Takoma Park is a city in
Montgomery County,
Maryland. It is a
suburb of
Washington, D.C., and part of the
Washington metropolitan area. Founded in 1883 and incorporated in 1890, Takoma Park, informally called "
Azalea City," is a
Tree City USA and a
nuclear-free zone. A planned
commuter suburb, it is situated along the
Metropolitan Branch of the historic
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, just northeast of Washington, D.C., and it borders the neighborhood of
Takoma, Washington, D.C. It is governed by an elected mayor and six elected councilmembers, who form the city council, and an appointed
city manager, under a
council-manager style of government. The city's population was 16,715 at the
2010 national census.