Pepper Mill Village is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 near Maryland Route 214

Maryland Route 214

Maryland Route 214 is an east–west state highway that runs through Prince George's County and Anne Arundel County within the U.S. state of Maryland. Central Avenue runs along the center of Prince George's County and divides it into north and south...

 (Central Avenue), with a majority African-American population, in Prince George's County

Prince George's County, Maryland

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 in the State

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 of Maryland

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 in the United States of America

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. The Washington Redskins

Washington Redskins

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 football stadium, Metrorail

Metrorail

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's Blue Line, and Hampton Mall shopping center are very near by. Because it is not formally incorporated, it has no official boundaries, but the United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

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 has defined a census-designated place

Census-designated place

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 consisting of Pepper Mill Village and the adjacent community of Carmody Hills

Carmody Hills, Maryland

Carmody Hills is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County in the State of Maryland in the United States of America. Because it is not formally incorporated, it has no official boundaries, but the United States Census Bureau has defined a census-designated place consisting of Carmody...

, designated Carmody Hills-Pepper Mill Village

Carmody Hills-Pepper Mill Village, Maryland

Carmody Hills-Pepper Mill Village is a census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland. The combination is arbitrary, and in the mind of most local people there are two separate communities: Carmody Hills and Pepper Mill Village.-Geography:...

, for statistical purposes.