Olney (Maryland)

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Olney
Village Center Drive
Village Center Drive
Location in Maryland
Montgomery County Maryland Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Olney Highlighted.svg
Basic data
State : United States
State : Maryland
County : Montgomery County
Coordinates : 39 ° 9 ′  N , 77 ° 4 ′  W Coordinates: 39 ° 9 ′  N , 77 ° 4 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 33,844 (as of 2010)
Population density : 1,007.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 33.7 km 2  (approx. 13 mi 2 ) of
which 33.6 km 2  (approx. 13 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 165 m
Postcodes : 20830, 20832
Area code : +1 301
FIPS : 24-58900
GNIS ID : 0590948

Olney is a settlement in Montgomery County in the US state of Maryland and is located 35 km north of Washington, DC . The place was a small village until the 1960s and today has about 33,000 inhabitants with an area of ​​33.6 km². Olney is considered a wealthy place with an average family income of US $ 126,439 - only about 1.8% of the population lives at or below the poverty line. 67% of residents are married and just over 40% of households have children under 18.

The level of education in Olney is exceptional: 96.2% of residents over 25 years of age have at least a "high school" degree, 61.5% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The village was founded around 1800 under the name Mechanicsville . The settlement was later renamed Olney and in 1951 the Olney Post Office was established . The place grew only slowly - in 1880 the population comprised 80 people, in 1960 there were 1000 inhabitants. Over the next 40 years, Washington commuters and high-tech industries discovered the area as a residential area in nearby Rockville, with a population of 29,500 in 1994.

sons and daughters of the town

  • Frank Miller (* 1957), comic book author, writer, screenwriter and director

Web links

Commons : Olney (Maryland)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Factfinder: 2010 Demographic Profile Data. US Department of Commerce. United States Census Bureau, 2010, accessed May 30, 2013 .
  2. ↑ Factfinder: 2007–2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. US Department of Commerce. United States Census Bureau, 2011, accessed May 30, 2013 .
  3. ^ Olney History. Olney Chamber Commerce, 2013, accessed May 30, 2013 .