Here is the entire description of their boundaries:
Section C-2. Boundaries, 1951 limits.
The boundaries of said town shall be as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner of the Cheverly properties; thence in a southerly direction with the western line of Sections 7, 10, 9 and 8 of said properties to the Tuxedo subdivision line and with the Cheverly-Tuxedo line in a southeasterly direction; thence with the eastern Tuxedo boundary in a southerly direction and across the right-of-way of the Pennsylvania Railroad to the point at which the eastern boundary line of the William P. Magruder tract extended intersects the southern right-of-way line of the Pennsylvania Railroad (which point is approximately 260 feet west of the highway bridge) and running in a southerly direction with the said east line of the William P. Magruder property and an extension thereof to intersect the center line of Reed Street; thence easterly with the center line of Reed Street to intersect the easterly line of 62nd Avenue; thence northerly with said easterly line of 62nd Avenue to intersect the southerly line of Lot Number 3 of the Harmon Tract as shown on plat recorded in Liber 22 at Folio 272; thence with the southerly and easterly lines of said Harmon Tract to a stone (being a corner of the Whitlentine Tract) marking the southwesterly corner of Section 12 Cheverly; thence with the westerly line of Section 12 Cheverly and an extension thereof to intersect the southern right-of-way line of the Pennsylvania Railroad; then across the right-of-way line of the Pennsylvania Railroad in a northeasterly direction to a point 200 feet easterly of the point at which the eastern boundary of Section 1 of the Cheverly properties intersects the said northern right-of-way line of the Pennsylvania Railroad; then paralleling the eastern boundary line of Sections 1, 5 and 6 of the Cheverly properties and being at all points of the same 200 feet distant at right angles therefrom, to a point opposite the northeast corner of Section 6 Cheverly (the said northeast corner being within the Cheverly Gardens line); then running to the said northeast corner of Section 6 Cheverly, and with the northeastern boundary of Sections 3 and 4 Cheverly to the center of the Bladensburg-Landover Road; then along the center line of said Bladensburg-Landover Road in a westerly direction to the point at which this line intersects the northern boundary of the Firmin Tract; then with the northern boundaries of the Firmin and Whipple Tracts in a westerly direction to the point of beginning at the northwest corner of the Cheverly properties, all as shown on the plats of the Cheverly and colony subdivisions and additions thereto, and recorded in the land records of Prince George's County, Maryland.
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: Can someone point me in the right direction
: for information about
: "Whitlentine?" It seems to have
: been a plantation or estate. The name is
: preserved in legal descriptions. It bordered
: present-day Cheverly.
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