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Perry Hall, Maryland

Perry Hall is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The population was 28,474 at the 2010 census. It is a suburb of Baltimore.

Geography
Perry Hall is located at 39.40139°N, -76.47889°W.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 7.0 sqmi, all land.

Elementary schools

 * Perry Hall Elementary
 * Gunpowder Elementary
 * Seven Oaks Elementary
 * Joppa View Elementary
 * Chapel Hill Elementary
 * Honeygo Elementary
 * Rossville Elementary

Middle schools
Perry Hall Middle School is the largest middle school in Baltimore County. Current enrollment is 1851 students. The state rated school capacity is 1643. Enrollment projections released by Baltimore County Public Schools on Feb 20, 2017, indicate Perry Hall Middle School will have 2075 students in the 2018–19 school year. As of Feb 25, 2017, The Baltimore County Board of Education has not released any information on a plan to alleviate the overcapacity situation. http://www.bcps.org/schools/profile.aspx?OrgID=103,  https://www.boarddocs.com/mabe/bcps/Board.nsf/files/AJDM3R56FD9D/$file/SC2016%20FINAL%20020217.pdf
 * Perry Hall Middle

Some students are zoned to attend Pine Grove Middle in Carney.

High schools

 * Perry Hall High School

Private schools

 * Perry Hall Christian School

Demographics
American Community Survey estimates, there were 29,255 people and 11,062 households. The population density was 4217.2 PD/sqmi. There were 11,472 housing units at an average density of 1653.7 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the city was 62.8% White, 16.3% Black or African American, 14.5% Asian, and 1.5% some other race, with 4.9% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 5.6% of the population.

Of the 11,062 households, 32.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.0% had seniors 65 years or older living with them, 53.4% were married couples living together, 5.0% were couples cohabitating, 16.3% had a male householder with no partner present, and 25.3% had a female householder with no partner present. The median household size was 2.64 and the median family size was 3.2.

The age distribution was 21.7% under 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 24.6% from 25 to 44, 27.5% from 45 to 64, and 17.5% who were 65 or older. The median age was 38.9 years.

The median income for a household was $103,061, with family households having a median income of $125,106 and non-family households $70,091. The per capita income was $46,861. Out of the 29,166 people with a determined poverty status, 7.9% were below the poverty line. Further, 15.3% of minors and 4.6% of seniors were below the poverty line.

In the survey, residents self-identified with various ethnic ancestries. People of German descent make up 20.8% of the population of the town, followed by Irish at 16.0%, Italian at 9.1%, English at 7.5%, Polish at 5.0%, American at 2.0%, Sub-Saharan African at 1.5%, French at 1.3%, Scottish at 1.0%, Greek at 0.9%, Welsh at 0.8%, Scotch-Irish at 0.7%, Norwegian at 0.5%, and Russian at 0.5%.

Perry Hall Improvement Association
The Perry Hall Improvement Association (PHIA) is the oldest and largest civic organization in northeastern Baltimore County, Maryland. Since Perry Hall is not incorporated, the PHIA is the dominant communitywide coalition in the area. An early version of the PHIA operated during the Second World War when Perry Hall residents organized a Health Committee to help veterans purchase wheelchairs, crutches, and other equipment. After the war ended, many of these leaders decided to create a permanent organization. The first meeting of the Perry Hall Improvement Association was held on July 31, 1945.

After World War II, there was a wave of growth in northeastern Baltimore County. The PHIA defeated plans for a cemetery on the South Farm, a racetrack on Forge Road, and a drive-in movie theater near St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church. The PHIA also lobbied for lights along Joppa, Forge, and Cross Roads and Schroeder and Bauer Avenues. The PHIA pressured Baltimore County officials to fund road improvements and build new schools. Its most significant accomplishment came on September 8, 1963, when Baltimore County Executive Spiro Agnew and other officials dedicated the new Perry Hall library on Belair Road.

The PHIA worked on civic activities as well, starting a Community Christmas Party in 1946 and a Halloween Parade in 1949. In 1976, the PHIA helped form a Bicentennial Committee that hosted events at the old Perry Hall School. By the 1970s and 1980s, however, leaders spent much of their time dealing with development. The most symbolic loss for the community was the development of Lassahn Field, long used for soccer games, carnivals, and Easter egg hunts.

By the early 1990s, the community celebrated the opening of the Seven Oaks Senior Center and two new elementary schools, Seven Oaks and Joppa View. In 1994, the PHIA provided critical local support for the Honeygo Plan, a blueprint for developing Perry Hall's rural northeast.

With the Honeygo Plan adopted and much of the community now built-out, the PHIA focused in the late 1990s on some of the civic activities that had been abandoned years earlier. In 2000, Perry Hall celebrated its 225th birthday. The PHIA worked with other groups to restart the Halloween Parade and begin a summer concert series, the centerpiece of which was a performance by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Also, that year, the PHIA worked with other groups and elected officials to preserve the Perry Hall Mansion. The mansion was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. In November 2001, Baltimore County leaders announced plans to purchase the property.

Between 1996 and 2009, the PHIA membership grew from 200 members to more than 2,000. Recently, the PHIA has focused on construction of a new Perry Hall Schools, completion of several new parks, stopping overdevelopment, and strategies to reduce school overcrowding.

The PHIA is governed by an executive board that includes Jack Amrhein, president; Kevin Leary, vice-president; Tom Benisch, treasurer; Renee Papavasiliou, secretary; and several members-at-large members.

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Pikesville, Maryland

Pikesville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. Pikesville is just northwest of the Baltimore city limits. It is the northwestern suburb closest to Baltimore.

The population was 30,764 at the 2010 census. The corridor along Interstate 795, which links Pikesville, Owings Mills and Reisterstown to the Baltimore Beltway (Interstate 695), contains one of the larger Jewish populations in Maryland.

Geography
Pikesville is located at 39.37917°N, -76.705°W (39.379039, −76.705091).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 32.1 sqkm, of which 32.0 sqkm is land and 0.07 sqkm, or 0.22%, is water.

Demographics
As of the census of 2010, there were 30,764 people and 13,642 households residing in the CDP. The population density was 2,490.8 people per square mile. There were 14,323 housing units. The racial makeup of the CDP was 77.0% White, 14.5% African American, 0.1% Native American, 6.0% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, and 1.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.7% of the population.

As of the 2000 census, there were 12,747 households, out of which 24.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.9% were married couples living together, 7.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.1% were non-families. 30.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.81.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 19.7% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 24.4% from 25 to 44, 27.0% from 45 to 64, and 23.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.0 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $58,598, and the median income for a family was $78,002 (these figures had risen to $73,846 and $100,237 respectively as of a 2007 estimate ). Males had a median income of $52,079 versus $37,179 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $41,035. About 5.0% of families and 6.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.4% of those under age 18 and 11.5% of those age 65 or over.

In 2000, 19.3% of Pikesville residents identified as being of Russian heritage. Virtually all of them are Ashkenazi Jews whose ancestors immigrated from the Russian Empire. In 2000, 3.7% of Pikesville residents identified as being of Ukrainian American heritage. This was the highest percentage of Ukrainian Americans of any place in Maryland. 2% of the city were descended from Eastern European countries other than Russia and Ukraine. The majority of them are of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry. 8% of Pikesville's residents were German, 7% Polish, 4% Irish, 3% English, and 2% Italian.

Jewish community
In the 19th and early 20th centuries Jewish immigrants to the Baltimore area first formed enclaves in East Baltimore not far from Johns Hopkins Hospital in neighborhoods such as Broadway East, Jonestown, Middle East and Oliver. After World War II, the Jewish community started to move outside of Baltimore City into Pikesville which was a sleepy outpost on a major road that led to Western Maryland. During the Vietnam War, and exacerbated by riots in 1968, many Jewish businesses left northwestern Baltimore following this exodus.

Pikesville (and more recently its neighboring communities to the north, Owings Mills and Reisterstown) have been considered the center of the Baltimore area's Jewish community since the mid-1950s. Many of the region's largest and most established synagogues, Jewish schools, and kosher dining establishments are located in or near Pikesville.

History
Pikesville, Maryland, was named for the American soldier and explorer Zebulon Pike (1779–1813). While there are places named for Pike in many other states, Pikesville, Maryland, is the only contemporary place named "Pikesville" (compare, for example, Pike County and Pikeville, Kentucky).

The (historical) town of Pikesville, incorporated August, 1818, in Barren County, Kentucky, in Monroe County after 1820, was apparently named for Zebulon Pike, also. In 1858, the community adopted a new postal name, “Flippin, Kentucky,” to avoid confusion with Pikeville, Kentucky. “Pike[s]ville Branch” of Indian Creek is the only remaining physical landmark of historical Pikesville, in Kentucky, along with a colorful story of an almost forgotten past.

Education
Pikesville is served by several elementary, middle, and high schools and higher-education facilities:

Public
All public schools in Pikesville are part of the Baltimore County Public Schools system.
 * Fort Garrison Elementary School
 * Milbrook Elementary
 * Bedford Elementary School
 * Summit Park Elementary School
 * Wellwood International School (elementary)
 * Winand Elementary
 * Northwest Academy of Health Sciences (Formerly Old Court Middle School)
 * Pikesville Middle School
 * Sudbrook Magnet Middle School
 * Pikesville High School

Independent

 * The Park School
 * Elementary School of St. Marks
 * Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School
 * The Odyssey School
 * St. Timothy's School
 * Krieger Schechter Day School
 * Torah Institute

Higher education

 * Ner Israel Rabbinical College
 * Maalot Baltimore: Women's Institute of Torah Seminary

Government
The Maryland State Police is headquartered at 1201 Reisterstown Road in the Pikesville CDP.

