- Pikesville, Maryland
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Pikesville, Maryland — CDP — Location of Pikesville, Maryland
Coordinates: 39°22′45″N 76°42′18″W / 39.37917°N 76.705°WCoordinates: 39°22′45″N 76°42′18″W / 39.37917°N 76.705°W Country United States State Maryland County Baltimore Area - Total 12.4 sq mi (32.1 km2) - Land 12.4 sq mi (32.1 km2) - Water 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) Elevation 509 ft (155 m) Population (2000) - Total 29,123 - Density 2,348.4/sq mi (906.7/km2) Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) - Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4) ZIP codes 21208, 21282 Area code(s) 410, 443 FIPS code 24-61400 GNIS feature ID 0586509 Pikesville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. Pikesville is just northwest of the Baltimore city limits. It is the northwestern suburb closest to Baltimore.
The population was 29,123 at the 2000 census.[1] The corridor along Interstate 795 which links Pikesville, Owings Mills and Reisterstown to the Baltimore Beltway (Interstate 695) contains one of the larger Jewish populations in Maryland.
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Geography
The Pikes Theater, one of Pikesville's historic landmarks. Currently, a theater-themed diner occupies the building
Pikesville is located at 39°22′45″N 76°42′18″W / 39.37917°N 76.705°W (39.379039, -76.705091)[2].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 12.4 square miles (32.1 km²), of which, 12.4 square miles (32.1 km²) of it is land and 0.08% is water.
Demographics
As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 29,123 people, 12,747 households, and 8,145 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 2,348.4 people per square mile (906.8/km²). There were 13,391 housing units at an average density of 1,079.8 per square mile (417.0/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 86.39% White, 8.52% African American, 0.09% Native American, 3.49% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.50% from other races, and 1.00% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.50% of the population.
There were 12,747 households out of which 24.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.9% were married couples living together, 7.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.1% were non-families. 30.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.81.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 19.7% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 24.4% from 25 to 44, 27.0% from 45 to 64, and 23.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 86.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.0 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $58,598, and the median income for a family was $78,002 (these figures had risen to $73,846 and $100,237 respectively as of a 2007 estimate[3]). Males had a median income of $52,079 versus $37,179 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $41,035. About 5.0% of families and 6.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.4% of those under age 18 and 11.5% of those age 65 or over.
In 2000, 19.3% of Pikesville residents identified as being of Russian heritage. This was the highest percentage of Russian Americans of any place in the United States.
Jewish community
In the 19th and early 20th centuries Jewish immigrants to the Baltimore area first formed enclaves in East Baltimore not far from Johns Hopkins Hospital in neighborhoods such as Broadway East, Jonestown, Middle East and Oliver. During World War II, the Jewish community started to move outside Baltimore City into Pikesville. Jews still owned many of the neighborhood businesses in their old communities up to the Baltimore riot of 1968.
Pikesville is now considered the center of the Baltimore area's Jewish community of 100,000 (referred to by residents as "100,000 Jews in three zip codes")[citation needed]. Many of the region's largest and most established synagogues and Jewish schools are located in or near Pikesville. In the past few decades, the Jewish community has expanded further outside the city of Baltimore to other more distant northwestern suburbs, including Owings Mills and Reisterstown.
History
Pikesville was named after the American soldier and explorer Zebulon Pike (1779–1813). While there are places named for Pike in many other states, Pikesville, Maryland is the only place named "Pikesville" (compare Pikeville, Kentucky).
Education
Pikesville is served by several elementary, middle, and high schools and higher-education facilities:
Public
- Fort Garrison Elementary School
- Milbrook Elementary
- Bedford Elementary School
- Summit Park Elementary School
- Wellwood International School (elementary)
- Pikesville Middle School
- Sudbrook Magnet Middle School
- Pikesville High School
Independent
- The Park School
- Elementary School of St. Marks
- Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School
- The Odyssey School
- St. Timothy's School
- Krieger Schechter Day School
- Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Day School
- The Shoshana S. Cardin School, Baltimore's Independent Jewish High School
Higher education
- Ner Israel Rabbinical College
Government
The Maryland State Police is headquartered at 1201 Reisterstown Road in the Pikesville CDP.[4][5]
Transportation
Roads
- Baltimore Beltway (I-695)
- Milford Mill Road
- Mount Wilson Lane
- Old Court Road
- Park Heights Avenue (MD-129)
- Reisterstown Road (MD-140)
- Seven Mile Lane
- Slade Avenue
- Smith Avenue
- Stevenson Road
- Sudbrook Lane/Road
Public transportation
The Baltimore Metro Subway runs through Pikesville, with two stops in the area, both named for the roads on which they are located: Milford Mill and Old Court.
Maryland Transit Administration bus routes serving Pikesville include nos. 53 and 59 on Reisterstown Road, 53 and 77 on Old Court Road, 54 on Milford Mill Road/Slade Avenue, and 58 and 60 on Smith Avenue.
Pikesville in national/international news
Vernon Evans has been a key figure in the battle against lethal injection in Maryland and other states. He and Anthony Grandison are currently on death row for the murders of two clerks at a the Warren House Motel (currently a Howard Johnson) in Pikesville in 1983.[6]
Ziad Jarrah, a suspected terrorist involved in the 9/11 attacks, was pulled over two days earlier for speeding in Pikesville.[7]
In April 2005, nine bison knocked down their gate on a nearby farm and roamed free around the Pikesville area until police officers were able to corral them onto the tennis court of a townhouse complex by Hooks Lane, several miles away. The owner, Gerald "Buzz" Berg, said that the bison were likely headed for a trip to the slaughterhouse. Police said Berg would face no charges.[8]
References
- ^ a b "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADPTable?_bm=y&-context=adp&-qr_name=ACS_2007_3YR_G00_DP3YR3&-ds_name=ACS_2007_3YR_G00_&-tree_id=3307&-redoLog=false&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=16000US2461400&-format=&-_lang=en
- ^ Home page. Maryland State Police. Retrieved on March 23, 2009.
- ^ "Pikesville CDP, Maryland." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on March 23, 2009.
- ^ http://www.ndpteachers.org/strausbaughl/vernon_evans.htm
- ^ "Another hijacker was stopped for traffic violation". CNN. January 9, 2002. http://edition.cnn.com/2002/US/01/09/inv.hijacker.traffic.stops/. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
- ^ http://www.wbaltv.com/news/4415797/detail.html
Categories:- Populated places in Baltimore County, Maryland
- Census-designated places in Maryland
- United States places with Orthodox Jewish communities
- Russian communities in the United States
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