Swampoodle
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- Swampoodle was also the name of a neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, within the area now usually called Allegheny West.
Swampoodle is an archaic name used to describe a small section of the H Street neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C.. The area was first settled in the 1850s by immigrants fleeing the Irish potato famine. A geographic approximation of its borders would be K Street to the north, G Street to the south, 1st Street NW to the west, and 2nd Street NE to the east. Through the center of it, just east of North Capitol Street, ran the principal branch of Tiber Creek, creating the low swampy ground from which the area took its name. Today the area is occupied primarily by office complexes, railroad tracks, and the Gonzaga College High School, a legacy of its original settlers.
Swampoodle was also the home of the Swampoodle Grounds, which was the home of the Washington Nationals baseball club from 1886 to 1889.
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