Lincoln Park is an African-American neighborhood in Rockville, Maryland, east of the B&O Railroad tracks. Most high-school-aged residents of the Lincoln Park attend Richard Montgomery High School. Its local community center has aimed to help those in the area.
Lincoln Park was established in the late 1890s, one of the first real estate ventures in Montgomery County intended for sale to Black people. Other African American communities in the county generally traced their origins to a gift, perhaps from a former slave owner, or purchase of land by freed slaves after the U.S. Civil War.
About 40 communities in Montgomery County were settled by freed slaves in the 19th century. Today, these historic African American enclaves include Ken-Gar in Kensington, Scotland and Tobytown in Potomac, Stewartown and Emory Grove in Gaithersburg, and Lyttonsville in Silver Spring.
Lincoln Park’s origins differ from those of earlier African American communities in the county. Many of the initial homebuyers were related to one another either by blood or by marriage. Residents like the Sheltons, the Summerours, Hills and Prathers have maintained strong kinship and community ties for three, four and five generations. Descendants of many original homeowners still live there.
Today, Lincoln Park is a low-to-moderate income community of about 320 households. It retains the ambience of a small town within Rockville and the Legacy development represents an important ingredient in its revitalization and transformation. Rockville Housing Enterprises (the city's public housing agency) owned sixty units of "affordable housing" in Lincoln Park, and had sold fifty-six of them by 2009. [1] A homeowners association was expected to be formed and if an owner wants to sell in less than 30 years, Rockville Housing Enterprises has the right to buy the unit and then re-sell it at a below-market rate.[ citation needed ]
Montgomery County is the most populous county in the State of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 1,062,061, increasing by 9.3% from 2010. The county seat and largest municipality is Rockville, although the census-designated place of Germantown is the most populous place within the county. Montgomery County, which adjoins Washington, D.C., is part of the Washington–Arlington–Alexandria, DC–VA–MD–WV metropolitan statistical area, which in turn forms part of the Baltimore–Washington combined statistical area. Most of the county's residents live in unincorporated locales, of which the most urban are Silver Spring and Bethesda, although the incorporated cities of Rockville and Gaithersburg are also large population centers, as are many smaller but significant places.
Rockville is a city that serves as the county seat of Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, part of the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area. The 2020 census tabulated Rockville's population at 67,117, making it the fifth-largest community in Montgomery County.
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