Takoma: 50 Online Groups in Takoma Park |url=http://throwing-spaghetti-against-the-wall.blogspot.com/2016/10/e-takoma-50-online-groups-in-takoma-park.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107143630/http://throwing-spaghetti-against-the-wall.blogspot.com/2016/10/e-takoma-50-online-groups-in-takoma-park.html |archive-date=November 7, 2016 |access-date=October 21, 2016 |website=Throwing Spaghetti Against the Wall |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*Ward 1
**Hodges Heights 
**Old Takoma a.k.a. the Philadelphia-Eastern Neighborhood
**North Takoma
*Ward 2
**B.F. Gilbert Subdivision (an extension of Old Town)
**Glaizewood Manor 
**Long Branch-Sligo
**South of Sligo
*Ward 3
**SS Carroll Neighborhood, named after the addition made by [[Samuel S. Carroll]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 August 2017 |title=Atlantic Reporter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1egKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA380 |publisher=West Publishing Company |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=C is for Carroll |url=http://www.historictakoma.org/KidsA2ZGuide/c.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221121047/http://www.historictakoma.org/KidsA2ZGuide/c.htm |archive-date=February 21, 2014 |access-date=February 11, 2014 |website=historic takoma |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Also known "The Generals" streets: Grant Ave, Lee Ave, Sherman Ave, Sheridan Ave. 
**Pinecrest 
**Takoma Junction
**Westmoreland Area
*Ward 4
**Maple Ave apartment district
**Ritchie Ave
**SS Carroll Neighborhood
*Ward 5
**Between the Creeks (part of the greater Long Branch / East Silver Spring area centered along Flower Ave)
*Ward 6
**Hillwood Manor 
**New Hampshire Gardens

===Takoma Avenue Historic District===
{{main|Takoma Avenue Historic District}}
The ''Takoma Avenue Historic District'' is a national [[Historic district (United States)|historic district]].  All five houses were constructed in 1951, are identical in their layout and construction, and were designed by [[Charles M. Goodman]].