Frederick County, Maryland

administration
US state :	Maryland
Administrative headquarters :	Frederick (Maryland)
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Frederick County Courthouse Frederick, MD 21702
Foundation :	1748
Made up from:	Prince George's County Baltimore County
Demographics
Residents :	233,385  (2010)
Population density :	136 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1728 km²
Water surface :	12 km²
map
Website : www.frederickcountymd.gov

The Frederick County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Maryland . In 2010 , the county had 233,385 residents and a population density of 136 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Frederick .

Frederick County is part of the metropolitan area around the US capital Washington .

geography

The Monocacy River

The county covers an area of ​​1,728 square kilometers; of which twelve square kilometers (0.67 percent) are water. To the north, the Mason-Dixon Line forms the border with Pennsylvania ; the Potomac River in the south is also the border with Virginia . Frederick County is located in the transition area between the Piedmont and the Appalachians . The county's two towering mountain ranges, Catoctin Mountain and South Mountain - the ridge line of the latter forms part of the western county boundary - are an extension of the Blue Ridge Mountains and run roughly north-south.

The county is traversed in a northeast-southwest direction by the Monocacy River coming from Pennsylvania , on the right bank of which the administrative center Frederick is also located.

Frederick County is bordered by the following counties in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia:

Franklin County, Pennsylvania	Adams County, Pennsylvania
Washington County		Carroll County
Loudoun County, Virginia	Montgomery County	Howard County

history

Frederick Calvert

Image of the Battle of South Mountain that took place here

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1790	30,791		-
1800	31,523		2.4%
1810	34,437		9.2%
1820	40,459		17.5%
1830	45,789		13.2%
1840	36,405		-20.5%
1850	40,987		12.6%
1860	46,591		13.7%
1870	47,572		2.1%
1880	50,482		6.1%
1890	49,512		-1.9%
1900	51,920		4.9%
1910	52,673		1.5%
1920	52,541		-0.3%
1930	54,440		3.6%
1940	57,312		5.3%
1950	62,287		8.7%
1960	71,930		15.5%
1970	84,927		18.1%
1980	114,792		35.2%
1990	150.208		30.9%
2000	195.277		30%
2010	233,385		19.5%
before 1900 1900–1990 2000–2010

Frederick County was formed in 1746 from parts of Prince George's County and Baltimore County. It was named after Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731–1771), the last Baron Baltimore .

The county was originally much larger than it is today. In 1776 Washington and Montgomery Counties were spun off. In 1837, part of Frederick County was spun off and combined with part of neighboring Baltimore County to form the newly formed Carroll County.

Due to their historical significance, two sites have the status of a National Historic Landmark , the Monocacy National Battlefield and the historic Schifferstadt house . 92 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of November 13, 2017).

Notoriety

The county's largest employers are the military research facilities in Fort Detrick , including the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases bioweapons research center .

It was made famous by the film Blair Witch Project , which is set near the small town of Burkittsville in southwest Frederick County.

The Naval Support Facility Thurmont , better known as Camp David , is located in northern Frederick County.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Frederick County had 233,385 people in 83,455 households. The population density was 136 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.68 people lived in each of the 83,455 households.

The racial the population was composed of 81.5 percent white, 8.6 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 3.8 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 7.3 percent of the population.

25.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.1 percent were 65 years or older. 50.8 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 81,686  USD . The per capita income was $ 35,172. 4.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Known residents

• Thomas Johnson , lived there from 1760
• Isaac Shelby (December 11, 1750 - July 18, 1826), 5th Governor of the US state of Kentucky .

Places in Frederick County

Citys

• Brunswick
• Frederick

Towns

Burkittsville Emmitsburg Middletown

Mount Airy 1 Myersville New Market

Thurmont Walkersville Woodsboro

Village

• Rosemont

Census-designated places (CDP)

Adamstown Ballenger Creek Bartonsville Braddock Heights Clover Hill

Green Valley Jefferson Linganore Monrovia Point of Rocks

Sabillasville Spring Ridge Urbana

other unincorporated communities

Buckeystown Catoctin Furnace College Estates Creagerstown Detour Discovery  -  Spring Garden

Doubs Fairhaven Fairview Fort Detrick Graceham Hood College

Ijamsville Johnsville Keymar Knoxville Ladiesburg Lake Linganore

Lewistown Libertytown Middleburg New London New Midway Rocky Ridge

Sherwood Forest Spoolsville Sunny Side Tuscarora Unionville Wolfsville

^{1 - partially in Carroll , Howard and Montgomery Counties}

structure

Frederick County is divided into 26 numbered districts:

District	Population (2010)	FIPS
District 1, Buckeystown	10,218	24-90040
District 2, Frederick	72.111	24-90132
District 3, Middletown	10,025	24-90224
District 4, Creagerstown	1247	24-90316
District 5, Emmitsburg	6674	24-90408
District 6, Catoctin	2107	24-90500
District 7, Urbana	15,071	24-90592
District 8, Liberty	2460	24-90684
District 9, New Market	27,147	24-90776
District 10, Hauvers	2339	24-90868
District 11, Woodsboro	3400	24-90956
District 12, Petersville	3299	24-91048
District 13, Mount Pleasant	5953	24-91140
District 14, Jefferson	4795	24-91232
District 15, Thurmont	8943	24-91324
District 16, Jackson	4208	24-91416
District 17, Johnsville	2212	24-91508
District 18, Woodville	9628	24-91600
District 19, Linganore	1755	24-91692
District 20, Lewistown	3115	24-91784
District 21, Tuscarora	9961	24-91876
District 22, Burkittsville	1553	24-91968
District 23, Ballenger	5544	24-92060
District 24, Braddock	5548	24-92152
District 25, Brunswick	4763	24-92244
District 26, Walkersville	9309	24-92336

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 1711211. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Frederick County, MD ( July 10, 2011 memento on WebCite ) Retrieved May 20, 2012
3. ^ National Association of Counties.Retrieved May 20, 2012
4. ^ University of Virginia Library - Historical Census Browser. Retrieved July 15, 2011
5. ↑ United States Census.gov.Retrieved July 15, 2011
6. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Maryland . National Park Service , accessed November 13, 2017.
7. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed November 13, 2017.
8. ↑ ( page no longer available , search web archives: Missouri Census Data Center - Maryland ) Retrieved May 20, 2012

literature

• John R. Holt: Historic Frederick. A condensed history of Frederick City and County and the personages that have made them famous. Marken & Bielfeld, Frederick, Maryland 1949. (Previous edition 1932.)
• WR Quynn: Bicentennial history of Frederick City & County, Maryland. Bicentennial Committee of the Frederick Chamber of Commerce, [Frederick? Md.] 1975.
• Margaret Denton: Frederick County German heritage. Diversions Pub., Frederick, MD 2007. ISBN 0-9743715-8-0 .

Web links

Commons : Frederick County, Maryland  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Official website
• www.city-data.com

Coordinates: 39 ° 28 ′  N , 77 ° 24 ′  W