Roads

 * Baltimore Beltway (I-695)
 * Milford Mill Road
 * Mount Wilson Lane
 * Old Court Road
 * Park Heights Avenue (MD-129)
 * Reisterstown Road (MD-140)
 * Seven Mile Lane
 * Slade Avenue
 * Smith Avenue
 * Stevenson Road
 * Sudbrook Lane/Road
 * Brooks Robinson Drive

Public transportation
The Baltimore Metro Subway runs through Pikesville, with two stops in the area, both named for the roads on which they are located: Milford Mill and Old Court.

Maryland Transit Administration bus routes serving Pikesville include nos. 83 and 89 on Reisterstown Road, 83 and 37 on Old Court Road, 85 on Milford Mill Road/Slade Avenue, and 34 and on Smith Avenue.

Notable residents

 * Michael H. Shamberg, filmmaker and music video producer (True Faith, Blue Monday), raised in Pikesville.
 * Robin Quivers, long-running news anchor and co-host of The Howard Stern Show, was born and raised in Pikesville.
 * Sam Barsky, knitting artist

Pikesville in national/international news
Vernon Lee Evans was a key figure in the battle against lethal injection in Maryland and other states. Prior to Maryland's outlawing of capital punishment in 2013, he and Anthony Grandison were on death row for the murders of two clerks at the Warren House Motel (currently a Howard Johnson) in Pikesville in 1983. Governor Martin O'Malley commuted both men's sentences in 2014, along with those of the other two men who were, at the time, on Maryland's death row.

Ziad Jarrah, a suspected terrorist involved in the 9/11 attacks, was pulled over two days earlier for speeding in Pikesville.

On April 25th, 2024, Dazhon Darien, the Athletic Director at Pikesville High School, was arrested on terms of falsifying a audio recording of the Principal of making racist and antisemitic remarks using artificial intelligence.

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Randallstown, Maryland

Randallstown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It is named after Christopher and Thomas Randall, two 18th-century tavern-keepers. At that time, Randallstown was a tollgate crossroads on the Liberty Turnpike, a major east–west thoroughfare. It is a suburb of Baltimore, with a population of 33,655 as of the 2020 census. As of 2020 it was 72 percent African American. In the 1990s, Randallstown transitioned to a majority African American community.

Choate House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Geography
Randallstown is located at 39.37528°N, -76.79667°W (39.375272, −76.796621). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 10.3 sqmi, all land.

2000 census
As of the census of 2000, there were 30,870 people, 11,379 households, and 8,147 families living in the CDP. The population density was 2,996.1 PD/sqmi. There were 11,900 housing units at an average density of 1,155.0 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the CDP was 72.11% African American, 23.18% White, 0.20% Native American, 2.21% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.54% from other races, and 1.74% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.54% of the population. 6% of Randallstown's residents were Sub-Saharan African, 5% German, 3% African, 3% West Indian, 3% Irish, 2% Russian, 2% English, 2% Nigerian, 2% Polish, 2% Italian, and 2% Jamaican.

There were 11,379 households, out of which 34.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.0% were married couples living together, 17.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.4% were non-families. 23.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.13.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 26.3% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 30.2% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 84.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.0 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $55,686, and the median income for a family was $59,789. Males had a median income of $39,455 versus $36,020 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $24,059. About 5.2% of families and 6.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.9% of those under age 18 and 5.3% of those age 65 or over.

History
Randallstown was founded in the 1700s by two brothers from England, Thomas and Christopher Randall. They introduced a tavern on Liberty Road serving travelers. In 1880, Randallstown had a population of 100.

Education
The area is served by Randallstown High School.

Roads
Some major roads in Randallstown are:
 * Deer Park Road
 * Liberty Road (MD-26)
 * Marriottsville Road
 * McDonogh Road
 * Old Court Road
 * Winands Road

Public transportation
While Randallstown was at one time the planned terminus for the Baltimore Metro Subway, the line was ultimately built to nearby Owings Mills. Though no stops on the line are actually in Randallstown, the three stops in Baltimore County are all within a close drive of the Randallstown area.

Bus service in Randallstown is available on the Maryland Transit Administration's bus routes 54 and 77. There is no bus link between Randallstown and nearby Carroll County, in part due to longstanding opposition to inter-county public transit from Carroll County officials and residents.

Notable people

 * Christian Benford, National Football League player for the Buffalo Bills
 * Christian B. Anfinsen, Nobel Prize laureate
 * Victor Abiamiri, former NFL player for the Philadelphia Eagles, grew up in Randallstown
 * Dennis Chambers, professional drummer
 * Domonique Foxworth, former NFL cornerback and National Football League Players Association president, grew up in Randallstown
 * Michele S. Jones, former Command Sergeant Major, Obama administration liaison
 * Mario, R&B and pop singer
 * Angel Reese, LSU basketball player and Most Outstanding Player of the 2023 Women’s Final Four
 * Sisqo, of the R&B group Dru Hill

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Reisterstown, Maryland

Reisterstown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Baltimore and Carroll counties, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 25,968.

Founded by German immigrant John Reister in 1758, Reisterstown is located to the northwest of Baltimore. Though it is older than the surrounding areas, it now serves primarily as a residential suburb of Baltimore. The center is designated the Reisterstown Historic District and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Also listed are the Montrose Mansion and Chapel and St. Michael's Church.

Just outside the community, to its north, is the small military reservation of Camp Fretterd, which serves as a training site for the Maryland Army National Guard and Air Guard. The Maryland Defense Force is also headquartered at Camp Fretterd.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Reisterstown CDP occupies 13.4 sqkm, all land.

The community stretches along Reisterstown Road (Maryland Route 140) and the Northwestern Expressway (Interstate 795) just north of Owings Mills. Its northern boundary lies near the junction of MD-140 and Hanover Pike (MD-30), which heads north towards Hampstead. MD-140 passes the northern end of I-795 and continues northwest as Westminster Pike, heading towards Finksburg and Westminster. The community of Glyndon is located adjacent to the northern portion of Reisterstown along Butler Road (MD-128), which connects Reisterstown with the Baltimore-Harrisburg Expressway (Interstate 83). To the east of Reisterstown is the community of Worthington, located around Greenspring Avenue and Park Heights Avenue (MD-129). To the west of Reisterstown is Liberty Reservoir.

Reister's Town
John Reister purchased a 20 acre tract of land, which he called "Reister's Desire", along the Conewago Road on March 2, 1758. He built a tavern on the site, providing food, drink and lodging for travelers. Other businesses serving travelers soon followed, creating the settlement known as Reister's Town, and eventually Reisterstown. With the purchase in 1763 of another 83 acre adjoining the original property, Reister began developing both sides of Conewago Road, later renamed Reisterstown Road.

Franklin Academy
In 1764, John Reister purchased a three-quarter acre lot, which he named Church Hill, as a site for the community's first church, a small building constructed of logs. Funded and built by the Lutheran community, the church was free to all denominations. The building also served as a school house, a secondary function typical of churches at that time.

The town raised money with a public subscription and replaced the log building with a brick school building in 1824, named Franklin Academy in honor of Benjamin Franklin. A cupola was added to the school in 1826. Franklin Academy became the first public high school in the county in 1874 and one of the earliest schools to join the Baltimore County school system.

The former Franklin Academy was converted into a public library in the early 1900s. It still stands beside the Reisterstown Community Cemetery, across the street from the present-day Franklin Middle School. Franklin Academy's cupola, known as the Franklin Bell, is in front of Franklin High School.

Demographics
The census of 2010 reported that there were 25,968 people and 6,740 families residing in the Reisterstown census-designated place (CDP), living in 10,133 of available housing units. The racial makeup of the CDP was 57.2% White, 29.3% African American, 0.4% Native American, 6.3% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 3.7% from other races, and 3.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.9% of the population.

Of the community's 10,133 households, 33.0% had children under 18 years, 44.5% were married couples living together, 17.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.5% were non-families. Individuals living alone occupied 81.2% of the non-family households; 30.4% of these individuals were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.07.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 27.1% under the age of 20, 6.5% from 20 to 25, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 26.2% from 45 to 64, and 10.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36.2 years.

In the 2009-2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, the median income for a household in the CDP was $60,201, and the median income for a family was $65,911. The per capita income for the CDP was $72,714. About 11.6% of families and 14.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.1% of those under age 18 and 6.6%% of those age 65 or over.

As of July, 2019, Reisterstown has become a majority minority community. Non-Hispanic whites are a plurality, constituting 45% of the population.

