Funkstown

Foggy Bottom is one of D.C.’s oldest neighborhoods, so this name is actually pretty good from a history-lover's perspective. Way to go, WMATA! So, instead of trying to name the station for something other than the neighborhood, we’ll rename it based on the history of the neighborhood itself. The area now known as Foggy Bottom was purchased in 1765 by German immigrant Jacob Funk who bought the land and divvied it up. The village eventually came to be known as Foggy Bottom, but its residents liked to pay homage to its creator, and would colloquially refer to it as “Funkstown.”