Thurmont, Maryland

Frederick County

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Thurmont is a small town ( with a status of " Town" ) in Frederick County in the U.S. state of Maryland. In 2010 Thurmont had 6170 inhabitants.

Thurmont is part of the metropolitan area around the U.S. capital Washington.

Geography

Thurmont is located in the north of Frederick County on the edge of Cunningham Falls State Park and Catoctin Mountain Park on the eastern slope of the Appalachians. The Mason - Dixon line, which forms the border with Pennsylvania, extends 14 km north.

The town is located at 39 ° 37'25 " north latitude and 77 ° 24'39 " west longitude and extending over 7.7 km ².

Neighboring towns of Thurmont are Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania ( 14.7 km NNW ), Emmitsburg (12,2 km northeast), Keymar ( 16.8 km east-southeast ), Woodsboro (13,8 km southeast), Frederick ( 26.1 km south ) and Smithsburg ( 17.6 km WNW ).

9.5 km north-west of Thurmont is the Naval Support Facility Thurmont, better known as Camp David, a recreation facility for each incumbent U.S. president.

The nearest major cities are Washington (104 km south-southeast ), Pennsylvania's capital city Harrisburg ( 92.3 km north east ) and Baltimore ( 83.9 km east-southeast ).

Traffic

In north -south U.S. Highway 15 runs through Thurmont, where it meets the Maryland State Routes 77 and 550 All other roads are subordinate city streets.

Through the center of Thurmont runs a railway line of CSX Transportation.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Thurmont 6170 people in 2229 households. The population density was 801.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 2229 households lived statistically 2.75 per person.

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. Regardless of ethnicity were 2.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

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. The per capita income was $ 29,849. 7.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.