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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Brookeville, Maryland canonical 4

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