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Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
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Anacostia, located in southeast Washington, D.C., is bordered by the Anacostia and Potomac rivers on the west, Southern Avenue on the east, and Good Hope and Naylor roads on the north. Located in the city's Ward 8, Anacostia has approximately 71,000 residents.
Anacostia gets its name from an early community of people who once lived in the area. In 1608, Captain John Smith navigated the Chesapeake Bay, and sailed up the Potomac River and found Nacotchtanke, a Native American trading village. The Nacotchtanks, later called Nacostines, were fishermen and farmers.
The early English explorers encouraged more Europeans to migrate to the area. Most were farmers who grew tobacco. Those who worked the tobacco fields included tenant farmers, indentured servants, and enslaved Africans.
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