Cockeysville, Maryland Cockeysville, Maryland Cockeysville, Maryland as seen from the air Cockeysville, Maryland as seen from the air Location of Cockeysville, Maryland Location of Cockeysville, Maryland State Maryland County Baltimore Cockeysville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States.
Cockeysville was titled after the Cockey family who helped establish the town.
Joshua Frederick Cockey (1765 1821) assembled one of the first homes in the region in 1798 and assembled the first commercial structure, a hotel, in 1810 in what would turn into the village of Cockeysville.
Cockeysville was the scene of some Civil War activity.
Johnson entered Cockeysville, destroying telegraph lines and track along the Northern Central Railway.
Cockey III (1837 1920) established the National Bank of Cockeysville (1891) and other commercial ventures in the community, as well as developing dwellings along the York Turnpike (now York Road) that made up the village of Cockeysville.
Stone Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Baltimore County School No.
Cockeysville is home to the Cockeysville Branch of the Baltimore County Public Library and the Historical Society of Baltimore County.
Cockeysville Middle School The Grand Lodge of Maryland, Ancient, Free, and Accepted Masons, is positioned in Cockeysville on a 250-acre (1.0 km2) campus.
Next to to the Grand Lodge building is the Freemason's Hall, including the Maryland Grand Lodge Museum.
The exhibition has the desk that George Washington resigned his commission on, before to becoming President, a rare Latin Bible from 1482, and some jewels and regalia of Maryland's past Grand Masters.
The Texas Quarry, near of the intersection of I-83 and Warren Road, dating back to the 19th century, produces limestone and marble, including the marble used in the first phase of assembly (1848 54) of the Washington Monument, the whiter portion towards the bottom half of the monument.
The small-town marble was also used in 1836 to form the track bed of the Padonia Road section of the Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad (which later became part of the Northern Central Railway); the use of marble freshwater wood was an experiment that was soon after abandoned. Cockeysville is positioned at 39 28 24 N 76 37 36 W (39.473273, -76.626703), north of the Baltimore Beltway (Interstate 695) along Interstate 83 and York Road.
It is bordered on the east by Loch Raven Reservoir, on the south by Timonium, and on the west by non-urban Baltimore County.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the CDP has a total region of 11.5 square miles (29.9 km2), of which 11.4 square miles (29.5 km2) is territory and 0.15 square miles (0.4 km2) of it (1.21%) is water. Thirty-Eight Ton Monolith made from Cockeysville Marble The Precambrian, Cambrian, or Ordovician Cockeysville Marble underlies much of Cockeysville and has been quarried there. Cockeysville lies in the northern periphery of the humid subtropical climate zone.
Climate data for Cockeysville, MD The Maryland Transit Administration's Light Rail line runs through Cockeysville.
Bus Route 9 operates along York and some other roads in the area.
The region used to be served by the Northern Central Railway; south of Cockeysville the Baltimore Light Rail uses the corridor established by the predecessors of that Railway; the corridor north is now the Torrey C.
President Abraham Lincoln traveled through Cockeysville on the Northern Central Railway en route to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to bring the Gettysburg Address in 1863.
Less than two years later, on April 21, 1865, Lincoln's funeral train also passed through Cockeysville on its way from Washington, D.C., to his final resting place at Springfield, Illinois. Population by Race in Cockeysville Maryland (2010) The ethnic makeup of the CDP was 77.97% White, 9.89% Asian, 8.87% African American, 0.29% Native American, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 1.02% from other competitions, and 1.94% from two or more competitions.
The average homehold size was 2.10 and the average family size was 2.87.
In the CDP, the populace was spread out with 18.9% under the age of 18, 13.3% from 18 to 24, 36.5% from 25 to 44, 21.2% from 45 to 64, and 10.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 4.7% of families and 8.2% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 7.1% of those under age 18 and 5.5% of those age 65 or over.
"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Cockeysville CDP, Maryland".
National Park Service (2008-04-15).
Cockeysville Branch Grand Lodge of A.F.
"Marble quarries near Cockeysville, MD" (Map).
"The history of the marble quarries in Baltimore County, Maryland".
Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad Marble Track Bed from the Historical Marker Database United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Cockeysville CDP, Maryland".
Geologic Map of Maryland, 1968.
"Climatological Normals of Cockeysville, MD".
"Average Temperatures for Cockeysville, MD".
"Climatological Data for Cockeysville, MD".
"Monthly Averages for Cockeysville, MD".
"Cockeysville Maryland Population Statistics".
"American Fact - Finder".
American Fact - Finder, United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Cockeysville CDP, Maryland - Selected Economic Characteristics: 2005-2007".
Historical Society of Baltimore County Municipalities and communities of Baltimore County, Maryland, United States
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