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Greenbelt town

town planned, built, and owned by the United States federal government as part of a New Deal program
Class type of: planned community, engineering project Q56152103

Facts

11 properties
Inception
June 1935[7]
Country
United States[3]
Subclass of
planned community, engineering project
Part of
Resettlement Administration, New Deal, Farm Security Administration
Commissioned by
Resettlement Administration, Rexford Tugwell[4][5]
Described by source
Sustaining Active-Living Communities over the Decades: Lessons from a 1930s Greenbelt Town[12]
Has part(s) of the class
fixed construction, geographical feature[13][14]
Operator
Federal Government of the United States[6]
P14541
3hOEMR[18]
Participant
Rexford Tugwell, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Clarence Stein[8][9][10][11]
Significant place
Greenbelt, Greendale, Greenhills[15][16][17]
🏷️ Also known as
en green belt communities en Greenbelt communities en Greenbelt town en green belt towns en Greenbelt Towns en green town en green towns ja グリーンベルト・タウン tr yeşil kuşaklı kent tr yeşil kuşaklı kentler
🔖 Identifiers · 5
VIAF cluster ID
126060766
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Greenbelt Towns, United States Resettlement Adminstration, 1936.png ↗
Described at URL
rmc.library.cornell.edu, kb.osu.edu
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
494880
National Library of Portugal ID
166141

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Summary

Greenbelt town is a type of planned community[1] and engineering project[2].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . lens.blogs.nytimes.com. Retrieved . lens.blogs.nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . lens.blogs.nytimes.com. Retrieved . lens.blogs.nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [1] ↑ . Sustaining active-living communities over the decades: lessons from a 1930s Greenbelt town.. Retrieved . greenhillsohio.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [2] ↑ . Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved . livingnewdeal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . Maryland's National Register Properties. Retrieved . motherjones.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . Maryland's National Register Properties. Retrieved . rmc.library.cornell.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . Maryland's National Register Properties. Retrieved . rmc.library.cornell.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Maryland's National Register Properties. Retrieved . rmc.library.cornell.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → planned community, engineering project
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Subclass of: engineering project, fix redirect engineering project → engineering project ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/256415d684b7|details]])"
  2. 16w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3hOEMR
    Participant → Rexford Tugwell, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt +1
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID → 494880
    Commons category → Greenbelt communities
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
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