{"id":34,"date":"2020-04-17T03:40:09","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T03:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2026-02-03T15:56:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T15:56:36","slug":"city-of-takoma-park","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/historictakoma.org\/?page_id=34","title":{"rendered":"City of Takoma Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#015039;min-height:100px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#ffffff\">City of Takoma Park<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff;min-height:100px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/historictakoma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/takoma-park-logo31.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-255\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/historictakoma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/takoma-park-logo31.png 400w, https:\/\/historictakoma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/takoma-park-logo31-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/historictakoma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/takoma-park-logo31-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-very-dark-gray-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">On April 4, 1890 the growing population of BF Gilbert\u2019s community of Takoma Park was incorporated by the State of Maryland as the Town of Takoma Park (encompassing that part of Takoma Park that is in the State of Maryland). The Town straddled the Montgomery-Prince George\u2019s County, Maryland line with Washington County, District of Columbia to the south.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-very-dark-gray-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">The Town\u2019s first election, on May 5 of that year, saw Benjamin F. Gilbert elected Mayor and George H. Bailey, J. Vance Lewis, Frederick J. Lung, and Daniel Smith elected as the Town\u2019s Councilmen. The Mayor and Councilmen took the oath of office, before a Justice of the Peace for Montgomery County, on May 15, 1890 and proceeded to hold the first meeting of the Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-very-dark-gray-color\">In 1948 the Town of Takoma Park became the City of Takoma Park. Today the <\/span><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/takomaparkmd.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>City of\u00a0 Takoma Park<\/strong><\/a><span class=\"has-inline-color has-very-dark-gray-color\"> is a municipality of approximately 17,000 residents, unified into Montgomery County in 1997. Takoma Park operates under a Council-Manager form of government. An at-large Mayor and six Councilmembers representing wards comprise the Council. Councilmembers are elected for two-year terms in November of even-numbered years (starting in 2020). The Council sets policy, adopts the annual budget, appoints the City Manager and City Attorney, and appoints members to various boards and commissions. The City Manager directs the day-to-day operations of the city government, hires and manages staff, and proposes an annual budget for consideration by the Council. The city charter can be found <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.codepublishing.com\/MD\/TakomaPark\/#!\/TakomaParkCH\/TakomaParkCH.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mdmunicipal.org\/DocumentCenter\/View\/188\/takomapark?bidId=\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/historictakoma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/City-of-Takoma-Park-Sign-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2282\" width=\"237\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/historictakoma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/City-of-Takoma-Park-Sign-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/historictakoma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/City-of-Takoma-Park-Sign-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/historictakoma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/City-of-Takoma-Park-Sign-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/historictakoma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/City-of-Takoma-Park-Sign.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-very-dark-gray-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">The City of Takoma Park provides services through the following departments: Administration, Housing and Community Development, Library, Police, Public Works and Recreation. Fire protection, social services, schools, courts, and most building inspections and planning and zoning services are provided by Montgomery County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-very-dark-gray-color\">The City of Takoma Park <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/takomaparkmd.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>website<\/strong><\/a><span class=\"has-inline-color has-very-dark-gray-color\"><strong> <\/strong>provides details on city services and functions.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-very-dark-gray-color\"><br>The City\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/takomaparkmd.gov\/government\/city-clerk\/takoma-park-archives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Archives<\/strong><\/a><span class=\"has-inline-color has-very-dark-gray-color\"> contains the Town\/City Council minutes dating from the first meeting in 1890.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-34","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/historictakoma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/historictakoma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/historictakoma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/historictakoma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/historictakoma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/historictakoma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3147,"href":"https:\/\/historictakoma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions\/3147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/historictakoma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}