Place:Brandywine, Prince George's, Maryland, United States

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NameBrandywine
TypeCommunity
Coordinates38.699°N 76.849°W
Located inPrince George's, Maryland, United States
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Brandywine is the name of an unincorporated area in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, that refers both to a census-designated place (CDP) and a zip code area which is much larger (20613), whose areas overlap. The population of Brandywine at the 2020 U.S. Census was 10,550 for the CDP, and the population of ZIP code 20613 was 11,860 in 2010.

Brandywine is in the southernmost area of Prince George’s County, surrounded by a rural setting. It is in the Southern Maryland region. Brandywine is also a suburb of two cities: it lies within the outer suburban Washington D.C. area and is also a close suburb of Waldorf.

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History

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William H. Early named the town of Brandywine as property he owned in the mid-19th century. The CDP consists of the property he owned in the 19th century. It is thought to be named after the Battle of Brandywine of the American Revolutionary War. Brandywine was developed on the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad's Pope Creek (Southern Maryland) line in about 1873 and was the only town on the route that developed into a railroad town.

On September 1, 1877, around 4 p.m., a small 2.7 magnitude earthquake struck Brandywine.

In 1912, the Bank of Brandywine was chartered from what had previously been the Southern Maryland German-American Bank.

Although located between the substantial bedroom cities of Clinton and Waldorf, Brandywine remained rural until after the turn of the twenty-first century, when shopping centers - including big-box stores, and small residential developments were built. By mid-2019, relief should come from daily commuter traffic bottlenecks, when completion of a major highway overpass, and a roundabout, will eliminate two traffic signals.

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Historical sites

The following is a list of historic sites in Brandywine, which includes Baden and T.B. identified by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, none of which are currently museums:

Site Name Image Location M-NCPPC Inventory Number Comment
1 Black Swamp School 19011 Croom Road 87A-057 Designated in 2009; Officially 1899 "Colored School No. 2, District 8" in Horsehead
2 Black Walnut Thicket 15508 Letcher Road East 86B-010 Located at Baden; 1856 plantation house, extensively altered in 1930s
3 Chapel of the Incarnation 14070 Brandywine Road 85A-032-27 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, 2000-12-13
4 Charles S. Early House 14280 Brandywine Road 85B-010 1870, 2-story, gable roof farmhouse
5 William W. Early House 13907 Cherry Tree Crossing Road 85A-032-09 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, as of 1988-06-30; privately owned
6 Gibbons Methodist Episcopal Church Site and Educational Building 14107 Gibbons Church Road 86B-1
7 Gwynn Park Manor 7911 Dyson Road 85A-013 Located at T.B.
8 Kalmia (Kalaird) 15110 Nelson Perrie Road 86B-009 Located at Baden
9 Marlow-Huntt Store and Casket Shop 13700 and 13702 Old Brandywine Road 85A-033-14 Located at T.B.
10 Old Bank of Brandywine 14110 Brandywine Road 85A-032-30
11 Poplar Hill School 19104 Croom Road 87A-12 Located at Baden
12 Rosemount (Skinner-Martin House) 13201 Martin Road 86B-002
13 St. Paul's Parish Church SE of Brandywine off MD 381 86B-014 Located at Baden. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, 1977-09-15
14 St. Thomas Methodist Episcopal Church 18810 Aquasco Road 87A-10 Located at Baden
15 T.B. School 14000 Crain Highway 85A-26
15 United-Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church 6810 Floral Park Road 85A-018
17 William H. Townshend House 12804 Windbrook Drive 81B-007
18 Sasscer Tobacco Barn 13400 Molly Berry Road 86B-038
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