Damascus, Maryland, is a peaceful but growing suburb located 20 miles northwest of downtown Washington, DC. Damascus is conveniently located just off Interstate-270 and the Beltway. Edward Hughes, named by President James Madison planned the town. Hughes received permission from Congress for a postal route through town. Hughes called his town "The Pleasant Plains of Damascus" after Damascus, Syria, the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world.
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