Public schools

 * Elementary: 	Franklin, Cedarmere, Glyndon, Reisterstown, Timber Grove, and Chatsworth. All are grades K–5. Franklin, Cedarmere, Glyndon, and Reisterstown also provide preschool education.
 * Middle: 	Franklin (Grades 6–8)
 * High:		Franklin (Grades 9–12)

Private schools

 * Hannah More School (Grades 9–12)
 * Sacred Heart Parochial School (Grades K–8 and preschool)

Roads
Major roads in the Reisterstown area include:
 * Butler Road (MD-128)
 * Cockeys Mill Road
 * Central Avenue
 * Deer Park Road
 * Dover Road
 * Franklin Boulevard
 * Hanover Pike (MD-30)
 * Ivy Mill Road
 * Main Street (MD-140)
 * Northwest Expressway (I-795), an interstate highway that connects the community to the Baltimore Beltway
 * Red Run Boulevard
 * Reisterstown Road (MD-140), the central road and the major transportation artery of the town
 * Sacred Heart Lane (formerly MD-127)
 * Westminster Pike (MD-140)
 * Worthington Avenue

Town recreation
The Reisterstown Area Recreation Council (RRC) organizes athletic and recreational activities for the Reisterstown area.

Reisterstown has two annual festivals, organized with help from the RRC.
 * The Bloomin' ArtsFest, at the Franklin Middle School grounds, held in May
 * The Reisterstown Festival, at Hannah More Park, held in September

Music on Main Street
Every year the Reisterstown Main Street organizes free concerts on Friday nights through the late spring till early fall. All concerts are held at the Franklin Middle School (10 Cockeys Mill Road).

Reisterstown Farmers Market
The Reisterstown Farmers Market is held Sundays June 11 through October 29 from 9am – 1pm, rain or shine. Hosted outside Franklin Middle School at 120 Main Street, The Reisterstown Farmers Market focuses on local vendors with goods ranging from bread to produce, hand-crafted jewelry, and natural products. It is accessible from Main Street, with ample parking available at the middle school.

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Rosedale, Maryland

Rosedale is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The population was 19,257 at the 2010 United States Census.

History
The etymology of Rosedale remains uncertain and lacks definitive documentation. However, according to anecdotal evidence, a fourth-grade class in 1950 was instructed to conduct interviews with local residents regarding the history of the Rosedale community. From their interviews, a possible explanation emerged: A young Englishman had a farm on Hamilton Avenue just above Philadelphia Road. His farm had numerous roses. Since his name was Dale and the roses were so lovely, the townspeople settled on the name of Rosedale.

Rosedale, a community northeast of the city of Baltimore, was a plantation and later farming community, from the time of the first settlers and their slaves, until suburban development began after World War II. Maryland Route 7, which runs through the community, was originally the Philadelphia Road. George Washington traveled it to New York in 1789 where he was inaugurated as the first American president.

In the latter part of the nineteenth century, this area was settled by new waves of immigrants, mostly from Germany and Poland. A 1940 article was written about the 59th wedding anniversary of Charles Schatzschneider and his wife; they had been immigrants who settled in this area. Charles Schatzschneider was born in Germany in 1859 and came at the age of 13 to the United States as a farm laborer. He settled in Rosedale, where he later married. He and his wife raised 15 children. During their lives they saw the area develop from a rather primitive rural community to one with gas and electric lighting, water and sewerage systems and paved streets. New electric trains passed rapidly through the community. When this couple had first come to the area, great three-masted schooners could sail all the way up Back River to the heading.

On 8 March 1909, an African American man named William Ramsey was lynched in the town. The first school, a wooden building with two rooms, was built on the corner of Hamilton Avenue and Philadelphia Road. By 1950 it was used as a fire house and hall.

Beginning in the 1950s, aided by federal subsidies of new highways, new residential development was built in the suburbs of Baltimore and other major cities. Rosedale grew steadily as a residential suburb. Three quarters of the housing units existing in 1990 were built between 1854 and 1979.

Source: Rosedale Library Mary Bennett (Henry) (goofy) 3/16/2020

Education
Baltimore County Public Schools operates public schools.

The following public schools serve the Rosedale community:

 * Overlea High School
 * Rosedale Center
 * Golden Ring Middle School
 * Red House Run Elementary School
 * McCormick Elementary School
 * Shady Spring School

Private schools:
 * St. Clement Mary Hofbauer Catholic School
 * Kingdom Academy
 * GLA Academy
 * Baltimore White Marsh Seventh-Day Adventist School
 * Rosedale Baptist School

Geography
Rosedale is located at 39.32833°N, -76.51111°W (39.328307, −76.511100).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 7.1 sqmi, of which 6.9 sqmi is land and 0.2 sqmi, or 3.23%, is water.

2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 19,257 people, 7,128 households, and 5,047 families living in the CDP. The population density was 2,790.2 PD/sqmi. There were 7,606 housing units at an average density of 1,092.6 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the CDP was 59% White, 33% African American, 0.5% Native American, 3% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 2.5% from other races, and 2.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.0% of the population.

There were 7,272 households, out of which 27.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 16.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.2% were non-families. 21.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.17.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $62,534, and the median income for a family was $74,212. Males had a median income of $51,922 versus $40,314 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $29,608. About 5.6% of families and 7.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16% of those under age 18 and 3.6% of those age 65 or over.

2000 census
As of the census of 2000, there were 19,199 people, 7,272 households, and 5,330 families living in the CDP. The population density was 2,790.2 PD/sqmi. There were 7,518 housing units at an average density of 1,092.6 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the CDP was 74.71% White, 21.20% African American, 0.24% Native American, 1.91% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.52% from other races, and 1.36% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.39% of the population.

In 2000, 2.7% of Rosedale residents identified as being of Greek heritage. This was the highest percentage of Greek Americans of any place in Maryland.

There were 7,272 households, out of which 30.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.0% were married couples living together, 14.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.7% were non-families. 21.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.07.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 23.8% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 23.9% from 45 to 64, and 16.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.5 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $47,801, and the median income for a family was $52,925. Males had a median income of $36,218 versus $29,278 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $20,243. About 3.8% of families and 5.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.6% of those under age 18 and 5.4% of those age 65 or over.

Roads
Some major roads in Rosedale are:
 * Franklin Square Drive
 * Golden Ring Road (MD 588)
 * Hamilton Avenue
 * Hazelwood Avenue
 * Kenwood Avenue (MD 588)
 * Lillian Holt Drive
 * Philadelphia Road (MD 7)
 * Pulaski Highway (US 40)
 * Rossville Boulevard

Notable people

 * Stacy Keibler, former Baltimore Ravens cheerleader, professional wrestling diva and wrestler for the WWE (2001–2006), and actress
 * Mike Rowe, American actor and voice-over artist
 * Wayne Schafer, Pitmaster Big Fat Daddy's stand.
 * Christi Shake, Playboy model

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Rossville, Maryland

Rossville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The population was 15,147 at the 2010 census.

Geography
Rossville is located at 39.35583°N, -76.47861°W (39.355897, −76.478732).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 5.4 sqmi, of which 5.4 sqmi is land and 0.18% is water.

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 11,515 people, 4,811 households, and 2,819 families living in the CDP. The population density was 2,132.5 PD/sqmi. There were 5,157 housing units at an average density of 955.1 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the CDP was 70.60% White, 21.88% African American, 0.29% Native American, 4.26% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 1.24% from other races, and 1.71% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.86% of the population.

There were 4,811 households, out of which 30.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.3% were married couples living together, 13.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.4% were non-families. 31.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 23.0% under the age of 18, 11.4% from 18 to 24, 36.7% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 9.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.2 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $47,545, and the median income for a family was $57,974. Males had a median income of $37,079 versus $30,006 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $22,608. About 3.8% of families and 4.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.4% of those under age 18 and 6.0% of those age 65 or over.

title: Rossville, Maryland


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Towson, Maryland

Towson is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The population was 55,197 as of the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Baltimore County and the second-most populous unincorporated county seat in the United States (after Ellicott City, the seat of nearby Howard County, southwest of Baltimore).

1600s
The first inhabitants of the future Towson and central Baltimore County region were the Susquehannock people, who hunted in the area. Their region included all of Baltimore County, though their primary settlement was farther northeast along the Susquehanna River.

1700s
Towson was settled in 1752 when Pennsylvania brothers, William and Thomas Towson, began farming an area of Sater's Hill, northeast of the present-day York and Joppa roads. William's son, Ezekiel, opened the Towson Hotel to serve the growing number of farmers bringing their produce and livestock to the port of Baltimore. He built the hotel at current-day Shealy Avenue and York Road, near the area's main crossroads. The village became known as "Towsontown". The property in West Towson came from two land grants: 400-acre Gott's Hope in 1719, and Gunner's Range in 1706.

In 1790, businessman Capt. Charles Ridgely completed the Hampton Mansion just north of Towsontown, the largest private house in America at the time. The Ridgelys lived there for six generations, until 1948. It is now preserved as the Hampton National Historic Site and open to the public.

1800s
Grafton Marsh, a surgeon during the War of 1812, and his brother Josiah Marsh settled their families in a collection of early houses known as Gott's Hope that was part of a group along Joppa Road. They consolidated four of the structures into a larger dwelling that they called "Marshmont". The brothers went into business together as medical practitioners. Neither had any heirs but were joined in practice later by their nephew, Dr. Grafton Marsh Bosley, who eventually inherited the medical practice, the Marshmont compound, and a 140-acre farm. The farm extended west of York Road, south of Joppa Road, north of the Sheppard Pratt Hospital, and east of Woodbine Avenue. In 1869, Bosley and his wife Margaret Nicholson then built a new home in an area of the property known as "Highlands" or "Highland Park", which they named "Uplands".

