Westminster, Maryland Westminster, Maryland Official seal of Westminster, Maryland Coordinates: 39 34 36 N 77 0 0 WCoordinates: 39 34 36 N 77 0 0 W Westminster is a town/city in northern Maryland, United States.
A suburb of both Baltimore and Washington, D.C., it is the seat of Carroll County. The city's populace was 18,590 at the 2010 census. Westminster is an outlying improve inside the Baltimore-Towson, MD MSA, which is part of a greater Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA.
The Maryland General Assembly later changed the name of his town from Winchester to Westminster because Winchester was also the name of the governmental center of county of Frederick County, Virginia where it was at that time located. In a later trial at the Westminster Court House the four men were acquitted; the reason cited was "self-defense".
A historic marker states that Westminster was the first place in the country to offer Rural Free Delivery postal service.
Westminster is the place of birth of Sargent Shriver (1915 2011), the Democratic candidate for Vice President of the United States in 1972, and the first director of the Peace Corps.
On Friday, June 26, 2015 the City of Westminster lit the Westminster Fiber Network, the first improve wide gigabit fiber to the premise network in the mid-Atlantic region.
Westminster is positioned at 39 34 36 N 77 0 0 W (39.576551, 77.000120). Westminster is approximately 36.5 miles (58.7 km) driving distance northwest of Baltimore and 37.5 miles (60.4 km) driving distance southwest of York, Pennsylvania.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.64 square miles (17.20 km2), of which, 6.63 square miles (17.17 km2) is territory and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km2) is water. Climate data for Westminster, Maryland (1981 2010 normals) Average snowy days ( 0.1 in) 3.0 1.9 1.2 .1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .3 1.1 7.6 Westminster's historical tornado activeness is slightly above the Maryland state average and 38% greater than the overall U.S.
On April 16, 2011, a tornado was confirmed to have touched down around 8:00 pm EST. On July 19, 1996, an F3 (which has wind speeds of 158 206 mph) tornado hit 5.5 miles away from the Westminster town/city center, injuring three citizens and causing $5 million in damages.
On April 15, 1952, an F3 tornado hit 15.5 miles away from the town/city center, injuring four citizens and causing between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages. As of the census of 2010, there were 18,590 citizens , 7,161 homeholds, and 4,117 families residing in the city.
There were 7,684 housing units at an average density of 1,159.0 per square mile (447.5/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 86.0% White, 7.0% African American, 0.3% Native American, 2.2% Asian, 1.9% from other competitions, and 2.5% from two or more competitions.
There were 7,161 homeholds of which 32.6% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 40.5% were married couples living together, 12.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.7% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 42.5% were non-families.
The average homehold size was 2.39 and the average family size was 3.12.
The median age in the town/city was 33.3 years.
22.9% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 15% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26.6% were from 25 to 44; 21.9% were from 45 to 64; and 13.5% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 16,731 citizens , 6,420 homeholds, and 3,762 families residing in the city.
There were 6,755 housing units at an average density of 1,182.7 per square mile (456.8/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 91.28% White, 5.49% African American, 0.23% Native American, 1.20% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.65% from other competitions, and 1.11% from two or more competitions.
28% of Westminster's inhabitants were German, 15% Irish, 14% English, 6% Italian, 5% Polish, 2% French, and 2% Scottish. There were 6,420 homeholds out of which 32.4% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 42.5% were married couples living together, 12.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 41.4% were non-families.
The average homehold size was 2.35 and the average family size was 3.05.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 24.1% under the age of 18, 14.5% from 18 to 24, 31.4% from 25 to 44, 16.8% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $40,477, and the median income for a family was $50,879.
About 7.9% of families and 9.6% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 11.5% of those under age 18 and 9.5% of those age 65 or over.
According to the City of Westminster, the top employers in the town/city are: 1 Carroll County Public Schools 3,757 The five biggest employers just outside Westminster in Carroll County are: The Carroll County Public Schools (CCPS) fitness enrolls over 28,000 students, which makes it the ninth biggest school fitness in the state of Maryland.
In Carroll County there are eight elected high schools as well as two longterm position and technology centers and an alternative school, The Gateway School.
Students in grades 9 through 12 attend one of seven Carroll County high schools.
Carroll County has 23 elementary schools and 9 middle schools.
In the town/city of Westminster, there are two high schools, two middle schools and three elementary schools.
Westminster is home to Mc - Daniel College, a small liberal-arts college; to the Civil Air Patrol's National Honor Guard Academy; and to Dream Flight School, an institution providing flight lessons at the small-town airport.
Sargent Shriver, American politician, born in Westminster November 9, 1915. In 1997, Linda Fisher, aka The Muffin Lady, who made and sold muffins to citizens and stores in downtown Westminster in an accomplishment to stay off welfare, was shut down by the Carroll County Health Department because she was not using a commercial kitchen.
The Westminster Fire Department helped her by offering the use of their catering kitchen.
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