List of neighborhoods of the District of Columbia by ward

The District of Columbia is divided into eight wards and 37 Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANCs) within these wards. Neighborhood names and boundaries are not officially defined. They may vary over time due to changes in local infrastructure or population.

Ward 1

(Ward 1 Councilmember: Jim Graham.)

• Adams Morgan
• Columbia Heights
• Howard University
• Kalorama
• LeDroit Park
• Mount Pleasant
• Park View
• Pleasant Plains
• Shaw (Part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 2)

Ward 2

(Ward 2 Councilmember: Jack Evans.)

• Burleith
• Chinatown
• Downtown
• Dupont Circle
• Federal Triangle
• Foggy Bottom
• Georgetown
• Logan Circle
• Mount Vernon Square
• Penn Quarter
• Shaw (Part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 1)
• Sheridan Kalorama
• Southwest Federal Center
• West End

Ward 3

(Ward 3 Councilmember: Mary Cheh.)

• American University Park
• Berkley
• Cathedral Heights
• Chevy Chase
• Cleveland Park
• Colony Hill
• Forest Hills
• Foxhall
• Friendship Heights
• Glover Park
• Kent
• Massachusetts Heights
• McLean Gardens
• North Cleveland Park
• Observatory Circle
• Potomac Heights
• Spring Valley
• Tenleytown
• The Palisades
• Wakefield
• Wesley Heights
• Woodland-Normanstone Terrace
• Woodley Park (Part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 1)

Ward 4

(Ward 4 Councilmember: Muriel Bowser.)

• Barnaby Woods
• Brightwood
• Brightwood Park
• Chevy Chase (Part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 3)
• Colonial Village
• Crestwood
• Fort Totten
• Hawthorne
• Manor Park
• Petworth
• Queens Chapel
• Riggs Park
• Shepherd Park
• Sixteenth Street Heights
• Takoma

Ward 5

(Ward 5 Councilmember: Harry Thomas, Jr.)

• Arboretum
• Bloomingdale
• Brentwood
• Brookland
• Carver Langston
• Eckington
• Edgewood
• Fort Lincoln
• Fort Totten
• Gateway
• Ivy City
• Langdon
• Michigan Park
• North Michigan Park
• Pleasant Hill
• Riggs Park (Part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 4)
• Stronghold
• Trinidad
• Truxton Circle
• Woodridge

Ward 6

(Ward 6 Councilmember: Tommy Wells)

• Barney Circle
• Capitol Hill
• Judiciary Square
• Kingman Park
• Navy Yard
• Near Northeast
• Southwest Waterfront
• Sursum Corda
• Swampoodle

Ward 7

(Ward 7 Councilmember: Yvette Alexander)

• Benning Heights
• Benning Ridge
• Benning
• Burrville
• Capitol View
• Central Northeast
• Civic Betterment
• Deanwood
• Dupont Park
• Eastland Gardens
• Fairfax Village
• Fairlawn
• Fort Davis
• Fort Dupont
• Good Hope
• Greenway
• Hillbrook
• Hillcrest
• Kenilworth
• Kingman Park
• Lincoln Heights
• Marshall Heights
• Mayfair
• Naylor Gardens
• Penn Branch
• Randle Highlands
• River Terrace
• Skyland
• Twining

Ward 8

(Ward 8 Councilmember: Marion S. Barry, Jr.)

• Anacostia
• Barry Farm
• Bellevue
• Buena Vista
• Congress Heights
• Douglass
• Fairlawn
• Garfield Heights
• Knox Hill
• Shipley Terrace
• Washington Highlands
• Woodland

External links

• External link to D.C. neighborhood websites
• DC Genealogical Database
• National Capital Planning Commission
• D.C. Guide
• Interactive Map of Washington, D.C.
• Washington DC, street by street (historic and modern photographs)
• Street map of Ward 4. Office of Councilmember Muriel Bowser.