Neighborhoods in Washington, D.C.
in Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States, are distinguished by their history, culture, architecture, demographics, and geography. The names of the 131 neighborhoods are unofficially defined by the D.C. Office of Planning. Though the neighborhoods can be defined by the boundaries of wards, historic districts, Advisory Neighborhood Commissions, civic associations, and business improvement districts, these boundaries will overlap. The eight wards each elect a member to the Council of the District of Columbia and are redistricted every ten years.
As the nation's capital, Washington, D.C.'s local neighborhood history and culture is often presented as distinct from that of the national government.
List of neighborhoods by ward
Ward 1
- Adams Morgan
- Columbia Heights
- Howard University
- Kalorama Triangle
- LeDroit Park
- Lanier Heights
- Meridian Hill
- Mount Pleasant
- Park View
- Pleasant Plains
- Shaw
- U Street Corridor
Ward 2
- Burleith
- Chinatown
- Downtown
- Dupont Circle
- Federal Triangle
- Foggy Bottom
- Georgetown
- Sheridan-Kalorama
- Logan Circle
- Mount Vernon Square
- Penn Quarter
- Shaw
- Southwest Federal Center
- U Street Corridor
- West End
Ward 3
- American University Park
- Berkley
- Cathedral Heights
- Chevy Chase
- Cleveland Park
- Colony Hill
- Forest Hills
- Foxhall
- Friendship Heights
- Glover Park
- Kent
- Massachusetts Heights
- McLean Gardens
- North Cleveland Park
- Observatory Circle
- The Palisades
- Potomac Heights
- Spring Valley
- Tenleytown
- Wakefield
- Wesley Heights
- Woodland Normanstone
- Woodley Park
Ward 4
- Barnaby Woods
- Brightwood
- Brightwood Park
- Chevy Chase
- Colonial Village
- Crestwood
- Fort Totten
- Hawthorne
- Manor Park
- Petworth
- Riggs Park
- Shepherd Park
- Sixteenth Street Heights
- Takoma
Ward 5
- Arboretum
- Bloomingdale
- Brentwood
- Brookland
- Carver Langston
- Eckington
- Edgewood
- Fort Lincoln
- Fort Totten
- Gateway
- Ivy City
- Langdon
- Michigan Park
- North Michigan Park
- Pleasant Hill
- Queens Chapel
- Riggs Park
- Stronghold
- Trinidad
- Truxton Circle
- Woodridge
Ward 6
- Buzzard Point
- Capitol Hill
- Lincoln Park
- Judiciary Square
- Mount Vernon Triangle
- Near Northeast
- NoMa
- Southwest Waterfront
- Sursum Corda
- Swampoodle
Ward 7
- Benning
- Benning Heights
- Benning Ridge
- Burrville
- Capitol View
- Central Northeast
- Civic Betterment
- Deanwood
- Dupont Park
- East Corner
- East River Heights
- Eastland Gardens
- Fairfax Village
- Fort Davis
- Fort Dupont
- Fort Stanton
- Greenway
- Hill East
- Hillbrook
- Hillcrest
- Kenilworth
- Kingman Park
- Lincoln Heights
- Marshall Heights
- Mayfair
- Naylor Gardens
- Northeast Boundary
- Penn Branch
- Randle Highlands
- River Terrace
- Twining
Ward 8
- Anacostia
- Barry Farm
- Bellevue
- Buena Vista
- Congress Heights
- Douglass
- Fairlawn
- Garfield Heights
- Good Hope
- Knox Hill
- Navy Yard
- Park Naylor
- Shipley Terrace
- Skyland
- Washington Highlands
- Woodland