Potomac () may refer to:

Places in the United States

Washington, D.C. area: *The

Potomac River The Potomac River () is in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and flows from the Potomac Highlands in West Virginia to Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. It is long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography D ...

, which flows through West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. **The Potomac Highlands, a region of the Potomac River's watershed in West Virginia ** Patowmack Canal, also spelled Potomac, a series of five inoperative canals in Maryland and Virginia *

Potomac, Maryland Potomac () is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community and census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it had a population of 47,018. It is named a ...

, an unincorporated area in Montgomery County *

Potomac Airfield Potomac Airfield , also known as Potomac Airport (), a privately owned, public-use airport located in the Friendly census-designated place in unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland, United States (just outside Washington, D.C.); it ha ...

, a general aviation airport in Fort Washington, Maryland *

Potomac Park, Maryland Potomac Park () is an unincorporated subdivision and census-designated place (CDP) located on the North Branch Potomac River in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 2,530. Potomac Park lies alo ...

, in Allegany County *

Potomac, Virginia Potomac () is an extinct incorporated town formerly located in Arlington County, Virginia (then called Alexandria County). Today the dissolved town's former territory is located within the City of Alexandria after municipal annexation in 193 ...

, an extinct town formerly located in Arlington County Other places in the U.S.: *

Potomac, Illinois Potomac () is a village in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. It is part of the Danville, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 750 at the 2010 census. History The town was originally named Marysville after the wive ...

, a village in Vermilion County * Potomac, Montana, an unincorporated community in Missoula County * Potomac, West Virginia, an unincorporated community

Companies

Potomac Company The Potomac Company (spelled variously as Patowmack, Potowmack, Potowmac, and Compony) was created in 1785 to make improvements to the Potomac River and improve its navigability for commerce. The project is perhaps the first conceptual seed pl ...

, a former infrastructure company *

Epic Games Epic Games, Inc. is an American Video game developer, video game and software development, software developer and video game publisher, publisher based in Cary, North Carolina. The company was founded by Tim Sweeney (game developer), Tim Sween ...

, originally called Potomac Computer Systems, and American video game and software developer

Transportation

Trains

* ''Potomac'', a series of several former Amtrak passenger trains: ** ''Potomac'' (Amtrak train) **''

Potomac Special Potomac () may refer to: Places in the United States Washington, D.C. area: *The Potomac River, which flows through West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. **The Potomac Highlands, a region of the Potomac River's watershed in We ...

'' **''

Potomac Turbo Potomac () may refer to: Places in the United States Washington, D.C. area: *The Potomac River, which flows through West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. **The Potomac Highlands, a region of the Potomac River's watershed in We ...

Vessels

* USS ''Potomac'', one of six ships * ''Potomac'' (tug), a Patapsco Class tug built for Vane Brothers Company

Other uses

Patawomeck The Patawomeck are a Native American tribe based in Stafford County, Virginia, along the Potomac River. ''Patawomeck'' is another spelling of Potomac. The Patawomeck Indian Tribe of Virginia is a state-recognized tribe in Virginia that identif ...

(or ''Potomac''), a Native American tribe for whom the Potomac River was named *

Army of the Potomac The Army of the Potomac was the primary field army of the Union army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. It was created in July 1861 shortly after the First Battle of Bull Run and was disbanded in June 1865 following the Battle of ...

, a major Union army during the American Civil War *

1345 Potomac 1345 Potomac (), provisional designation , is a dark Hildian asteroid from the outermost regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 4 February 1908, by American astronomer Joel Metcalf at the Taunton Observa ...

, an asteroid * Potomac Horse Fever, a disease in horses * Potomac Lake, an artificial lake in

Gunnersbury Park Gunnersbury Park is a park between Acton, Brentford, Chiswick and Ealing, West London, England. Purchased for the nation from the Rothschild family, it was opened to the public by Neville Chamberlain, then Minister of Health, on 21 May 1926. ...

, London commissioned by

Lionel Nathan Rothschild Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (22 November 1808 – 3 June 1879) was a British Jewish banker, politician and philanthropist who was a member of the prominent Rothschild banking family of England. He became the first practising Jew to sit ...

. * University of the Potomac, a degree-granting college based in Washington, D.C. * Potomak {{disambiguation, geo