Glen Echo

town in Maryland, United States, suburb of Washington, DC
Place municipality_of_maryland Q477218
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Glen Echo

Summary

Glen Echo is a municipality of Maryland[1]. It draws 52 Wikipedia views per month (municipality_of_maryland category, ranking #6 of 13).[2]

Key Facts

  • Glen Echo was a member of Maryland Municipal League[3].
  • Glen Echo is located in Montgomery County[4].
  • Glen Echo is in the country of United States[5].
  • Glen Echo is on the body of water Potomac River[6].
  • Glen Echo is on the body of water Cabin John Creek[7].
  • Glen Echo's image is recorded as Glen Echo Ballroom.jpg[8].
  • Glen Echo's instance of is recorded as municipality of Maryland[9].
  • Glen Echo's shares border with is recorded as Bethesda[10].
  • Glen Echo's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 157103109[11].
  • Glen Echo's locator map image is recorded as Montgomery County Maryland Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Glen Echo Highlighted.svg[12].
  • Glen Echo's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n89110862[13].
  • Glen Echo's postal code is recorded as 20812[14].
  • Glen Echo's Commons category is recorded as Glen Echo, Maryland[15].
  • Glen Echo's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 133280[16].
  • Glen Echo's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone[17].
  • Glen Echo's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−05:00[18].
  • Glen Echo's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−04:00[19].
  • Glen Echo's local dialing code is recorded as 301[20].
  • Glen Echo's local dialing code is recorded as 240[21].
  • +1889-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Glen Echo[22].
  • Glen Echo's start time is recorded as +1904-00-00T00:00:00Z[23].
  • Glen Echo's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 590313[24].
  • Glen Echo's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2390208[25].
  • Glen Echo's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38.9686, 'lon': -77.1425}[26].
  • Glen Echo's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0tw5q[27].

Body

Geography

Glen Echo is in the country of United States[5]. It is located in Montgomery County[4]. Adjacent water bodies include Potomac River[6], a river[28], in United States[29] and Cabin John Creek[7], a brook[30], in United States[31].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+0.265499'}[32] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+0.268528'}[33]. Glen Echo's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+41'}[34]. Population counts include {'amount': '+242'}[35], {'amount': '+255'}[36], and {'amount': '+279'}[37].

Designation and Status

Glen Echo's instance of is recorded as municipality of Maryland[9].

History and Context

+1889-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Glen Echo[22].

Why It Matters

Glen Echo draws 52 Wikipedia views per month (municipality_of_maryland category, ranking #6 of 13).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] . glenecho.org. Retrieved . glenecho.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [7] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . glenecho.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] . mdmunicipal.org. Retrieved . mdmunicipal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . glenecho.org. Retrieved . glenecho.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . glenecho.org. Retrieved . glenecho.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  26. [35] . wikidata.org.
  27. [36] . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [37] . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [34] . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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