Olney (Maryland)
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State : | United States |
State : | Maryland |
County : | Montgomery County |
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
Individual evidence
- ↑ Factfinder: 2010 Demographic Profile Data. US Department of Commerce. United States Census Bureau, 2010, accessed May 30, 2013 .
- ↑ Factfinder: 2007–2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. US Department of Commerce. United States Census Bureau, 2011, accessed May 30, 2013 .
- ^ Olney History. Olney Chamber Commerce, 2013, accessed May 30, 2013 .