The ratification of the second Maryland Constitution of 1851 provided for the jurisdictional separation of the former Baltimore Town, founded in 1729. Baltimore Town had served as the county seat since 1767, now the City of Baltimore, since its incorporation in 1796–97 by the General Assembly of Maryland. Several tortured sets of negotiations occurred to divide the various assets of the city and the county, such as the downtown courthouse of 1805, the city/county jail of 1801 along the Jones Falls (at East Madison Street) and the almshouse, which was also jointly owned. After a series of elections and referendums, on February 13, 1854, Towson became, by popular vote, the choice of the remaining, now mostly rural, eastern, northern and western portions of the county as the new county seat of Baltimore County.

The Baltimore County Courthouse, still in use by 2015, with its various annexes (and the separate county courts and administrative building), was originally designed by the local city architectural firm of Dixon, Balbirnie and Dixon. It was completed within a year, constructed of limestone and marble donated by the well-known Ridgely family of nearby Hampton Mansion, on land donated by Towson doctor Grafton Marsh Bosley. The courthouse was subsequently enlarged in 1910 through additional designs for north and south wings by well-known and regarded city architects, Baldwin & Pennington. Additional expansions later in 1926 and 1958 eventually created an H-shaped plan for the courthouse. An additional modernistic Baltimore County Courts Building, with room for the new charter government since 1956 and administration of a county executive and county council, plus administrative and executive departments, was erected in 1970–71 across a plaza to the west of the older historic courthouse.

The old Baltimore County Jail was built in 1855, and was later replaced in the 1980s by a new modern Baltimore County Detention Center, north of the town on Kenilworth Drive, with an addition constructed in the 2010s.

From 1850 to 1874, another notable land owner, Amos Matthews, had a farm of 150 acre that—with the exception of the 17 acre largely natural parcel where the Kelso Home for Girls (currently Towson YMCA), was later erected —was wholly developed into the neighborhoods of West Towson, Southland Hills and other subdivisions, beginning in the middle 1920s.

During the Civil War, Towson was the scene of two minor engagements. Many local citizens were sympathetic to the Southern Confederate cause, so much so that Ady's Hotel (later named the Towson Hotel) and the current site of the 1920s-era Towson Theatre (later the Recher Theatre), flew the Southern flag. The Union Army found it necessary to overtake the town by force on June 2, 1861. During the raid, the Union Army seized weapons from citizens at Ady's Hotel. A local paper, in jest, refers to the "strongly fortified and almost impregnable city of Towsontown" and downplays the need for the attack, stating, "the distinguished Straw, with only two hundred and fifty men, has taken a whole city and nearly frightened two old women out of their wits."

The second engagement took place around July 12, 1864, between Union and Confederate forces. On July 10, 1864, a 135-man Confederate cavalry detachment attacked the Northern Central Railway to the north in nearby Cockeysville, under orders from Gen. Bradley T. Johnson, of Frederick, Maryland. The First and Second Maryland Cavalry, led by Baltimore County native and pre-war member of the Towson Horse Guards, Maj. Harry W. Gilmor, of Glen Ellen, attacked strategic targets throughout Baltimore and Harford counties, including cutting telegraph wires along Harford Road, capturing two trains and a Union general, and destroying a railroad bridge in Joppa, Maryland. Following what became known as Gilmor's Raid, the cavalry encamped in Towson overnight at Ady's Hotel, where his men rested and Gilmor met with friends.

The next day, a large federal cavalry unit was dispatched from Baltimore to overtake Gilmor's forces. Though outnumbered by more than two to one, the Confederate cavalry attacked the federal unit, breaking the federal unit and chasing them down York Road to around current-day Woodbourne Avenue, within Baltimore city limits. Gilmor's forces traveled south along York Road as far south as Govans, before heading west to rejoin Gen. Johnson's main force.

Following the war, Gilmor served as the Baltimore City Police Commissioner in the 1870s.

The Towson fire of 1878 destroyed most of the 500 block along the York Turnpike, causing an estimated $38,000 in damage.

During the summer of 1894, the Towson Water Company laid wooden pipes and installed fire hydrants connected to an artesian well near Aigburth Vale. On November 2, 1894, Towson was supplied with electric service through connection with the Mount Washington Electric Light and Power Company.

1900s
At the beginning of the century, Towson remained largely a rural community. Land continued to be sold by the acre, rather than as home parcels. Most residences lay within Towson proper: no houses existed west of Central Avenue along Allegheny or Pennsylvania Avenues, and there were only three homes along the West Chesapeake Avenue corridor.

In the 1910s, the Maryland State Normal School (MSNS) (now known as Towson University) was relocated to Towson. The Maryland Legislature had established the MSNS in 1865 as Maryland's first teacher-training school, or normal school. The institution officially opened its doors on January 15, 1866, however as time passed enrollment in the school grew exponentially, which rendered the facilities inadequate. In 1910, the General Assembly formed a committee to oversee site selection, budget, and design plans for a new campus. It settled on an 80 acre site in Towson. The General Assembly financed the $600,000 move in 1912. Construction then began in 1913 on the Administration Building, now known as Stephens Hall. In September 1915, the new campus, comprising Stephens Hall, Newell Hall, and the power plant, began classes. The college underwent numerous name changes, settling on Towson University in 1997.

As the growth of Baltimore's suburbs became more pronounced after World War II, considerable office development took place in Towson's central core area. Many of the large Victorian and colonial-style residences in the vicinity of the Court House were demolished in the 1980s and 1990s to make way for offices and parking.

In 1839, Epsom Chapel became the first Christian house of worship in Towson, used by various denominations. Due to population growth in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, several churches were built to serve the community, such as Calvary Baptist Church, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Trinity Episcopal Church, First Methodist Church, and Towson Presbyterian Church. Epsom Chapel was demolished in 1950 when Goucher College sold a portion of its property for development of the Towson Plaza shopping center, now Towson Town Center. First Methodist Church moved in 1958 to land also acquired from Goucher College, and is now Towson United Methodist Church.

Author Robert Coston, who grew up in the area of Towson now called "Historic East Towson", recalled in an interview the unique African-American history of that area during the mid-century: "I think that the Towson, Maryland area that I am familiar with differs from other parts of Maryland because of the proximity to one of the largest slave plantations in the country. The Ridgely Plantation which owned all of the property from Baltimore County to Baltimore City and other surrounding areas. ... This was a very unique place of which I have never heard of any equal to it. Every African American school age child in Baltimore County had to attend school at some point at Carver in East Towson. ... I realize now that as a youngster the older African Americans avoided talking about slavery or the nearby Ridgely Plantation because they themselves were not too far removed from slavery itself."

Prior to the passage of the Fair Housing Act of 1968, racially restrictive covenants were used in Towson to exclude African-Americans and other minorities.

Geography
Towson is located at 39.39306°N, -76.60944°W (39.392980, −76.609562).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 14.2 sqmi, of which 14.0 sqmi is land and 0.2 sqmi (1.06%) is water.

The community is located immediately north of Baltimore City, inside the Beltway (I-695), east of I-83 and along York Road. Its census boundaries include Pikesville to the west, Lutherville and Hampton to the north, Parkville to the east, and Baltimore to the south.

Major neighborhoods in Towson include: Anneslie, Idlewylde, Fellowship Forest, Greenbrier, Southland Hills, Rodgers Forge, Stoneleigh, Wiltondale, Towson Manor Village, Hunt Crest Estates, Knollwood-Donnybrook, Campus Hills, East Towson, Knettishall, Loch Raven Village and West Towson. Ruxton and Riderwood, which lie to the west, are sometimes considered a part of Towson. Eudowood is a Towson neighborhood named after Eudocia, the wife of Dr. John T. Stansbury, on whose former estate it is situated.

Climate
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system Towson has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.

Government
Both the Baltimore County Public Schools, and the Baltimore County Police Department possess headquarters that are located in Towson.

Demographics
As of the 2020 Census there were 59,533 residents in Towson. Of these 72.3% were White, 15.8% African American, 0.2% Native American, 5.9% Asian, and 4.2% Hispanic. The percent of persons age 25 years and over with a high school diploma or higher was 96.5%. 66.9% of people had a Bachelors' degree or higher. The median household income was $93,435 and per capita in come was 52,444. 11.3% of people were living in poverty.

As of the census of 2000, there were 51,793 people, 21,063 households, and 11,331 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 3,688.7 PD/sqmi. There were 21,997 housing units at an average density of 1,566.6 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the CDP was 86.9% White, 7.53% African American, 0.10% Native American, 3.7% Asian, and 1.9% Hispanic.

There were 21,063 households, out of which 23.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.6% were married couples living together, 7.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.2% were non-families. 36.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.16 and the average family size was 2.87.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 17.4% under the age of 18, 17.5% from 18 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 20.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 82.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.8 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $53,775, and the median income for a family was $75,832 (these figures had risen to $64,313 and $98,744 respectively as of a 2007 estimate ). Males had a median income of $49,554 versus $38,172 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $32,502. About 2.5% of families and 7.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.8% of those under age 18 and 4.7% of those age 65 or over.

