Adelphi is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States.^[2] Per the 2020 Census, the population was 16,823.^[3] Adelphi includes the following subdivisions; Adelphi, Adelphi Park, Adelphi Hills, Adelphi Terrace, Adelphi Village, Buck Lodge, Chatham, Cool Spring Terrace, Hillandale Forest, Holly Hill Manor, Knollwood, Lewisdale, and White Oak Manor.

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Adelphi, Maryland
Census-designated place
The Adelphi Mill in July 2007
Location of Adelphi, Maryland
Coordinates: 38°59′49″N 76°58′0″W
Country	United States
State	Maryland
County	Prince George's
Area [1]
• Total	2.72 sq mi (7.04 km2)
• Land	2.72 sq mi (7.03 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation	171 ft (52 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	16,823
• Density	6,194.04/sq mi (2,391.72/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes	20783, 20787
Area codes	301, 240
FIPS code	24-00400
GNIS feature ID	0596997

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The unincorporated Adelphi community takes its name from the historic Adelphi Mill, established in 1796 along the Northwest Branch of the Anacostia River. and continues to attract visitors and can be rented for special functions. During the 19th century, George Washington Riggs acquired much of the area northeast of Washington, D.C., as his Green Hill estate in the Chillum Manor district. That estate included present-day Adelphi. In the early 1920s, part of the area was acquired by Leander McCormick-Goodhart as part of his Langley Park estate.^[4] Labor organizer Mary Harris "Mother" Jones died in 1930, at the farm of Walter and Lillie May Burgess near Powder Mill and Riggs Roads in present-day Adelphi. A marker was erected by the Maryland State Highway Administration commemorating Mother Jones at her death site. Unlike its nearby neighbors Hyattsville and College Park, the area remained relatively undeveloped until immediately following World War II. At that time, subdivisions quickly developed. To distinguish it from the other neighboring unincorporated communities of Lewisdale and Langley Park, the growing subdivisions banded together in the mid-1950s and adopted the name "Adelphi" to reflect their commitment to the preservation of the historic mill of the same name. A community focal point that originally developed in the late 1950s is the Adelphi Pool, a private pool in the Adelphi neighborhood, located next to George Washington Cemetery on Riggs Road. Use of the Adelphi Pool requires paid membership or being accompanied by a member and paying a small fee. The Adelphi pool offers swimming lessons and also features swim teams which compete against each other. Two notable features of the Adelphi Pool are its long water slide and basketball hoop.

In 1971, the Harry Diamond Laboratories was established on 137 acres (0.55 km²) in the northern part of Adelphi. That facility continues as the Adelphi Laboratory Center, Army Research Laboratory (ARL), the U.S. Army's corporate research laboratory.^[5] Other adjacent federal facilities include the National Archives at College Park and headquarters of the Food and Drug Administration.

Historic sites

The following is a list of historic sites in Adelphi identified by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission:^[6]

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	Site name	Image	Location	M-NCPPC Inventory Number	Comment
1	Adelphi Mill and Storehouse		8401 and 8402 Riggs Road	65-006
2	Cool Spring Farm (Miller’s House)		2201 Cool Spring Road	65-005
3	Gallant House		3124 Powder Mill Road	61-013

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Adelphi is located at 38°59′49″N 76°58′0″W (38.996860, −76.966755).^[7]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Census Designated Place (CDP) has a total area of 2.7 square miles (7.1 km²), all land.^[8]

The Prince George's County Police Department serves Adelphi through District 1,^[12] with its station in Hyattsville.^[13]

The Chillum-Adelphi Volunteer Fire Department (CAVFD) serves Adelphi. The station is in Langley Park CDP and has an Adelphi postal address.^[14][15] In March 1951 and June 8, 1951 the CAVFD was established and chartered, respectively. From November and March 1953 the fire station on Riggs Road was constructed; the County Volunteer Firemen's Association designated it Station No. 34. Portions of Station No. 34 were rebuilt in the early 1960s, and it was rededicated on November 16, 1963. In 1962 the CAVFD began building a substation, No. 44, which was dedicated on November 16, 1963, but in 1992 it sold the substation to the county government.^[16]

The University System of Maryland has an office in College Park,^[17] which has an Adelphi postal address and is called the "Adelphi Office".^[18] Formerly it was the headquarters of the entire system.^[19]

Adelphi is the home of the University of Maryland Global Campus, and the community is located near the University of Maryland main campus in College Park.

Adelphi is served by the Prince George's County Public Schools system.^[20] In 2000, a new elementary school opened in the community dedicated to labor organizer Mary Harris "Mother" Jones.^[21]

Elementary schools in Adelphi:^[22]

• Adelphi Elementary School^[23]
• Cherokee Lane Elementary School^[24]
• Cool Spring Elementary School]^[25]
• Mary Harris "Mother" Jones Elementary School^[26]

A southeastern section is zoned to University Park Elementary School in University Park.^[22]

Most residents are zoned to Buck Lodge Middle School in Adelphi and High Point High School in Beltsville. A southeastern section is zoned to Hyattsville Middle School and Northwestern High School in Hyattsville.^[27][28]

• John Fahey— Recorded the first Tacoma Records album at the St. Michaels and All Angels Church
• Fred Funk - professional golfer.
• Roy Hibbert - NBA player for the Indiana Pacers
• Mary Harris Jones (1837-1930) - Labor organizer known as "Mother" Jones
• Hugh V. Perkins (1918-1988) - educator, author, and professor of Education, University of Maryland - College Park.

• Avenel-Hillandale, name of a census-designated place that was part of Adelphi in 1970.