In 1986, it was awarded the title “City of Trees” in the United States.
In 1896, it became the seventh incorporated municipality in Prince George’s County.
The O’Dea House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is one of the houses built in 1888 by the Charlton Heights Improvement Company to stimulate the development of the new subdivision.
Beginning in the 1870s, the area northeast of Washington, D.C. was the scene of active and continuous development as the city’s population grew and railroad suburbs such as Berwyn Heights, originally covered as Charlton Heights, gradually grew and expanded around it.
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Maryland is one of the thirteen "founding" states of the United States that brought about the American Revolution. Here, on the Atlantic coast, are several resort areas, including the famous Ocean City, called "the number one family resort. Western Maryland, in its mountainous part, is home to excellent ski resorts.