Good Luck, Maryland

Last updated

Good Luck, Maryland
Ghost town and former census-designated place
USA Maryland location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Good Luck, Maryland
Usa edcp location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Good Luck, Maryland
Coordinates: 38°59′36″N76°49′57″W / 38.99333°N 76.83250°W / 38.99333; -76.83250
CountryFlag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Maryland.svg  Maryland
County Flag of Prince George's County, Maryland (1963-present).svg Prince George's
Elevation
52 m (171 ft)
Time zone UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1714391 [1]

Good Luck is a ghost town and former census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. [1]

Contents

Established in 1672, the former settlement is currently occupied by the Goddard Space Flight Center and a residential community.

History

Good Luck was a 100-acre (40 ha) property deeded to Alexander Magruder in 1672. [2] Magruder owned approximately 4,000-acre (1,600 ha) of land in Maryland, and some of his properties, such as Good Luck, were named after locations in the Scottish Highlands. [3]

The size of the property had grown to 500 acres (200 ha) by 1677. [2]

In 1702, 780 acres (320 ha) of land known as "Good Luck" was sold. [4]

A post office was established in 1817 called "Magruder's". The post office was renamed "Good Luck" and operated from 1830 to 1852, and from 1872 to 1876. [5]

Decline

In 1871, the village of Glennville (later renamed Glenn Dale) was platted by John Glenn and Edmund B. Duvall. Located on the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad, Glenn Dale prospered, and in 1876, Good Luck's post office was moved there. [5] [6] [7] In 1899, Good Luck was described as a "rural village" alongside "the railroad village of Glenn Dale". [6]

"Good Luck Road" is still located at the site of the former settlement, which is currently occupied by the Goddard Space Flight Center and a residential community. [8]

Census designated place

A census-designated place (CDP) called "Good Luck" was established in the general area of the former settlement during the 1970 United States Census. The population of the Good Luck CDP was 10,584. [9] The land area of the CDP was 3.2 sq mi (8.3 km2) and the population density was 3,308 per square mile. [10] In 1980, Good Luck CDP ceased to exist after the census area was split to create the CDPs of Glenn Dale and Goddard. [11]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">North Laurel, Maryland</span> Census-designated place in Maryland

North Laurel is a census-designated place (CDP) in Howard County, Maryland, United States. The published population was 4,474 at the 2010 census. This population was substantially less than the CDP's population in 2000, and was the result of an error in defining the boundary prior to tabulation and publication of 2010 Census results. The corrected 2010 Census population is 20,259. North Laurel is adjacent to the City of Laurel, which is located across the Patuxent River in Prince George's County.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Darnestown, Maryland</span> Census-designated place in the United States

Darnestown is a United States census-designated place (CDP) and an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland. The CDP is 17.70 square miles (45.8 km2) with the Potomac River as its southern border and the Muddy Branch as much of its eastern border. Seneca Creek borders portions of its north and west sides. The Travilah, North Potomac, and Germantown census-designated places are adjacent to it, as is the city of Gaithersburg. Land area for the CDP is 16.39 square miles (42.4 km2). As of the 2020 census, the Darnestown CDP had a population of 6,723, while the village of Darnestown is considerably smaller in size and population. Downtown Washington, D.C. is about 22 miles (35 km) to the southeast.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">North Potomac, Maryland</span> Census-designated place named North Potomac in Maryland, United States

North Potomac is a census-designated place and unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It is located less than 5 miles (8.0 km) north of the Potomac River, and is about 20 miles (32 km) from Washington, D.C. It has a population of 23,790 as of 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Accokeek, Maryland</span> Census-designated place in Maryland, United States

Accokeek, "at the edge of the hill" in Algonquin, is a census-designated place (CDP) located in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The CDP is located on the Potomac River, borders Charles County and is approximately 17 miles from Washington. It is a part of the Washington metropolitan area. The population of the CDP, as of the 2020 United States Census was 13,927.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Beltsville, Maryland</span> CDP in Maryland

Beltsville is a census-designated place (CDP) in northern Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The community was named for Truman Belt, a local landowner. The 2020 census counted 20,133 residents. Beltsville includes the unincorporated community of Vansville.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brandywine, Maryland</span> Census-designated place in Maryland

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Camp Springs, Maryland</span> Census-designated place in Maryland

Camp Springs is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 22,734 at the 2020 census. Camp Springs is not an official post office designation; the area is divided among the surrounding mailing addresses of Temple Hills, Fort Washington, Clinton, and Suitland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Clinton, Maryland</span> Census-designated place in Maryland, United States