Roads
Major roads in Towson include:

 * Allegheny Avenue
 * Auburn Drive
 * Bellona Avenue
 * Bosley Avenue
 * Burke Avenue
 * Charles Street (MD-139)
 * Chesapeake Avenue
 * Cromwell Bridge Road
 * Dulaney Valley Road (MD-146)
 * Fairmount Avenue
 * Goucher Boulevard
 * Hillen Road
 * Joppa Road
 * Loch Raven Boulevard
 * Osler Drive
 * Pennsylvania Avenue
 * Providence Road
 * Putty Hill Avenue
 * Stevenson Lane
 * Towsontown Boulevard
 * Washington Avenue
 * York Road (MD-45)

Public transportation
The Towson area has several bus lines operated by the Maryland Transit Administration. These include:
 * Route 3, which serves the Loch Raven Boulevard corridor, with selected trips along Joppa Road
 * Route 8, which operates along York Road to Lutherville and downtown Baltimore (formerly the #8 streetcar line)
 * Route 11, which serves Towsontown Boulevard, the Charles Street corridor, and GBMC hospital
 * Route 12, which operates along York and Dulaney Valley Roads to Stella Maris Hospice at the times needed for the facility's change of shift.
 * Route 48 QuickBus, which operates between Towson Town Center and downtown Baltimore along the same route as #8, except with limited stops for a speedier trip
 * Route 55, which operates cross-county service to Parkville, Overlea, Rosedale, and Essex

Towson also has light rail service to downtown Baltimore and BWI Airport along its periphery via the Lutherville and Falls Road stops, though there are no stops actually in Towson.

Towson University and Goucher College also operate bus services for their students, and the Collegetown Shuttle has several stops in the area.

In October 2021, Towson began providing a free bus service circulating through Towson called the Towson Loop.

Pedestrians and bicycles
The Towson Bike Beltway opened in September 2014. It includes the addition of bicycle lanes on several major streets encircling the downtown area. The main loop includes Bosley Avenue (which is part of Maryland Route 45 Bypass), Fairmount Avenue, and Goucher Boulevard; these three roads will receive full bike lanes. The rest of the loop, utilizing Hillen Road and Towsontown Boulevard, will receive signage alerting motorists to expect an increase in bicycle traffic on those roads. After this initial construction, several spurs are envisioned to branch from the main loop, with several reaching as far south as the Baltimore city line.

"Ma and Pa" Railroad
Railroad service began to Towson on April 17, 1882, with construction of the Baltimore & Delta Railway Company, soon renamed the Baltimore & Lehigh Railroad, and later reorganized as the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad. The "Ma and Pa", as it was affectionately known locally, formerly operated between Baltimore and York, Pennsylvania, through Towson. Its passenger station was located just west of York Road on Susquehanna Avenue. Passenger service was discontinued on August 31, 1954, and the railroad line through Towson was finally abandoned altogether on June 11, 1958, leaving only the stone abutments where the tracks crossed York Road on a steel girder bridge. One passenger on the last passenger train recalled that many riders came from as far away as Boston and Washington, D.C., to participate in the historic event, along with members of the National Railway Historical Society. Historic Towson, a local group of history buffs, installed a bronze plaque on the west abutment in 1999, commemorating the defunct railroad's place in Towson's history.

Shopping and other attractions
Towson features some of Baltimore County's largest shopping centers as well as other popular venues of interest. These include:

Hampton Mansion
Hampton National Historic Site is operated by the U.S. National Park Service. The home and grounds were formerly the core of the vast Ridgely estate. The site includes the Ridgely's 18th-century Georgian manor house, gardens, grounds, and the original stone slave quarters. The National Park Service offers free admission and guided tours.

Towson Town Center
Towson Town Center is Baltimore County's largest indoor mall, with four stories of shops and a parking garage. Nearby is Allegheny Avenue, the main street of downtown Towson, with a variety of eateries and stores.

Towson Square
A new outdoor mall, Towson Square, was under construction in 2013. After quick construction, the Square opened in October 2014.

The Shops at Kenilworth
The Shops at Kenilworth, formerly known as Kenilworth Park and also as Kenilworth Bazaar, is a small indoor mall located on Kenilworth Drive.

Towson Place
Towson Place is a major shopping area near Joppa Road, Goucher Boulevard, and Putty Hill Avenue. Built on the site of the Eudowood Sanatarium, the original Eudowood Plaza shopping center was an open mall anchored by Montgomery Ward. Renovated in the early 1980s to an indoor mall and renamed Towson Marketplace, the location was then redeveloped in 1998 as an open-air collection of big box stores and other stores and restaurants. Towson Place is next to Calvert Hall College High School, a Roman Catholic Lasallian Christian Brothers secondary school which moved in 1960 to its suburban location from its original site, founded 1845 in the city's Mount Vernon-Belvedere neighborhood on Cathedral Street at West Mulberry Street.

SECU Arena and Unitas Stadium
Towson University's arena Towson Center and stadium Johnny Unitas Stadium are both main venues for Towson Tiger athletics and other events. SECU Arena, which opened in Spring 2013, now hosts the Towson Tiger Men's and Women's Basketball teams, Women's Gymnastics and Women's Volleyball teams.

Colleges and universities
Towson University is a public school in southern Towson. Its student population is greater than 20,000, making it the second largest institution in the University System of Maryland. TU is home to the largest business school in the state, with 2,500 students. It was founded in 1866 as the Maryland State Normal School for the training of teachers. Originally the school was located at several sites in the city. It underwent several name changes before moving in 1915 to an expansive campus just south of Towson on the west side of York Road. The administration and classroom structure, later named Stephens Hall, has a cupola in red brick with limestone trim in English Tudor/Elizabethan/Jacobethan architecture style, and was by several other similar campus buildings to the northeast in similar style.

Also located in Towson is Goucher College, a small private liberal arts school that was founded in 1885. Goucher was a women's college until it went coeducational in 1986. It was established as the Women's College of Baltimore, and its founders, pastors John Goucher, who would later become its namesake, and John B. Van Meter were closely affiliated with Methodist Episcopal Church. The school was originally based in Baltimore city and moved to its current campus in Towson in 1953. The old campus in Baltimore, which the school no longer owns or occupies, is now known as Old Goucher and is a registered historic district. The current 287-acre campus of the school in Towson was also notably registered as a historic district and in 2007 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places for its unique and innovative architecture.

Public schools
Towson is served by the Baltimore County Public Schools district, and the Baltimore County Board of Education headquarters is also located there. There are three high schools. Towson High School, founded in 1873, was the first secondary school provided. It is the second oldest in the school system, and Towson's largest, with its most recent stone structure constructed in 1949. Loch Raven High School dates from 1972. The Carver Center for Arts and Technology is a local magnet school and vocational-technical secondary school in a newly constructed building. It was established in 1984 and known as the Central Technical High School. It was renamed for the African-American scientist George Washington Carver (1864–1943), and to remember the previous Carver High School in Towson. That school had served black residents of the county for several decades in the previously racially segregated public school system before the early 1960s, when the suburban county lagged behind fully integrating after the 1954 landmark Brown vs. Board of Education decision by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Towson is served by nine public elementary schools in the school district.: Rodgers Forge, Stoneleigh, Riderwood, Hampton, Lutherville Lab, West Towson, Halstead Academy, Pleasant Plains and Cromwell Valley Regional Magnet School of Technology, which serves students from all over Baltimore County.

Towson is served by two public middle schools, Dumbarton Middle School and Loch Raven Technical Academy. Some students are also zoned to attend Ridgely Middle School in Lutherville further north.

Also located in Towson is Ridge Ruxton School, a special education school serving the central area of Baltimore County, including Reisterstown, Owings Mills, Parkville, Cockeysville, and Hunt Valley. The school describes itself as offering "programs for students from three to twenty-one years of age who have been identified as developmentally delayed, intellectually limited, autistic-like, and/or multi-handicapped".

Private schools
The Towson area has a number of long-established private schools at the secondary school level, including Loyola Blakefield, Calvert Hall College High School, Concordia Preparatory School, and Notre Dame Preparatory School.

