 Six Flags America is within the boundaries of the CDP.The first colonial owner of the Woodmore site was Thomas Spriggs, who in 1698 acquired of what was then known as the forest of Prince George's County in the Crown Colony of Maryland.The first house in the area was a two-story brick house named Pleasant Prospect (still standing at 12806 Woodmore Road)., built c. 1798 by Dr. Isaac Ducket, the husband of Spriggs' granddaughter.