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Capitol Heights is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, located on the border of both the Northeast & Southeast quadrants of Washington D.C. As a matter of fact, East Capitol Street (MD 214), which is a major street in Capitol Heights, happens to be the very street that evenly divides the Northeast & Southeast quadrants of Washington D.C., after leaving Capitol Heights, MD and entering Washington D.C. The town of Capitol Heights is officially bounded between Southern Avenue NE/SE to the north, Yost Place, and Eastern Avenue NE to the east, the Watts Branch Stream, Brooke Road, and Capitol Heights Boulevard to the south, and Marlboro Pike to the west. The zipcode of Capitol Heights is 20743. Though Capitol Heights itself is an incorporated town in Prince George's County, Maryland, residents and businesses located in unincorporated towns either nearby, or on the border of Capitol Heights, such as Coral Hills, Walker Mill, Pepper Mill Village, Carmody Hills, Fairmount Heights, and Chapel Oaks, are assigned Capitol Heights addresses, in addition to the Capitol Heights zipcode of 20743, even though they are not located within the official neighborhood boundaries of Capitol Heights and happen to already be their own separate neighborhoods.

Bordering areas

• Coral Hills (west and southwest)
• Seat Pleasant (northeast)
• Walker Mill (southeast)

Geography

Capitol Heights is located at 38°52′55″N 76°54′52″W (38.881862, -76.914474).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.80 square miles (2.07 km²), all of it land.

History

In 1904, Washington, D.C., was growing by leaps and bounds. The overcrowding and the improved public transportation made the idea of living on the outskirts increasingly appealing to people looking for housing. Recognizing the opportunity, Baltimore resident Otway B. Zantzinger acquired 400 hilly acres just beyond the eastern corner of the District of Columbia. He divided the tract into 4,000 lots and began to sell them at prices ranging from $20 to $150 each. He advertised a picturesque view of Washington, D.C., a proposed electric railway, drinking water from crystal-clear springs, nothing down and a dollar a month, no interest, no landlords, and, in the custom and vernacular of the times, "no colored people." Many buyers bought two lots in this haven that was to become Capitol Heights.

While awaiting their "proposed electric railway," commuters to the city could walk about a mile (often through mud) to the District Line station at what is now Seat Pleasant and board a rail car into Washington, DC.

the absence of paved roads, sidewalks, street lights, and other public services, including the electric railway, began to cast a pall over Zantzinger's vision of bliss. In 1910, the approximately 200 householders voted to incorporate their community as Capitol Heights.