Chevy Chase, Maryland
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Maryland |
| County : | Montgomery County |
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 58 ′ N , 77 ° 5 ′ W |
| Height : | 109 m |
| Postcodes : | 20815, 20825 |
| GNIS ID : | 589963 |
Chevy Chase is a city in Montgomery County of Maryland in the greater Washington, DC area. At the same time, it is the name of an entire region in which several places bear the name Chevy Chase, including a borough of Washington, see Chevy Chase (Washington, DC) . These places share a common history .
Chevy Chase is in a typical suburb of Washington, DC In Chevy Chase is a center of the youth organization 4-H , which annually hosts the finals of the National Science Bowl .
economy
The Chevy Chase postal district also includes a commercial zone (Friendship Heights), which is home to several shopping centers and the headquarters of various companies, such as the insurer Geico and the hotel chain Ritz-Carlton . Friendship Heights also has a stop on the Washington Metro red line .
history
Chevy Chase was dominated by agriculture until 1890, after which Senator Francis G. Newlands (for Nevada ) began with business partners to buy the land in northwest Washington, DC, in the southern part of Montgomery County, in order to build a settlement there. For this purpose, the company "The Chevy Chase Land Company" was founded in 1890, which was more than 6.9 km² along what is now Connecticut Avenue .
The name "Chevy Chase" was taken over from one of the acquired properties, which in turn was given as "Cheivy Chace" by Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore, to an officer named Josef Belt in 1725 .
The name Chevy Chase can be traced back to a battle of 1388 between Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland and James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas . Back then it was about the Cheviot Hills on the border between England and Scotland.
As in other suburbs in the United States, colored people were not allowed to settle in Chevy Chase until the 20th century. Francis G. Newlands was a "staunch racist," the settlement was initially designed so that only wealthy Washington citizens could settle here, who had their own staff to provide food and other consumer goods in the city. In the 20th century, cheaper houses were also built, but they were still reserved for whites only.
From the 1920s onwards it was explicitly forbidden to sell houses to “ Negroes ” or “ semetic race ” people.
places
- Chevy Chase (city)
- Chevy Chase (CDP)
- Chevy Chase Village
- Chevy Chase View
- Chevy Chase Section Three
- Chevy Chase Section Five
- North Chevy Chase
For logistical reasons, Swiss Post has added other areas to Chevy Chase for mail delivery.
sons and daughters of the town
- Natalia Mann (* 1987), soccer player
- Collin Martin (* 1994), soccer player
- Hilary Rhoda (* 1987), model
- Edward Skottowe Northrop (1911–2003), lawyer and politician
- Andy Serwer (* 1959), journalist
Web links
- History of Chevy Chase Land Company (English)
- Historical Society of Chevy Chase (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Website of the 4hCenter
- ↑ national Science Bowl. (No longer available online.) US Department of Energy, archived from the original on November 4, 2010 ; Retrieved March 21, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ History of Chevy Chase, Part 4. (No longer available online.) Chavy Chase Village, archived from the original on February 16, 2011 ; Retrieved March 21, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.chevychasehistory.org/content/view/3/144/
- ^ A b c Marc Fisher: Chevy Chase, 1916: For Everyman, a New Lot in Life . In: Washington Post . Washington, DC February 15, 1999, p. A1 ( washingtonpost.com [accessed March 21, 2011]).
