Thurmont
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 Downtown Thurmont |
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| Location in Maryland | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1751 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Maryland |
| County : | Frederick County |
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 37 ′ N , 77 ° 25 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
| Residents : | 6,170 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 801.3 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 7.7 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 158 m |
| Postal code : | 21788 |
| Area code : | +1 301 |
| FIPS : | 24-77825 |
| GNIS ID : | 587792 |
| Website : | www.thurmont.com |
| Mayor : | Martin Allen Burns |
Thurmont is a small town (with the status of " Town ") in Frederick County in the US -amerikanischen State Maryland . In 2010 Thurmont had 6,170 inhabitants.
Thurmont is part of the metropolitan area around the US capital Washington .
geography
Thurmont is located in northern Frederick County on the edge of Cunningham Falls State Park and Catoctin Mountain Park on the eastern slopes of the Appalachian Mountains . The Mason-Dixon Line , which forms the border with Pennsylvania , runs nine miles north.
The place is 39 ° 37'25 "north latitude and 77 ° 24'39" west longitude and extends over 7.7 km².
Neighboring towns to Thurmont are Blue Ridge Summit in Pennsylvania (14.7 km northwest), Emmitsburg (12.2 km northeast), Keymar (16.8 km east-southeast), Woodsboro (13.8 km southeast), Frederick (16.1 km south) and Smithsburg (11 miles west-northwest).
9.5 km northwest of Thurmont is the Naval Support Facility Thurmont , better known as Camp David , a recreation facility for the incumbent US president.
The closest major cities are Washington (104 km southeast), Pennsylvania's capital Harrisburg (92.3 km northeast), and Baltimore (83.9 km east-southeast).
traffic
US Highway 15 runs north-south through Thurmont and meets Maryland State Routes 77 and 550 there . All other streets are subordinate city streets.
A CSX Transportation railway runs through the center of Thurmont .
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Thurmont had 6170 people in 2229 households. The population density was 801.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.75 people in each of the 2229 households.
The racial the population was composed of 95.8 percent white, 1.0 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.4 percent of the population.
25.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.1 percent were 65 years or older. 51.6 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was 71,422 USD . The per capita income was $ 29,849. 7.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
media
The Christian talk radio WTHU went into operation in 1967.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Thurmont, MD ( Memento of the original from June 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 20, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on May 20, 2012
