Salisbury, Maryland City of Salisbury Main Street in Salisbury Main Street in Salisbury Flag of City of Salisbury Flag Official seal of City of Salisbury Location in Wicomico County and the state of Maryland Location in Wicomico County and the state of Maryland Salisbury is positioned in Maryland Salisbury - Salisbury Location inside the state of Maryland City 30,343 Salisbury / s lzb ri/ is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Wicomico County, Maryland, United States, and the biggest city in the state's Eastern Shore region.
Salisbury is the principal town/city of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The town/city is the commercial core of the Delmarva Peninsula and calls itself "The Comfortable Side of Coastal". Salisbury is positioned near a several major cities: Baltimore 106 miles (171 km); Washington, D.C.
6.1 Mayors of Salisbury Salisbury's locale at the head of Wicomico River was a primary factor in growth.
Salisbury's locale at the head of the Wicomico River was seen to be a convenient locale for trading purposes.
Due to the similar physical attributes as well as the nationality of Salisbury's founders, many historians believe that the name was inspired from the City of Salisbury, England, an ancient cathedral city.
Salisbury also had a part in the Civil War, as it served as a locale where Union forces encamp in order to search for sympathizers from the South.
Disaster hit Salisbury in both 1860 and 1866, as fires burned through two thirds of the Town.
Although met with adversity, the resolve of the citizens of Salisbury was unshaken as the county in which Salisbury was positioned in continued to grow, and Salisbury was considered to be the heart, or primary town, of the county.
In 1867, when the Wicomico County was formed out of parts of both Somerset and Worcester Counties, Salisbury became the government seat.
Today, Salisbury attracts a wide range of different businesses in addition to county, state, and federal government offices.
Adding to the range of Salisbury, the City is host to a wide range of affairs celebrating small-town culture and the arts.
These affairs include 3rd Friday, an event held in downtown Salisbury on the third Friday of each month, celebrating small-town music, artists, and non profit organizations and 1st Saturday, another arts and music event held downtown on the First Saturday of the month.
Salisbury is also home to a City Park, the Salisbury Zoo, The Centre at Salisbury shopping mall, and the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center.
Salisbury is positioned at 38 21 57 N 75 35 36 W (38.365806, -75.593361). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 13.87 square miles (35.92 km2), of which 13.40 square miles (34.71 km2) is territory and 0.47 square miles (1.22 km2) is water. The town/city has a varying altitude of 17 to 45 feet (5.2 to 13.7 m) above sea level.
Salisbury's locale on the Atlantic Coastal Plain in Maryland gives it a humid subtropical climate, with hot, humid summers and, on average, cool to mild winters.
On average, Salisbury annually receives 45.9 inches (1,170 mm) of precipitation, with 9.9 inches (25.1 cm) of snowfall.
Climate data for Salisbury, Maryland (1981 2010 normals) Average snowy days ( 0.1 in) 2.0 1.6 .6 .3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .1 1.0 5.5 Salisbury is the principal town/city of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area, which consists of Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester counties in Maryland and Sussex County in Delaware. As of the census of 2010, there were 30,343 citizens , 11,983 homeholds, and 6,040 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 55.7% White, 34.4% African American, 0.3% Native American, 3.2% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 3.1% from other competitions, and 3.2% from two or more competitions.
The median age in the town/city was 28.1 years.
The gender makeup of the town/city was 46.3% male and 53.7% female.
As of the census of 2000, there were 23,743 citizens , 9,061 homeholds, and 4,802 families residing in the city.
In the city, the age distribution of the populace shows 21.8% under the age of 18, 21.8% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 17.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $29,191, and the median income for a family was $35,527.
The Salisbury Police Department has been focusing on police training and a combination of traditional and improve policing. The 2016 Part One crime is 17.5% below the 10-year average, a sign of decline.
Salisbury witnessed one of the most recent lynchings in Maryland history.
The mob threw Williams from a third-floor window, stabbed him with an ice pick, attached him to a truck, dragged him to the court home, and there hung him from a tree, after which they paraded his dead body through the black part of Salisbury, after which they torched his body. No one was put on trial for the murder. As of 2007, there was no commemoration of the crime. Salisbury is a municipality inside Wicomico County.
The form of government is strong-mayor, as defined by the City Charter.
The Mayor is responsible for overseeing the various departments in the city, although most day-to-day functions are managed by the town/city administrator.
The City Government has various Boards and Commissions, some of which are quasi-judicial, including: The City government is homed at Government Office Building at the intersection of West Church Street and North Division Street, downtown.
The facility is shared by Salisbury and Wicomico County.
The town/city and county maintain a joint Planning and Zoning department.
There have been 28 Mayors of Salisbury, listed below. On June 18, 2010 Salisbury received the All-America City Award. The City received the award for three projects: The revitalization of Rose and Lake Street neighborhoods in partnership with nonprofit organization Salisbury Neighborhood Housing, Inc, the State of Maryland, Parkside High School CTE program, Hebron Savings Bank, and a grant from the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore.
North Salisbury Maryland in 2015 According to the US Conference of Mayors, the Salisbury MD-DE Metropolitan Travel Destination had the 42nd quickest rate of job expansion in the country in 2015.
Perdue Farms, a multi-national poultry corporation, is headquartered in Salisbury.
