Georgetown is laid out in a north-south, east-west grid, interlaced with canals protected by kokers, or sluices, built by the Dutch and later the British that provide drainage to a city that lies below high-tide level.

North of Georgetown lies Main Street, where the Head of State's official residence can be found along with several other important Government buildings including the Ministry of Finance.

There are settlements in the unincorporated communities of Blendon, North Blendon, Borculo ( which lies on the western boundary with Olive Township ) and Bauer ( which lies on the eastern boundary with Georgetown Township ).

Commercial landmarks in and around town include Benson's Ice Cream, Paisley's Farm Stand and West Village Provisions in West Boxford center, Ingaldsby Farm, the Boxford Community store in East Boxford ( also known as " Jack's " or " Wayne's ", after its former and current owners ), and the Boxford House of Pizza, which lies near the border of Boxford and Georgetown.

It is bounded on the west by the Duwamish Waterway and Elliott Bay, beyond which lies Delridge of West Seattle ; on the east by Interstate 5, beyond which lies Beacon Hill ; on the north by S King and S Dearborn Streets, beyond which lie Pioneer Square and southwest International District of Downtown ; and on the south by the main lines of the BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad, or about S Lucille Street, beyond which is Georgetown.

A small island named " Little Island " lies just off the southern tip ; Georgetown and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts are across the main channel of the Potomac to the north and east, respectively.

U. S. 9 runs an east – west path through Sussex County, running east from U. S. Route 13 in Laurel, passing through Georgetown, east to Lewes, where it leads to the Cape May – Lewes Ferry, which carries U. S. 9 across the Delaware Bay to New Jersey.

The Union troops marched peacefully across the river to camp in Georgetown, Georgia as Doctor Pope rushed back with barely enough time to disband the local militias to avoid conflict.

Also, in Georgetown you will also find Grant's Childhood Home as well as the tannery that his father owned across the street.

Latrobe also provided consulting on the construction of the Washington Bridge across the Potomac River in a way that would not impede navigation and commerce to Georgetown.

Francis Scott Key Bridge ( Washington, D. C .) | Francis Scott Key Bridge across the Potomac River, connecting Georgetown to Rosslyn, Arlington, Virginia | Rosslyn, Virginia

Three stations are located roughly one mile ( 1. 6 km ) from the center of Georgetown: Rosslyn ( across the Key Bridge in Arlington ), Foggy Bottom-GWU, and Dupont Circle.

While touring in the 1970s, the Destroyers and the Nighthawks happened to be playing shows in Georgetown ( DC ) at venues across the street from each other.

* New Mac's ( DC Nightclub ) M St, Georgetown, next to Old Mac's and across 34th St from the Cellar Door Classic Rock

Graham is buried in historic Oak Hill Cemetery, across the street from her former home in Georgetown.

Rosslyn is an unincorporated area in Northern Virginia located in the northeastern corner of Arlington County, Virginia, north of Arlington National Cemetery and directly across the Potomac River from Georgetown in Washington, D. C. Rosslyn encompasses the Arlington neighborhoods of North Rosslyn and Radnor / Ft.

The Georgetown University Law Center campus, viewed across I-395 ( VA ) | I-395 looking east.

Although completely surrounded by water, it is bounded across tidal water by the towns of Wiscasset, Edgecomb, Southport, and Georgetown.

In addition, the Society maintains relationships with other Literary and Debate societies across the United States, including the Philodemic Society at Georgetown University and the Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies at UNC-Chapel Hill.

He stayed a night at Windy Hill ( part of present day North Myrtle Beach ) and was led across Wither's Swash to Georgetown by Jeremiah Vereen.

The Francis Scott Key Bridge, more commonly known as the Key Bridge, is a six-lane reinforced concrete arch bridge conveying U. S. Route 29 traffic across the Potomac River between the Rosslyn neighborhood of Arlington County, Virginia and the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D. C.

Apart from one year during which he was Royden B. Davis Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Georgetown University ( 1994 ), he spent the rest of his life in Oxford, living in St John Street, just across the road from another eminent theologian, Henry Chadwick.

He is a frequent lecturer on Islamic issues at universities across the United States including Harvard, Georgetown, Stanford, SUNY Buffalo, and Princeton.

Designed by architect Glenn Brown, It was built in 1914-15 to convey Q Street Northwest across Rock Creek Park between the city's Dupont Circle and Georgetown neighborhoods.

