Prince George’s County

Prince George’s County, Maryland

Prince George’s County is an affluent Maryland county bordering the eastern portion of Washington, DC. 

Prince George’s County residents take tremendous pride in their friendly community and beautiful homes is a progressive community Residents take great pride in their friendly community and beautiful homes with a number of properties on the National Register of Historic Places

The county is named after Prince George of Denmark (1653–1708).

County Seat: Upper Marlboro
Population: 863,420 (2010 U.S. Census)
Total Area: 499 square miles
Motto: Semper Eadem (English translation: “Ever the Same”), a phrase used by Queen Anne

Located in Prince George’s County

  • Andrews Air Force Base
  • FedExField (home of the Washington Redskins)
  • NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
  • National Harbor (largest single mixed-use project and combined convention center–hotel complex on the East Coast)
  • Six Flags America
  • Six Flags Hurricane Harbor
  • University of Maryland College Park campus
  • United States Census Bureau
  • United States Department of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center

Cities in Prince George’s County

Beltsville 
Bowie 
Brandywine 
Clinton 
College Park 
Fort Washington 
Greenbelt 
Hyattsville 
Lanham 
Largo 
Laurel 
National Harbor 
Oxon Hill 
Temple Hills 
University Park 
Upper Marlboro