Pigtown, Baltimore

"Pigtown", also known as "Washington Village", is a neighborhood in the Southwest District of Baltimore, bordered by Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (with the University of Maryland, Baltimore campus, Downtown Baltimore and the "Inner Harbor") to the east, Monroe Street on the west, Russell Street/Baltimore-Washington Parkway (Interstate 295) on the south, and the B&O Railroad Museum at the Mount Clare Shops on West Pratt Street on the north. The neighborhood acquired its name during the second half of the 19th century, when the area was the site of butcher shops and meat packing plants to process pigs transported from the Midwest on the B&O Railroad; they were herded across Ostend and Cross Streets to be slaughtered and processed.

In the 21st century, Pigtown holds an annual Pigtown Festival.

Pigtown's proximity to the I-95 corridor, the University of Maryland Medical Center, Gerald Field, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, M & T Bank/Ravens Stadium, and Downtown Baltimore has attracted developments of upscale townhouses to the eastern edge of the neighborhood. In 2012, these were extended on the western side of Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard to include the eclectic, historical preservation and renovations of Barre Circle.