Avondale is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in Prince George's County

Prince George's County, Maryland

Prince George's County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland, immediately north, east, and south of Washington, DC. As of 2010, it has a population of 863,420 and is the wealthiest African-American majority county in the nation....

, Maryland

Maryland

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, United States

United States

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. For statistical purposes, it is part of the Chillum

Chillum, Maryland

Chillum is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 34,252 at the 2000 census...

 census-designated place

Census-designated place

A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...

 (CDP).

History

The settlement of Avondale began in the late 1930s as a small residential subdivision at the intersection of Eastern
Avenue and Queens Chapel Road

Maryland Route 500

Maryland Route 500 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Queens Chapel Road, the state highway runs from Michigan Avenue at the Washington, D.C. border in Chillum east to MD 410 in Hyattsville. MD 500 is a commuter route between the District of Columbia and Hyattsville...

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In the 1930s, development spread west from Hyattsville

Hyattsville, Maryland

Hyattsville is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 17,557 at the 2000 census.- History :The city was named for its founder, Christopher Clark Hyatt. He purchased his first parcel of land in the area in March 1845...

, Mount Rainier

Mount Rainier, Maryland

Mount Rainier is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 8,498 at the 2000 census. Bordering Washington, DC, Mount Rainier got its start as a streetcar suburb. According to local tradition, surveyors from the Pacific Northwest named the town, giving the...

, and Brentwood

Brentwood, Maryland

Brentwood is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,844 at the 2000 census. Brentwood is less than away from Washington, DC...

, and subdivisions such as Queens Chapel Manor, Castle Manor, Avondale, and Green Meadows

Green Meadows, Prince George's County, Maryland

Green Meadows is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. For statistical purposes, it is part of the Chillum census-designated place .-History:...

 appeared. Developers of these subdivisions promoted the area’s convenient access into the city and its established utilities supply. Construction of the Avondale Grove subdivision began in 1939. By 1942, the community contained approximately 100 structures located along eight streets on a wedge-shaped tract. At the southern tip of the subdivision is Carson Circle, the community’s entryway forming a quarter-circle between the boundary streets of Queens Chapel Road and LaSalle Road. The interior roads of the subdivision parallel the arch form of Carson Circle and radiate northward. Along these streets are houses constructed in the 1940s and 1950s and includes subdivisions named Avondale Terrace and North Avondale. In the 1960s, the Avondale area along Queens Chapel Road was developed by a number of high-density apartment complexes and high-rises.

The Avondale Recreation Center was established from some of the land belonging to the former De La Salle College. The college opened in 1931. In 1962 Avondale became home to the St. Ann's Infant and Maternity Home

St. Ann's Infant and Maternity Home

St. Ann's Infant and Maternity Home is administered by the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington. It is located at 4901 Eastern Avenue in Avondale, Maryland...

 operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. It comprises the District of Columbia and Calvert, Charles, Montgomery, Prince George's and Saint Mary's counties in the state of Maryland....

. The community relies upon adjacent neighborhoods for schools and services such as police and fire protection. Also in Avondale is a storage facility for Washington Gas

Washington Gas

WGL Holdings, Inc. , is a public utility holding company located in the United States that serves customers in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia...

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