Washington County, Maryland is included in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area. The closes states to Washington County is west Virginia, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Tennessee. The western portions of the Province of Maryland (including present Washington County) were incorporated into Prince George's County in 1696. This original county included six current counties. The first to be created was Frederick, separated from Prince George's County in 1748. Following independence, the sovereign State of Maryland formed Washington County on September 6, 1776, by the division of Frederick County. At the same time, a portion
The Boulevard at the Capital Centre The Boulevard at the Capital Centre The Boulevard at the Capital Centre was an open-air shopping center in the Lake Arbor census-designated place, in unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland; it had a Landover postal address. It was located on the site of the former Capital Centre, the former home of the Washington Bullets and Washington Capitals. Opened in 2003, the Boulevard at the Capital Centre is next to the Largo Town Center Washington Metro station (the eastern terminus of the Blue and Silver Lines). The facility has more than 70 establishments. It was formerly the home of short-lived chain restaurant