Clinton is an unincorporated census-designated place (CDP) in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Clinton was formerly known as Surrattsville until after the time of the Civil War. The population of Clinton was 38,760 at the 2020 census. Clinton is historically known for its role in the American Civil War concerning the Abraham Lincoln assassination. Clinton is adjacent to Camp Springs, Rosaryville, Melwood, and Andrews Air Force Base.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Glenn Dale, Maryland</span> CDP in Maryland

Glenn Dale is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 14,698 at the 2020 census. Glenn Dale is home to the Glenn Dale Hospital, an abandoned sanatorium, and the USDA Plant Introduction Station.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Goddard, Maryland</span> Unincorporated community in Maryland

Goddard is an unincorporated community and former census-designated place (CDP) in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. It was named after the physicist Robert H. Goddard. The population was 5,554 in the 2000 census. The area was no longer a census-designated place as of the 2010 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Largo, Maryland</span> Census-designated place in Maryland

Largo, located within Greater Upper Marlboro, Maryland, is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 11,605 at the 2020 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Woodmore, Maryland</span> Census-designated place in Maryland

Woodmore is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 4,513. The CDP is located within the boundaries of Route 193 to the west, Church Road to the east, Route 214 to the south and Route 50 to the north. Woodmore Road runs east and west through the center. It contains a large gated community and country club, developments of Woodmore Meadows, and Woodmore South on the south side, as well as various other custom built homes and farmland.

Seabrook is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, located approximately 12 miles (19 km) east of Washington, D.C. Per the 2020 census, the population was 19,627. Prior to 2010, Seabrook was part of the Lanham-Seabrook census-designated place.

Lanham is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland. As of the 2020 United States Census it had a population of 11,282. The New Carrollton station as well as an Amtrak station are across the Capital Beltway in New Carrollton, Maryland. Doctors Community Hospital is located in Lanham.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Suitland, Maryland</span> Census-designated place in Maryland, United States

Suitland is a suburb of Prince George's County, Maryland, approximately one mile (1.6 km) southeast of Washington, D.C. Suitland is a census designated place (CDP), as of the 2020 census, its population was 25,839. Prior to 2010, it was part of the Suitland-Silver Hill census-designated place.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Buckeystown, Maryland</span> Census-designated place in Maryland, United States

Buckeystown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 1,019. Buckeystown Historic District and Buckingham House and Industrial School Complex were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Carrollton Manor was listed in 1997. Former Congressman Roscoe Bartlett lives on a farm in the town.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Glenn Dale Hospital</span> Hospital in Maryland, United States

Glenn Dale Hospital was a tuberculosis sanatorium and isolation hospital in Glenn Dale, Maryland, in the United States. It is a large facility, consisting of 23 buildings on 216 acres (87 ha), that was built in 1934 and closed in 1981 due to asbestos.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Croom, Maryland</span> Census-designated place in Maryland

Croom is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Southern Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 2,720. Croom largely consists of former tobacco farms and forests converted to Washington bedroom subdivisions such as nearby Marlton. The main part of Patuxent River Park is in Croom.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">DuVal High School</span> Public high school in the United States

DuVal High School (DHS) is a comprehensive science and technology public magnet high school in the Seabrook census-designated place in unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, with a Lanham postal address. Prior to 2010 the U.S. Census Bureau defined the area containing DuVal High as being within the Goddard CDP.

Fairwood is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 7,983 at the 2020 census.

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Good Luck (historical)
  2. 1 2 "Alexander Magruder". Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
  3. ↑ Magruder, Edward May (1923). "Annual Address" (PDF). In Magruder, Egbert Watson (ed.). Year Book of American Clan Gregor Society. Indian Press. pp. 20, 21.
  4. ↑ Doliante, Sharon J. (1991). Maryland and Virginia Colonials. Genealogical Publishing. p. 53. ISBN   9780806312934.
  5. 1 2 Skarda, Don D. (March 1989). "Prince George's County Postal Service" (PDF). News and Notes from the Prince George's County Historical Society. The Prince George's County Historical Society. XVII (3).
  6. 1 2 "Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties Form" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. March 2009.
  7. ↑ Industries of Maryland: A Descriptive Review of the Manufacturing and Mercantile Industries of the City of Baltimore. Historical Publishing Company. 1882. p. 77.
  8. ↑ "News and Notes" (PDF). News and Notes from the Prince George's County Historical Society. Prince George's County Historical Society. IX (4). April 1981.
  9. ↑ 1970 Census of Population: Characteristics of the Population: Maryland (PDF). U.S. Department of Commerce. February 1973. p. 11.
  10. ↑ 1970 Census of Population. Characteristics of the Population: United States Summary. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1973. p. 140.
  11. ↑ 1980 Census of Population: Population and Land Area of Urbanized Areas for the United States and Puerto Rico, 1980 and 1970 - Supplementary Report. U.S. Department of Commerce. 1984. p. 99.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.