Capitol Heights is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, located on the border of both the Northeast & Southeast quadrants of Washington.

[3] The town of Capitol Heights is officially bounded between Southern Avenue NE/SE to the north, Yost Place, and Eastern Avenue NE to the east, the Watts Branch Stream, Brooke Road, and Capitol Heights Boulevard to the south, and Marlboro Pike to the west.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.80 square miles (2.07 km2), all land.

The overcrowding and the improved public transportation made the idea of living on the outskirts increasingly appealing to people looking for housing.

Recognizing the opportunity, Baltimore resident Otway B. Zantzinger acquired 400 hilly acres just beyond the eastern corner of the District of Columbia.

He advertised a picturesque view of Washington, D.C., a proposed electric railway, drinking water from crystal-clear springs, nothing down and a dollar a month, no interest, no landlords, and, in the custom and vernacular of the times, "no colored people."

While awaiting their "proposed electric railway," commuters to the city could walk about a mile (often through mud) to the District Line station at what is now Seat Pleasant and board a rail car into Washington, DC.

The absence of paved roads, sidewalks, street lights, and other public services, including the electric railway, began to cast a pall over Zantzinger's vision of bliss.

Capitol Heights got its own station on the Washington Metro Blue Line, providing easy access to the entire metropolitan region and national transportation facilities.

The land around the station has been declared an Enterprise Zone, which the town is promoting as one of its paths to restoring prosperity.

[14] Prince George's County Police Department District 8 Station in Upper Marlboro CDP serves the community.

The Capitol Heights conflict-mediation program focuses on resolving differences between youths in the area.

Capitol Heights is a part of the Prince George's County Public Schools system.