Notable people

 * Spiro Agnew (1918–1996), Vice President of the United States, 1969-1973
 * All Time Low, pop punk band
 * Albert Cassell (1895–1969), architect
 * William Purington Cole Jr. (1889–1957), U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 2nd District, 1927–1929 and 1931-1942
 * Mel Kiper Jr. (born 1960), ESPN draft analyst
 * Divine (1945–1988), actor, the drag persona of Harris Glenn Milstead
 * Jean Marie "Jeff" Donnell (1921–1988), film and TV actress
 * Charles S. Dutton, actor who attended Towson University
 * F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940), writer
 * Jane Frank (Jane Schenthal Frank) (1918–1986), artist
 * Sally Lucas Jean (18 June 1878 – 5 July 1971), Health educator and nurse
 * Dorothy Lamour (1914–1996), film actress
 * G. E. Lowman (1897–1965), radio evangelist
 * Victor A. McKusick (1921–2008), internist and clinical geneticist
 * Gino Marchetti, Hall of Fame NFL defensive end (Dallas Texans, Baltimore Colts)
 * Kimmie Meissner, figure skater and last US world figure skating champion
 * Ana Montes, Defense Intelligence Agency Senior Analyst convicted of spying for Cuba
 * Anita Nall (born 1976), 1992 Summer Olympics gold medalist swimmer
 * Michael Phelps (born 1985), swimmer, holds record for most gold Olympic medals, most gold medals in individual events and most career Olympic medals
 * Capt. Charles Ridgely III (1733–1790), Hampton estate founder and ironworks owner
 * Charles Carnan Ridgely (1760–1829), Governor of Maryland, 1815-1818
 * Eliza Ridgely of Hampton (1803–1867), 'The Lady with a Harp'
 * Thomas Roberts, dayside anchor and occasional prime time fill-in on MSNBC
 * Don Shula (1930–2020), head coach and player with the Baltimore Colts; led the Miami Dolphins to the only perfect season in NFL history; holds NFL record for most wins as a head coach
 * Major-General Nathan Towson (1784–1854), distinguished officer of the War of 1812; former Paymaster of the US Army; namesake of Fort Towson, Oklahoma
 * Johnny Unitas (1933–2002), Hall of Fame NFL quarterback (Baltimore Colts, San Diego Chargers)
 * Ricky Van Veen, owner and co-founder of CollegeHumor website
 * John Waters, filmmaker and activist
 * Bill Kramer (executive), CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Medical facilities

 * Greater Baltimore Medical Center
 * St. Joseph Medical Center
 * Sheppard Pratt Hospital

In popular culture

 * In the 1990s Towson was the center of the Towson Glen Arm music and art collective.
 * The fictional character Elaine Benes, of the 1990s NBC sitcom Seinfeld, is from Towson.
 * The fictional character Sam Fisher of the Splinter Cell video game series by Ubisoft was born in Towson, as well as residing in a townhouse, as stated in the novelizations of the series by Raymond Benson.
 * Tom Clancy's fictional CIA analyst character, Jack Ryan, was born in Towson.
 * The 1994 black comedy film Serial Mom, about an unassuming housewife with a penchant for murder, was filmed and set in Towson.

title: Towson, Maryland


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White Marsh, Maryland

White Marsh is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The population was 9,513 at the 2010 census. White Marsh is a northeast suburb of Baltimore.

History
In 1965, the largely undeveloped northeast corridor was identified by Baltimore County as the preferred site for intensive development. A town center was proposed to be located west of Belair Road at the planned intersection of White Marsh and Walther Boulevards.

The Harry T. Campbell Sons Corporation owned thousands of acres of land to the east of the planned town center, on both sides of Interstate 95. The land was bought in the 1930s and was being mined of its natural sand and gravel deposits. The Campbell family merged its sand and gravel business with an international building supply company. A new family-owned entity was charged with rejuvenating the family's property in northeast Baltimore County, which was covered with deep craters and pits.

In January 1943, the Cowenton Volunteer Fire Company was founded to counter the threat of incendiary bombings from the Axis Powers during the ongoing Second World War. The volunteer fire department, which was renamed the White Marsh Volunteer Fire Company in 2003, currently maintains a fire department and five vehicles, including two fire engines and an ambulance.

In the late 1960s, Nottingham Properties began analyzing the feasibility of a new town in White Marsh. From the first, the intent was to incorporate a variety of land uses and community services, including residential, retail, business, and industrial.

In 1969, a planning analysis of regional growth found development potential in the northeast brought about by the construction of I-95. The county was planning a series of arterial roads traveling in a northeasterly direction from Baltimore County that would pass through the Campbell land. The County agreed to move the planned town center east, to be developed on 1500 acre of the Campbell land.

The plan was for a town center in an area created by a triangle of arterial roads. A mall would be at the center. The density of residential and business development would decline as it moved away from the mall. A residential sector was designated to the north, between Silver Spring Road and the planned White Marsh Boulevard. It would include all residential densities except high-rise. The area east of the town center to I-95 would be for office and research facilities. The Campbell land east of I-95 was slated for future industrial development.

Rezoning of the area was completed in 1970 and 1971. In 1979 the area was formally designated as a town center in the Baltimore County Master Plan.

From 1972 to 1981, the planning and development of the White Marsh Mall occurred, with the Rouse Company as owner and developer on land rented from Nottingham. In July 1973, Sears committed as an anchor store. In 1981, most stores opened. In 1992, Hecht's replaced Hutzler's. The White Marsh Mall is one of the largest regional malls in the Baltimore area, with five anchor stores and 190 specialty shops in about 1.4 e6sqft. Next to the mall's property is the third IKEA store built in the United States, the oldest still remaining.

In addition to the Mall, 2,400 residential units have been built in the town center, and 700,000 sqft of office and research and development space has been built. The General Motors Baltimore Transmission facility was built in White Marsh and operated from 2000 to 2019.

The White Marsh Library opened on January 25, 1988. It is part of the White Marsh Town Center, which includes the White Marsh Mall; the White Marsh Police Station, which opened in November 1987; the Nottingham Post Office, which opened in November 1990; and thousands of square feet of retail, industrial, and office space, which are still being developed.

Geography
White Marsh is located at 39.38361°N, -76.45833°W (39.383621, −76.458315).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 5.3 sqmi, of which 5.3 sqmi is land and 0.19% or about 2.6 ha is water.

Nearby suburbs include Perry Hall to the north, Rosedale to the southwest, Middle River to the south and Parkville to the west.

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 8,485 people, 3,337 households, and 2,355 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,603.0 PD/sqmi. There were 3,420 housing units at an average density of 646.1 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the CDP was 87.78% White, 4.28% African American, 0.32% Native American, 5.40% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.92% from other races, and 1.27% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.19% of the population.

There were 3,337 households, out of which 33.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.1% were married couples living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.4% were non-families. 22.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54, and the average family size was 3.01.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 23.6% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 34.2% from 25 to 44, 26.2% from 45 to 64, and 8.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.5 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $61,627, and the median income for a family was $70,600. Males had a median income of $46,171 versus $32,966 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $26,317. About 3.1% of families and 2.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.0% of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or over.

title: White Marsh, Maryland


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Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Maryland

Woodlawn is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland. Per the 2020 census, the population was 39,986. It is home to the headquarters of the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). It is bordered by Catonsville on the south, by the Patapsco River and Howard County on the west, by Randallstown and Lochearn to the north, and by the City of Baltimore to the east. Parts of Woodlawn are sometimes informally referred to as Security, Maryland, due to the importance of the SSA's headquarters as well as nearby Security Boulevard (Maryland Route 122) and Security Square Mall.

The Lorraine Park Cemetery Gate Lodge and St. Mary's Episcopal Church were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Geography
Woodlawn is located at 39.30361°N, -76.7375°W (39.303695, −76.737425).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 9.6 square miles (24.9 km$2$), all land.

2000 Census
As of the census of 2010, there were 37,879 people and 14,618 households. The population density was 3,971.4 people per square mile. There were 15,417 housing units at an average density of about 1,713.5 per square mile. The racial makeup of the community was 38.39% White, 51.50% African American, 0.30% Native American, 6.22% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 1.06% from other races, and 2.48% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.35% of the population.

There were 13,936 households, out of which 33.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.6% were married couples living together, 18.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.4% were non-families. 27.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.13.

The community's age distribution is: 26.7% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 33.1% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 10.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 women, there were 88.6 men. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there were 84.0 men.

The median income for a household in the community was $48,878, and the median income for a family was $54,490. Men had a median income of $36,789 versus $31,242 for women. The per capita income for the community was $21,710. About 4.3% of families and 6.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.4% of those under age 18 and 6.8% of those age 65 or over.

Roads
Some major roads in the Woodlawn area are:
 * Dogwood Road
 * Forest Park Avenue
 * Gwynn Oak Avenue
 * Rolling Road
 * Security Boulevard (MD-122)
 * Windsor Mill Road
 * Woodlawn Drive

Public transportation
The Woodlawn area is a transportation hub for the Maryland Transit Administration and is served by several bus routes. These include:
 * Route 15 (on Security Boulevard and Forest Park Avenue)
 * Route 20 (on Rolling Road and Crosby Road)
 * Route 40 (QuickBus), which operates along Security Boulevard
 * Route 44 (on Security Boulevard and Woodlawn Drive)
 * Route 57 (on Security Boulevard and Woodlawn Drive)
 * Route 77 (on Woodlawn Drive, Security Boulevard, and Rolling Road)
 * Route 99 (on Rolling Road and Security Boulevard)

The Security Boulevard corridor is part of the route of the proposed Red Line.

Woodlawn Volunteer Fire Company
The Woodlawn Volunteer Fire Company was founded in 1941 as a civil defense unit. At the conclusion of World War II, the fire company incorporated and began to provide fire suppression and ambulance service to the community. The fire house is currently located on Woodlawn Drive near Windsor Mill. It is one of 33 volunteer fire companies in Baltimore County. The County Fire Department comprises 26 "career" (paid) fire companies and 33 volunteer companies.

