Glen Echo (Maryland)

Montgomery County

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Glen Echo is a town founded in 1904 in Montgomery County in the U.S. state of Maryland in close proximity to the U.S. federal capital, Washington DC. Located in the village of historic amusement park Glen Echo Park and the first branch of the American Red Cross, since 1974, Memorial of the National is Park Service of the type of a National Historic Site ( Clara Barton National Historic Site ).

Size and population

According to the U.S. Census in 2010 living in Glen Echo only 255 inhabitants. With an area of ​​only 0.16 km ² Glen Echo is the smallest town in Maryland.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross has spent the last 15 years of her life in Glen Echo, and died there. In the Clara Barton National Historic Site commemorates her life and work.
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