Known for its high end shops, restaurants and clubs as well as foreign embassies.
It also has a glamorous past with many well-known past residents including JFK and Jackie Onassis.
Georgetown was a small port and trading village that pre dates Washington DC. It is debated if Georgetown was named for the two Georges of the trading post or the King of England.
It was founded in 1751 in the Province of Maryland and was part of the land that was donated by the State of Maryland after George Washington had surveyed the area and recommended the site for the Nation’s Capital.