Notable people

 * Amy Ella Blanchard, author (children's books)
 * Robert Curbeam, Jr., astronaut
 * Kevin Liles, record executive
 * Adnan Masud Syed
 * DeWanda Wise, actress
 * Margaret Fetterolf, previously unidentified murder victim discovered in Woodlawn in 1976, identified in 2021
 * Tamara Dobson, actress and fashion model
 * Mo'Nique, comedian and actress

title: Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Maryland


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Calvert Beach-Long Beach, Maryland

Calvert Beach-Long Beach was a census-designated place (CDP) in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,487 at the 2000 census. For the 2010 census the area was split into two CDPs: Calvert Beach and Long Beach.

Geography
Calvert Beach-Long Beach is located at 38.46444°N, -76.47667°W (38.464582, −76.476533).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of 2.5 sqmi, all of it land.

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,487 people, 864 households, and 672 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 980.2 PD/sqmi. There were 966 housing units at an average density of 380.7 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the CDP was 90.39% White, 6.63% African American, 0.20% Native American, 0.68% Asian, 0.88% from other races, and 1.21% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.69% of the population.

There were 864 households, out of which 44.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.5% were married couples living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.2% were non-families. 17.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.87 and the average family size was 3.23.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 30.9% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 35.2% from 25 to 44, 21.1% from 45 to 64, and 6.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.7 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $63,262, and the median income for a family was $67,169. Males had a median income of $50,294 versus $28,698 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $23,981. About 0.8% of families and 1.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.6% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

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Chesapeake Beach, Maryland

Chesapeake Beach is a town in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. Its major attractions include the Chesapeake Beach Railway Station, the Chesapeake Beach Rail Trail, a water park, marinas, piers, and charter boat fishing. The town's population was recorded as 5,753 in the 2010 census.

Geography
Chesapeake Beach is located at 38.695°N, -76.53611°W (38.695070, -76.536125).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.79 sqmi, of which 2.71 sqmi is land and 0.08 sqmi is water.

The city has grown out from the intersection of Fishing Creek and the Chesapeake Bay. The creek has been dredged to allow pleasure craft, commercial fisherman and a few small US Navy vessels to dock in the city. Fishing Creek is a breeding sanctuary for Crassostrea virginica, as well as Chrysaora chesapeakei.

The southern end of the city remains heavily wooded and is distinguished by the large sandstone cliffs called the Randle Cliffs. These cliffs tower as high as 110 feet above the water and are constantly eroding due to freeze/thaw and wave action. The debris from these cliffs has formed a number of shallow sand bars which makes navigation by boat near the cliffs very difficult and the water very shallow for hundreds of yards into the bay.

Located at the center of town is the Chesapeake Beach Veterans' Memorial Park. It features a very large American flag and a waterfall fountain.

A boardwalk along the Bay spans from 17th Street, down to the southern terminus of B Street and the northern entrance to Brownies Beach/Bayfront Park.

Transportation
The primary method of travel to and from Chesapeake Beach is presently by road, and two state highways currently serve the town. Maryland Route 260 follows Chesapeake Beach Road into the town, providing a direct connection between the town and both Maryland Route 2 and Maryland Route 4. MD 2 leads north to Annapolis and Baltimore, while MD 4 heads northwest to Washington, D.C. Maryland Route 261 is the other highway directly serving the town, following Bayside Road from south to north through Chesapeake Beach and providing connections to other communities along the Chesapeake Bay. Cox Road is unsigned Maryland Route 775, and is a former alignment of MD 260.

2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 5,753 people, 2,134 households, and 1,520 families residing in the town. The population density was 2122.9 PD/sqmi. There were 2,354 housing units at an average density of 868.6 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the town was 84.8% White, 9.8% African American, 0.6% Native American, 1.4% Asian, 0.6% from other races, and 2.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.8% of the population.

There were 2,134 households, of which 43.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.4% were married couples living together, 15.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 28.8% were non-families. 21.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.15.

The median age in the town was 36.2 years. 28.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 29.6% were from 25 to 44; 27.7% were from 45 to 64; and 7.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 48.1% male and 51.9% female.

2000 census
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,180 people, 1,217 households, and 862 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,144.7 PD/sqmi. There were 1,331 housing units at an average density of 479.1 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the town was 91.51% White, 5.28% African American, 0.35% Native American, 1.10% Asian, 0.38% from other races, and 1.38% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.42% of the population.

There were 1,217 households, out of which 35.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.7% were married couples living together, 12.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.1% were non-families. 21.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 27.2% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 34.4% from 25 to 44, 24.0% from 45 to 64, and 7.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.8 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $68,365, and the median income for a family was $74,167. Males had a median income of $43,125 versus $35,865 for females. The per capita income for the town was $29,616. About 1.6% of families and 3.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.8% of those under age 18 and 5.5% of those age 65 or over.

History
Chesapeake Beach was established as a resort community at the end of the Chesapeake Beach Railway, a short line railroad from Washington, DC. It was the site of many slot machines in the early twentieth century (despite efforts to prohibit them) as part of the "Little Nevada" area of southern Maryland. Between steamer ships from Baltimore and trains from Washington, the weekend population of Chesapeake Beach reached into the 10,000s during the 1920s, until economic depression, and a bad hotel fire, brought an end to the railroad. The construction of the Bay Bridge to the Eastern Shore of Maryland in the 1950s enabled many of the visitors who used to spend their summers in Chesapeake Beach to now spend their time in Ocean City, Maryland instead. A museum at the old railroad station still exists today in Chesapeake Beach with many historic photos and an old passenger car from the railroad. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. In the new millennium a boardwalk and pier, and a new condominium development have risen in Chesapeake Beach. There is also a recreational water park with water slides, a newly opened resort spa hotel, and a seafood restaurant right on the bay. The Herrington Harbour (Rose Haven) marina resort, which was voted by Marina Dock Age magazine as the best marina in the United States, is a few miles north.

Until the 1950s and early 1960s, Chesapeake Beach was segregated by race, as were many other beaches along the Chesapeake Bay at the time. The resort's amenities and amusement parks remained segregated until the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibited racial segregation in public spaces. African-Americans frequented the nearby beaches of Carr's Beach and Sparrow's Beach. While discriminated against as visitors, African-Americans were essential to the construction and maintenance of the tourist infrastructure, working jobs in rail and retail.

Chesapeake Beach is also host to the United States Naval Research Laboratory Chesapeake Bay Detachment that experiments with various military radar systems and fire suppression technology. Perched atop the sandstone cliffs along the Western Shore of the Chesapeake Bay the lab is able to use their radars against a variety of surface and air targets in the Bay. Nearby Naval Air Station Patuxent River has several aircraft that assist in the Research lab's mission.

Hurricane Isabel struck Chesapeake Beach and the adjacent city of North Beach, Maryland in 2003. The storm surge pushed flood waters into both towns, damaging many homes beyond repair in North Beach, and knocking out electrical services for nearly one week.

On June 4, 2008, a tornado struck Chesapeake Beach, damaging many homes in Richfield Station and Bayview Hills.

On April 3, 2019, a large townhouse fire in the Courtyards at Fishing Creek neighborhood resulted in the destruction of 2 rows of townhouses, and the deaths of a woman and her 13-year-old granddaughter.

Neighborhoods/subdivisions
The old grid streets of the town are generally divided into the North Side and South Side. East-west-running streets are numbered 10 through 31, and north-south-running streets are lettered B through J. The North Side consists of 26th through 31st Streets and C through G Streets. The South Side consists of 10th through 19th Streets and B through J Streets. 2nd through 25th Streets are located in the Summer City community and are not within Chesapeake Beach's city limits. These streets run north-to-south like the lettered streets within the town proper. First Street is located to the north of 31st Street and is shared with North Beach. There is no 21st, 22nd or 23rd Street.

Other neighborhoods include:
 * The Highlands
 * Bayview Hills
 * Richfield Station
 * Stinnett
 * Courtyards at Fishing Creek
 * Windward Key
 * Seagate Square
 * Bay Crest
 * Captain's Quarters
 * Chesapeake Station
 * Chesapeake Village
 * North Calvert Woods
 * Randle Cliff
 * Brookeside
 * Dory Brooks
 * Lake Karylbrook
 * Locust Grove
 * Holiday Beach
 * Camp Roosevelt
 * Heritage Woods

Notable people

 * Tom Clancy, author
 * Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., president of the Maryland Senate
 * Christopher Wilkinson, screenwriter, producer, and director

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Chesapeake Ranch Estates-Drum Point, Maryland

Chesapeake Ranch Estates-Drum Point was a census-designated place in Calvert County, Maryland, for the 2000 United States Census, when it had a population of 11,503. For the 2010 census the area was split into the CDPs of Chesapeake Ranch Estates and Drum Point. The communities are only a few minutes from the popular weekend resort town Solomons as well as the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Calvert Cliffs State Park and fossil grounds, and the Dominion Cove Point liquefied natural gas terminal.

Geography
Chesapeake Ranch Estates-Drum Point is located at 38.35°N, -76.41889°W (38.350075, −76.418936).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of 6.4 sqmi, of which, 6.0 sqmi of it is land and 0.4 sqmi of it (5.62%) is water.

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 11,503 people, 3,865 households, and 3,041 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,904.8 PD/sqmi. There were 4,281 housing units at an average density of 708.9 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the CDP was 85.52% White, 10.52% African American, 0.36% Native American, 0.85% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.87% from other races, and 1.83% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.43% of the population.

