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Municipal Governments within Prince George's County, Maryland

There are twenty-seven municipalities within Prince George's County, Maryland:

Berwyn Heights	Glenarden
Bladensburg	Greenbelt
Bowie	Hyattsville
Brentwood	Landover Hills
Capitol Heights	Laurel
Cheverly	Morningside
College Park	Mount Rainier
Colmar Manor	New Carrollton
Cottage City	North Brentwood
District Heights	Riverdale Park
Eagle Harbor	Seat Pleasant
Edmonston	University Park
Fairmount Heights	Upper Marlboro
Forest Heights

The oldest of these is Bladensburg, incorporated in 1854. Thereafter, local governments formed at Laurel (1870), Upper Marlboro (1870), Bowie (1882), Hyattsville (1886), Berwyn Heights (1896), Capital Heights (1910), Mount Rainier (1910), Riverdale Park (1920), Brentwood (1922), Cottage City (1924), Edmondston (1924), North Brentwood (1924), Colmar Manor (1927), Eagle Harbor (1929), Cheverly (1931), Seat Pleasant (1931), Fairmount Heights (1935), District Heights (1936), University Park (1936), Greenbelt (1937), Glenarden (1939), College Park (1945), Forest Heights (1945), Landover Hills (1945), Morningside (1949), and New Carrollton (1953).