Other industries in Salisbury include electronic component manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, ship assembly, and agriculture.
Some of the primary employers in Salisbury include: Salisbury University, Verizon, Peninsula Regional Medical Center, The Knowland Group and Pepsi Bottling of Delmarva.
Peninsula Regional Medical Center employs more Salisbury inhabitants than any other company, while Perdue Farms is the biggest employer headquartered in Salisbury (with nearly 22,000 employees).
The workforce market inside 15 miles (24 km) of Salisbury is 85,000, and at a 30-mile (48 km) radius 101,000 citizens . Piedmont Airlines, a county-wide airline, is headquartered in unincorporated Wicomico County, on the grounds of Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport near Salisbury. Public schools are under the jurisdiction of Wicomico County Public Schools which includes three high schools, three post secondary establishments.
Public: Salisbury University and Wor-Wic Community College Bennett High School, Parkside High School, Wicomico High School, Salisbury Middle School, Wicomico Middle School, and Bennett Middle School Private: Salisbury Baptist Academy, Salisbury Christian School, The Salisbury School, Faith Baptist School, and Stepping Stones Learning Academy.
Public: Chipman, Glen Avenue, North Salisbury, Westside Intermediate, Pinehurst, Pemberton, Prince Street, West Salisbury and East Salisbury Private: Wicomico Day School, The Salisbury School, Salisbury Christian School, St.
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Museums and other historic facilities include: Salisbury University Arboretum; Salisbury Zoo; Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art; Arthur W.
Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture; Chipman Cultural Center; Poplar Hill Mansion; Port of Salisbury Marina; Wicomico Youth and Civic Center.
The City maintains various parks including Comfort Safety Zone Playground, Doverdale Park and Playground, Elizabeth W.
Chipman Boundless Park and Playground (fully handicapped accessible), Lake Street Park and Playground, Newtown Park, Newtown Camden Tot Lot Park and Playground, Riverwalk Park, Salisbury City Park and Zoo, and Waterside Park and Playground.
Wicomico County maintains recreational fields and courts at each of the county schools.
The county also maintains other parks in Salisbury: Billy Gene Jackson, Sr.
Park, Coulbourn Mill Pond Park, Indian Village Playground, Leonards Mill Park, Pemberton Historical Park, Schumaker Park, and Winterplace Park. Salisbury has a rich history of supporting baseball.
The Eastern Shore Baseball League was headquartered there; two franchises the Salisbury Cardinals and the Salisbury Indians called the town/city home.
Salisbury also is home to Division 3 Salisbury Seagulls.
Salisbury also has the Wicomico Stallions, a minor league football team, and the Salisbury Rollergirls, an all-female, competing, WFTDA-member, flat-track roller derby league.
With the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center recently ending its ban on sales, Salisbury is rumored to be a future destination for a Federal Hockey League expansion team.
Salisbury's earliest neighborhoods boast Federal, Georgian, and Victorian architecture.
The town/city also has expanding areas of town homes, suburbs, and strip malls.
Neighborhoods: Church St Area, Downtown, Harbor Pointe, Mt Hermon Rd, North End (Business), Park, Pinehurst, Smith St Area, Westside, Doverdale Area, Eastside, Johnson Lake Area, Newtown, North Industrial, Princeton Area, Rt 13 South, University South 1st Saturday Held the 1st Saturday of every month in Downtown Salisbury, a no-charge music event.
Salisbury Community Band Offers 5 summer concerts on Sunday evenings in the summer from the Bandstand in the City Park Purnell-Thomas Memorial Tennis Tournament Held each August at Salisbury University (hosted by Salisbury University) Christmas Parade Held the first Sunday of each December, sponsored by the Salisbury Jaycees Organizations that sponsor affairs inside the town/city include: Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce, The Salisbury Junior Chamber of Commerce (aka Salisbury Jaycees), Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore, Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore, Salisbury Symphony Orchestra, Community Players of Salisbury, and the Peace Alliance of the Lower Shore.
See also: List of sister metros/cities in Maryland Wiltshire Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom Salisbury is served by two primary highways U.S.
US 13 joins Salisbury to Dover, Delaware and Norfolk, Virginia and is known as the Ocean Highway, while US 50 serves as the chief route between the Baltimore/Washington region and many of the primary cities on Delmarva, including Ocean City; it is known as the Ocean Gateway.
US 13 and US 50 originally passed through the central company district, but have been later rerouted onto the Salisbury Bypass, a 3/4 beltway around the town/city that allows through traffic on US 13 and US 50 to bypass the downtown area; earlier routes of both highways are now U.S.
The town/city is also served by Maryland Route 12, a non-urban highway that joins Salisbury to the town of Snow Hill, and Maryland Route 349, a non-urban highway that joins Salisbury to Nanticoke and Quantico.
The town/city is served by daily scheduled American Eagle service to both Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Charlotte, North Carolina at the Wicomico Regional Airport.
Additionally, the Port of Salisbury offers respite for recreational boaters and commercial tug boats. Salisbury's navigable stop on the Wicomico River is the second biggest and second busiest commercial port in Maryland. The town/city is also served by Shore Transit, which provides small-town bus service throughout the city, and also services points outside the town/city inside the tri-county area, such as Ocean City's enhance transit system.
Frank Perdue, founder of Perdue Farms, was a Salisbury native.
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