Social registers and society pages listed the privileged, who mingled in the same private clubs, attended the same churches, and lived in neighborhoods — Philadelphia's Main Line and Chestnut Hill neighborhoods ; New Jersey's Princeton ; Florida's Palm Beach ; Fairfield County, Connecticut ; Manhattan's Upper East Side ; Westchester County, New York ; and the North Shore of Long Island ; Boston's Beacon Hill ; Georgetown, Washington D. C .; and Chicago's Lake Forest are all examples.

In 1783, Forest established a tobacco export business in Georgetown, with business partners Uriah Forrest and John Murdock.

Over the years, many Sidwell football players have gone on to play collegiate football at the Division I, I-AA ( now FCS ), and Division III level, including at Stanford, Wake Forest, Tulane, Navy, Indiana, Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth, and Georgetown.

Alternatively, clearcutting can change the dominating species on a stand with the introduction of non-native and invasive species as was shown at the Blodgett Experimental Forest near Georgetown California.

During his coaching career at DeMatha, located just two miles away from his alma mater, he received job offers from Georgetown and American and interest from Duke, Wake Forest, and Virginia.

In recent years top students have gained admission to the most respected schools in the nation, including: Princeton University, Harvard University, Dartmouth College, Cornell University, the University of Pennsylvania, Brown University, Columbia University, Yale University, Wake Forest University, UCLA, Villanova University, Northeastern University, NYU, College of the Holy Cross, Georgetown University, Williams College, University of Notre Dame, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, University of Chicago, Boston College, Tufts University, Washington University in St. Louis, and Southern Vermont College.

Greenwich Forest is a residential community in Bethesda, Maryland, between Old Georgetown Road, and Bradley Boulevard.

Birney died at his home in Forest Glen, Maryland, and was buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Georgetown, Washington, D. C ..

A subsequent fellowship program, also established by the Davis family, covers the tuition of many graduates at over 80 colleges and universities in the United States and Europe, including Amherst College, Brown University, Carleton College, Colby College, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Georgetown University, Harvard University, Jacobs University Bremen, Johns Hopkins University, Lake Forest College, Earlham College, Macalester College, Oberlin College, Smith College, Tufts University, Princeton University, and Yale University.

The main port of Georgetown, located at the mouth of the Demerara River, comprises several wharves, most of which are privately owned.

From 1862 to 1962, streetcars ran the length of the avenue from Georgetown to the Anacostia River.

Georgetown is located on Guyana's Atlantic coast on the east bank of Demerara River estuary.

The Cheddi Jagan International Airport acts as the air transportation hub of the city, which is located on the right bank of the Demerara River, 41 kilometres south of Georgetown.

There is also a regular coach service between Georgetown and Boa Vista in Brazil, and once-daily connections to Paramaribo, Suriname via a ferry crossing on the Courantyne River.

Even Georgetown is below sea level and must depend on dikes for protection from the Demerara River and the Atlantic Ocean.

A peninsula along the southern shore of the Sassafras River containing several large farms and a large pond that were assembled into one property by the former owners of The Sassafras Boat Company marina and Sassafras House restaurant at Georgetown, Liz Maytag and Mike Revuke, has been preserved as a wildlife sanctuary.

Pre-historic and Archaic " open occupation " campsites are also found throughout the county along streams and other water sources including Brushy Creek in Round Rock and the San Gabriel River in Georgetown.

Georgetown County has several rivers, including the Great Pee Dee River, the Waccamaw River, Black River, and Sampit River, all of which flow into Winyah Bay.

Georgetown is a town in southeastern White County, Arkansas, United States, overlooking the White River.

* Georgetown Historic District — Roughly bounded by U. S. Route 7, Portland Avenue, state Route 107, and the Norwalk River ( added April 9, 1987 )

The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal starts in Georgetown and was used during the 19th century to bypass the Great Falls of the Potomac River, located upstream ( northwest ) of Washington at the Atlantic Seaboard fall line.

Flooding of the Potomac River, however, caused by a combination of high tide, storm surge, and runoff, has been known to cause extensive property damage in Georgetown.

Georgetown is a city in the Bear River Valley in Bear Lake County, Idaho, United States, at the center of a farming area between the river and the mountains to the east.

Others were as follows: Little River, Saco Falls, Branch Brook, Georgetown, Webb District and on the Eastern Branch of Great Marsh Stream.

The early settlements near the mills were Epping, Saco Falls, the Branch, Little River, Webb District and Georgetown.

Georgetown is a city in Clay County, Minnesota, United States, along the Buffalo River near its confluence with the Red River of the North.

Georgetown is one of the oldest towns in the Red River ( of the North ) Valley.

Georgetown is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, along the Ohio River.

The town is referred to as Smith's Ferry by locals because a ferry used to connect the town with Georgetown on the other side of the Ohio River.