How 18 Neighborhoods In and Around Bethesda Got Their Names

The history behind names of local communities past and present

October 13, 2015 1:59 p.m.


Photo via Google Earth

English Village

English Village in Bethesda was named as part of the abortive Bradley Hills enterprise, which began building a road, several subdivisions and a trolley line to Great Falls in 1912. A country club (now Bethesda Country Club) was part of the project that failed by 1920. The older homes in the neighborhood were designed to look British.

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