Indian Head, Maryland Indian Head, Maryland Location of Indian Head, Maryland Location of Indian Head, Maryland Indian Head is a town in Charles County, Maryland, United States.
Census. It has been the site of a naval base specializing in gun and rocket propellants since 1890. Production of nitrocellulose and smokeless powder began at the Indian Head Powder Factory in 1900. The name of the base has varied over the years from Indian Head Proving Ground, to Naval Powder Factory, to Naval Propellant Plant, to Naval Ordnance Station, to the present Naval Support Facility Indian Head.
The facility's chief tenant activeness is the Indian Head Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC/IH).
The peninsula, a "head" of territory overlooking the Potomac River, had been long occupied by various cultures of indigenous citizens s.
The historic Algonquian-speaking American Indian tribe was the Mattawoman (likely a band of the Piscataway) encountered by the first English settlers; the latter called the territory "Indian Head", meaning "Indian Peninsula". The town of Indian Head was incorporated in 1920.
This territory grant encompassed the 2,000-acre (8.1 km2) Cornwallis Manor on the Potomac, presumably the Indian Head site, with St.
Elizabeth's Manor of 2,000 acres (8.1 km2) "nearby but detached". The Town of Indian Head is situated in territory that was once part of the territory of the Algonquin Indians.
The origin of the name Indian Head originates from the term "Indian Headlands", as the entire lower end of the peninsula was occupied by Native Americans and was an Indian Reservation.
The name Indian Head first appears in the Enumeration of 1800.
In 1850, the Washington Fruit Growers Association purchased a parcel of land, which encompassed Indian Head and "Glymont".
The name "Indian Head" applies to the territory west of Glymont.
The name Indian Head first appears in the 1800 Enumeration and dates to the establishment of the powder factory. Indian Head was a grow small town amid the World War II years and up until the late 1960s.
These thriving Indian Head's shopping dollars and started the demise of small-town businesses.
Today, Indian Head is rich in history but is lacking many basic retail and service businesses. Many remedies for this situation have been attempted, but the desired expansion has been slow in coming.
Indian Head is bisected by Maryland Route 210, generally known as Indian Head Highway.
It goes directly into the middle of town at the entrance to Indian Head Naval Support Facility.
Private plans to build a massive "Chapman's Landing" housing evolution a several miles to the north were thwarted in the 1990s when the state government purchased the territory to preserve it as green space under its "smart growth" program.
The town recently opened a "black box" stage theater, the Indian Head Center for the Arts, a new improve center building, new ball fields, and is seeking other accomplishments to revitalize the town.
On December 4, 2004, an arson event took place in the evolution of Hunters Brooke, positioned a several miles southeast of Indian Head.
In 2015, Brandon Paulin was propel mayor of Indian Head.
Brandon was 19 years of age when he was elected, making him the youngest mayor of any Maryland municipality in state history.
Kiran (Ron) Sitoula, was propel as a Vice Mayor and he was the first Nepali to be propel in enhance position outside of Nepal and a first non-native to be propel in council in the history of the Town of Indian Head.
Smith is the first African American male to be propel in the history of the Town.
Indian Head is positioned at 38 35 52 N 77 9 25 W (38.597781, -77.156926). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 1.23 square miles (3.19 km2), all of it land. The ethnic makeup of the town was 35.9% White, 55.5% African American, 1.3% Native American, 2.6% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.8% from other competitions, and 3.8% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,391 homeholds of which 44.0% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 40.6% were married couples living together, 25.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.3% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 28.5% were non-families.
28.2% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 10.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 30.4% were from 25 to 44; 23.6% were from 45 to 64; and 7.4% were 65 years of age or older.
The ethnic makeup of the town was 55.64% White, 38.08% African American, 1.78% Native American, 1.43% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.47% from other competitions, and 2.57% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,222 homeholds out of which 44.3% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 43.5% were married couples living together, 22.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 27.3% were non-families.
In the town, the age distribution of the populace shows 33.0% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 34.3% from 25 to 44, 16.7% from 45 to 64, and 7.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Indian Head town, Maryland".
"Indian Head Proving Ground; Where Uncle Sam Tests His Big Guns and Armor Plate".
Mc - Conaty, "Business attraction is chief copy in Indian Head election", Maryland Independent, 15 April 2009 United States Attorney for the District of Maryland (2006-03-01).
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Indian Head Land of Legend and Military Might".
Town of Indian Head official website Indian Head Rail Trail at Everytrail.com "Town of Indian Head Plans Future With or Without Nearby Base".
Municipalities and communities of Charles County, Maryland, United States
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