There were 3,865 households, out of which 49.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.4% were married couples living together, 9.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.3% were non-families. 15.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.98 and the average family size was 3.33.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 34.3% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 36.8% from 25 to 44, 16.3% from 45 to 64, and 6.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.1 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $56,904, and the median income for a family was $60,011. Males had a median income of $44,545 versus $29,380 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $21,428. About 4.3% of families and 4.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.7% of those under age 18 and 3.7% of those age 65 or over.


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Dunkirk, Maryland

Dunkirk is a census-designated place (CDP) in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,521 at the 2010 census.

Geography
Dunkirk is located in northwestern Calvert County at 38.71361°N, -76.67°W (38.713499, −76.670070). Its western border is the Patuxent River, which is also the Prince George's County line. Maryland Route 4 passes through the center of Dunkirk, leading northwest 10 mi to Upper Marlboro and south 14 mi to Prince Frederick, the Calvert County seat. Downtown Washington, D.C., is 25 mi to the northwest.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Dunkirk CDP has a total area of 19.0 km2, of which 17.1 km2 is land and 1.9 km2, or 10.21%, is water.

Climate
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Dunkirk has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,363 people, 757 households, and 681 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 348.7 PD/sqmi. There were 773 housing units at an average density of 114.1 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the CDP was 91.62% White, 5.97% African American, 0.08% Native American, 1.02% Asian, 0.25% from other races, and 1.06% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.85% of the population.

There were 757 households, out of which 40.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 80.2% were married couples living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 10.0% were non-families. 7.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.12 and the average family size was 3.28.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 29.1% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 31.3% from 45 to 64, and 7.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.1 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $107,508, and the median income for a family was $102,240. Males had a median income of $157,900 versus $61,025 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $31,923. None of the families and 0.2% of the population were living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.

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Huntingtown, Maryland

Huntingtown, established 1683, is a census-designated place (CDP) in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The population was 3,311 at the 2010 census, up from 2,436 in 2000. Many large estate homes have recently been built in small developments off routes 2/4. It has a public high school called Huntingtown High. The Calverton School is located just south of the town center. State-operated commuter buses and private vanpools carry residents to Washington.

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,436 people, 768 households, and 668 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 296.3 PD/sqmi. There were 784 housing units at an average density of 95.4 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the CDP was 79.84% White, 17.04% African American, 0.37% Native American, 0.78% Asian, 0.12% Pacific Islander, 0.29% from other races, and 1.56% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.86% of the population.

There were 768 households, out of which 48.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 75.5% were married couples living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 13.0% were non-families. 10.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.17 and the average family size was 3.42.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 32.1% under the age of 18, 5.2% from 18 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 24.0% from 45 to 64, and 8.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.0 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $81,672, and the median income for a family was $85,907. Males had a median income of $60,362 versus $35,962 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $28,312. About 4.2% of families and 7.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.7% of those under age 18 and 12.1% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

 * Tom Clancy, author of bestselling political thrillers
 * Doug Hill, ABC Channel 7 weatherman
 * Harry Krause, baseball Player

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Lusby, Maryland

Lusby is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The population of the CDP was 1,835 at the 2010 census. Residents of the Chesapeake Ranch Estates and Drum Point communities also use the Lusby ZIP code designation.

Geography
Lusby is located near the southern end of Calvert County at 38.35361°N, -76.43667°W (38.353555, −76.436615). It is bordered to the southwest by Solomons, a tourist resort town, to the south by Drum Point (across tidal Mill Creek), and to the southeast by Chesapeake Ranch Estates, a large community governed by a homeowners' association.

Dominion Cove Point LNG, one of the nation's largest liquefied natural gas import facilities, is located just northeast of Lusby, and the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant is 5 mi to the north. Maryland Routes 2 and 4 run along the western edge of Lusby, leading south to the Patuxent River Naval Air Station and north to Andrews Air Force Base and the Washington, D.C., and Annapolis areas.

There is one public high school in Lusby, Patuxent High School, with the mascot being the Panthers. In 2015 the Panthers won states in football. In 2016, the Panthers won states in marching band and got third place at nationals. In 2002 and 2013, the Panthers won Maryland high school volleyball championships, with multiple other teams reaching the state finals such as the football team in 2013 and 2001, the baseball team in 2012, and the field hockey team in 2008. Lusby also has a public middle school and three public elementary schools, Patuxent Elementary (Pre-K through 2nd grade), Appeal (3rd-5th grade), and Dowell (Pre-K through 5th grade). While there are no private schools in Lusby, there is one in Solomon's Island at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church that serves the area and has Pre-K through 8th grade.

Lusby's central business district has been growing rapidly in recent years. Three shopping centers have recently been built, bringing in new grocery stores, restaurants, and other businesses. Several new roads have either been built or are in planning stages in order to ease traffic congestion to and from the Chesapeake Ranch Estates-Drum Point communities. Lusby also features Cove Point Park, which has numerous baseball, soccer, and lacrosse fields as well as a public swimming pool. There is a public golf course, Chesapeake Hills Golf Course, near Cove Point Park. There is also a private air field owned and operated by the Chesapeake Ranch Estates and Drum Point communities.

Places of note in the Lusby area include the Cove Point Lighthouse on the Chesapeake Bay and Calvert Cliffs State Park. The lighthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Also on the National Register are Middleham Chapel and Morgan Hill Farm.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Lusby CDP has a total area of 9.5 km2, of which 9.1 km2 is land and 0.4 km2, or 4.51%, is water.

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,666 people, 595 households, and 433 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 476.1 PD/sqmi. There were 656 housing units at an average density of 187.5 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the CDP was 72.15% White, 24.73% African American, 0.18% Native American, 0.66% Asian, 0.66% from other races, and 1.62% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.76% of the population.

There were 595 households, out of which 35.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.0% were married couples living together, 11.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.2% were non-families. 23.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.32.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 28.5% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 31.9% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.7 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $40,769, and the median income for a family was $51,964. Males had a median income of $46,190 versus $26,429 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $19,932. About 5.3% of families and 4.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.3% of those under age 18 and 5.6% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

 * Robin Lundberg (born 1981), American sports broadcaster

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North Beach, Maryland

North Beach is a town in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,978 at the 2010 U.S. Census.

In addition to a boardwalk, North Beach has multiple parks including Wetlands Overlook Park, Sunrise Garden, Callis Park, and the Walton Beach Nature Preserve. It is also the home of the Boys & Girls Club of Southern Maryland and is slated to be the new home of the Twin Beaches Public Library.

History
The Town of North Beach was originally platted in 1900 and then re-platted in 1908. It was formally incorporated in 1910. It was established as strictly a residential town with ads running in local newspapers proclaiming North Beach as “Washington’s most popular salt water resort.”

Early visitors arrived to the town via steamboat, railroad, oxen carts, trolley cars and automobiles. For more than one hundred years, residents and visitors alike have enjoyed the town's numerous amenities including swimming, crabbing, boating, searching for sharks' teeth and fossils, gambling, fine local restaurants, pier, boardwalk, top-named bands, carnivals, parades, hunting, trapping, beauty contests, motor cycles, numerous festivals, and a farmer's market.

Revitalization began in the 1980s, and escalated in the 1990s. Tropical Storm Isabel destroyed many of the waterfront homes and boardwalk in 2003. Since then, the waterfront of North Beach has been rebuilt with multi-story homes and a condominium.

Transportation
The primary method of transport to and from North Beach is by road. The only significant highway serving the town is Maryland Route 261, which follows Chesapeake Avenue, 7th Street, and Bay Avenue through the town from south to north. MD 261 provides the main connection to neighboring Chesapeake Beach and other communities along the Chesapeake Bay. In Chesapeake Beach, MD 261 connects to Maryland State Route 260, which heads inland via Maryland Route 2 and Maryland Route 4.

Geography
North Beach is located at 38.7075°N, -76.53444°W (38.707423, -76.534450).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.34 sqmi, of which 0.33 sqmi is land and 0.01 sqmi is water.

2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 1,978 people, 911 households, and 466 families residing in the town. The population density was 5993.9 PD/sqmi. There were 1,063 housing units at an average density of 3221.2 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the town was 82.9% White, 10.6% African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.8% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 1.1% from other races, and 4.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.3% of the population.

There were 911 households, of which 28.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 31.8% were married couples living together, 15.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.8% had a male householder with no wife present, and 48.8% were non-families. 38.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.17 and the average family size was 2.89.

The median age in the town was 37.8 years. 21.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 9.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 30.6% were from 25 to 44; 27.3% were from 45 to 64; and 11.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 46.6% male and 53.4% female.

2000 census
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,880 people, 802 households, and 466 families residing in the town. The population density was 5,369.1 PD/sqmi. There were 895 housing units at an average density of 2,556.0 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the town was 89.52% White, 6.22% African American, 0.96% Native American, 0.96% Asian, 0.37% from other races, and 1.97% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.07% of the population.

There were 802 households, out of which 32.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.9% were married couples living together, 15.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.8% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 27.3% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 37.2% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 7.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.1 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $46,111, and the median income for a family was $51,042. Males had a median income of $42,266 versus $31,563 for females. The per capita income for the town was $22,854. About 10.5% of families and 11.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.4% of those under age 18 and 9.2% of those age 65 or over.

title: North Beach, Maryland