Brookeville, Maryland

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Brookeville, Maryland is a small historic town in Montgomery County best known for briefly serving as the U.S. capital for a day during the War of 1812.

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Label Occurrences
Brookeville, Maryland canonical 4

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic district ⓘ
town ⓘ
areaCode 240 ⓘ
301 ⓘ
areaLandSquareMiles 0.12 ⓘ
areaTotalSquareMiles 0.12 ⓘ
areaWaterSquareMiles 0.00 ⓘ
climateType humid subtropical climate ⓘ
contains Madison House (Brookeville, Maryland) ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Montgomery County, Maryland ⓘ
linked to: Montgomery County
dateVisitedByJamesMadison August 26, 1814 ⓘ
distanceToWashingtonDCMiles about 20 ⓘ
elevationFeet 453 ⓘ
FIPSCode 24-10125 ⓘ
foundedBy Deborah Brooke ⓘ
Richard Thomas, Jr. ⓘ
foundingYear 1794 ⓘ
GNISFeatureID 0584720 ⓘ
governingBody Town Commission of Brookeville ⓘ
governmentType commission government ⓘ
hasHistoricBuilding Brookeville Academy ⓘ
Thomas Mill and Mill Site ⓘ
historicalEvent temporary seat of the U.S. government on August 26, 1814 ⓘ
historicSignificance early 19th-century milling and farming center ⓘ
incorporatedAsTown 1808 ⓘ
knownFor serving briefly as the U.S. capital during the War of 1812 ⓘ
locatedIn Montgomery County, Maryland ⓘ
linked to: Montgomery County
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
majorRoad Maryland Route 97 ⓘ
namedFor Brooke family ⓘ
nearbyCommunity Olney, Maryland ⓘ
nearestMajorCity Washington, D.C. ⓘ
NRHPListingYear 1979 ⓘ
NRHPReferenceNumber 79001132 ⓘ
NRHPType Brookeville Historic District ⓘ
originalSettlementType Quaker agricultural community ⓘ
partOf Washington metropolitan area ⓘ
populationCensus2010 134 ⓘ
populationCensus2020 166 ⓘ
postalCode 20833 ⓘ
region Piedmont Plateau ⓘ
religiousHeritage Society of Friends (Quakers) ⓘ
schoolDistrict Montgomery County Public Schools ⓘ
state Maryland ⓘ
timeZoneDST Eastern Daylight Time ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Time Zone
visitedBy James Madison ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Olney, Maryland → locatedNear → Brookeville, Maryland ⓘ
Sandy Spring, Maryland → hasNearbyCommunity → Brookeville, Maryland ⓘ
Maryland Route 97 → passesThrough → Brookeville, Maryland ⓘ
Ashton, Maryland → hasNearbyCommunity → Brookeville, Maryland ⓘ