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: According to the Charter of Cheverly, which I
: found online and apparently was updated in
: 2002, it is marked by a stone which marks
: the southwesterly corner of Section 12 of
: Cheverly. You could contact the city at
: Cheverly Executive Offices: 6401 Forest
: Road, Cheverly, MD, 20785 (301) 773-8360.
: They have a form for inquiries on this page:
:
: http://www.cheverly-md.gov/Pages/CheverlyMD_webDocs/comments
:
: 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.
:
:
: - Prince George's Historical Society's
: Volunteer Internet Specialist
:
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