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Mount Rainier /reÉªËnÉªÉr/ is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 8,080 at the 2010 census. Bordering Washington, D.C. , Mount Rainier got its start as a streetcar suburb. (See Streetcars in Washington, D.C. ) According to local tradition, surveyors from the Pacific Northwest named the town, giving the streets names such as  Shasta  and  Cascade .