Potomac Heights, Maryland

About Potomac Heights

Potomac Heights, MD is a small unincorporated community located in southern Maryland.

Potomac Heights holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.07 square miles.

📰 Potomac Heights News Today

• Potomac Heights, Maryland Population 2026 World Population Review · Aug 17
• Potomac Heights academy elementary, middle schoolers hold final play SoMdNews.com · Jun 3
• Firefighters Extinguish House Fire In Potomac Heights The BayNet · Nov 7
• Vacant mansion purposely set on fire, investigators say - WBAL-TV WBAL-TV · Jun 9
• Prince George's County police investigating fatal shooting WJLA · Jul 12

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What Makes Potomac Heights Unique

• The only place in America named Potomac Heights — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southern Maryland, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 5 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Potomac Heights

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🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Potomac Heights

• Chapman State Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Mattawoman State Natural Environmental Area reviews ★

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