Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)

Georgetown is a historic neebourheid, commercial, an enterteenment destrict locatit in northwast Washington, D.C., situatit alang the Potomac River. Foondit in 1751 in the Province o Maryland, the port o Georgetown predatit the establishment o the federal destrict an the City of Washington bi 40 years. Georgetown remained a separate municipality till 1871, when the Unitit States Congress creatit a new consolidatit govrenment for the whole District of Columbia. A separate act passed in 1895 specifically repealed Georgetown's remainin local ordinances an renamit Georgetown's streets tae conform wi those in the City of Washington.

Georgetown Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Naitional Historic Laundmerk District
PNC Bank at M Street & Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Location	Roughly boondit bi Whitehaven Street, Rock Creek Park, the Potomac River, an the Georgetown Varsity campus
Coordinates	38°54′34″N 77°3′54″W
Aurie	750 acre (300 ha)
NRHP Reference #	67000025
Significant dates
Addit tae NRHP	28 Mey 1967
Designatit NHLD	28 Mey 1967

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