Frederick County (Maryland)
The Frederick County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. In 2010, the County had 233.385 inhabitants and a population density of 136 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Frederick.
The Frederick County is part of the metropolitan area around the U.S. capital Washington.
Geography
The county has an area of 1,728 square kilometers; these are twelve square kilometers (0.67 percent) of water. In the north of the Mason - Dixon line forms the border with Pennsylvania; the running in the South Potomac River is also the border with Virginia. The Frederick County is located in the transition zone between the Piedmont and the Appalachian Mountains. The two towering mountain ranges of the county, Catoctin Mountain and South Mountain - the ridge line of the latter forms part of the western Countygrenze - are an extension of the Blue Ridge Mountains, run roughly north-south direction.
The county is traversed in northeast -southwest direction from coming from Pennsylvania Monocacy River, Frederick is also the administrative center at its right bank.
The Frederick County is bordered by the following counties in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia:
History
The Frederick County was formed in 1746 from parts of Prince George's County and Baltimore County. It was named for Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore ( 1731-1771 ), the last Baron Baltimore.
The County was originally much larger than it is today. 1776 Washington and Montgomery County were spun. 1837, part of the Frederick County was spun off and merged with a part of the adjacent Baltimore County to the emerging Carroll County.
Fame
The largest employer in the county are military research facilities at Fort Detrick, including the Biological Weapons Research Center United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases.
It was known from the movie " The Blair Witch Project ", which plays near the small town of Burkittsville in southwestern Frederick County.
The Naval Support Facility Thurmont, better known as Camp David, is located in the north of Frederick County.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Frederick County 233.385 people in 83 455 households. The population density was 136 people per square kilometer. In the 83 455 households lived statistically 2.68 per person.
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. Regardless of ethnicity were 7.3 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
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. The per capita income was $ 35,172. 4.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Thomas Johnson, lived there from 1760
- Isaac Shelby ( born December 11, 1750 † July 18, 1826 ), fifth Governor of the U.S. state of Kentucky.
Places in Frederick County
Citys
- Brunswick
- Frederick
Towns
- Burkittsville
- Emmitsburg
- Middletown
- Mount Airy1
- Myersville
- New Market
- Thurmont
- Walkerville
- 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
Unincorporated communities other
- Buckeystown
- Catoctin Furnace
- College Estates
- Creagerstown
- Detour
- Discovery - Spring Garden
- Doubs
- Fairhaven
- Fairview
- Fort Detrick
- Graceham
- Hood College
- Ijamsville
- Johnsville
- Keymar
- Knoxville
- Ladies castle
- Lake Linganore
- Lewistown
- Liberty Town
- Middleburg
- New London
- New Midway
- Rocky Ridge
- Sherwood Forest
- Spoolsville
- Sunnyside
- Tuscarora
- Unionville
- Wolfville
1 - partly in Carroll, Howard and Montgomery County
Structure
The Frederick County is divided into 26 numbered districts: