Barney Circle is a small neighborhood located on the western bank of the Anacostia River in southeast Washington, D.C. The "circle" refers to the traffic circle (or semicircle, as the case may be) that intersects Pennsylvania Avenue SE as it crosses the Anacostia. Barney itself is named for Commodore Joshua Barney, commander of the Chesapeake Bay Flotilla in the War of 1812.
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