Williamsport, Maryland Town of Williamsport, Maryland Location of Williamsport, Maryland Location of Williamsport, Maryland Williamsport is a town in Washington County, Maryland, United States.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 1.04 square miles (2.69 km2), all of it land. Williamsport is positioned 7.69 miles driving distance SW of Hagerstown, Maryland and 16.23 miles driving distance N of Martinsburg, West Virginia. According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Williamsport has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. As of the census of 2010, there were 2,137 citizens , 960 homeholds, and 543 families residing in the town.
The ethnic makeup of the town was 95.6% White, 2.5% African American, 0.1% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 0.3% from other competitions, and 1.1% from two or more competitions.
There were 960 homeholds of which 25.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 36.7% were married couples living together, 12.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 7.0% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 43.4% were non-families.
The median age in the town was 44.9 years.
The ethnic makeup of the town was 98.29% White, 0.80% African American, 0.05% Native American, 0.16% Asian, 0.27% from other competitions, and 0.43% from two or more competitions.
There were 785 homeholds out of which 27.0% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 43.7% were married couples living together, 12.0% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 40.0% were non-families.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 20.0% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 22.8% from 45 to 64, and 23.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The territory of present-day Williamsport was previously owned by Otho Holland Williams, a Continental Army officer in the American Revolutionary War, and for whom the town is named.
Cedar Grove, Daniel Donnelly House, Elmwood, Rose Hill, Sprechers Mill House, Springfield Farm, Tammany, and the Williamsport Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1834, boats using a portion of the newly assembled Chesapeake and Ohio Canal were able to reach Williamsport from Washington, D.C.
The canal itself was extended to Williamsport in 1835.:96 The canal became an meaningful commercial route which connected the region with the lower Potomac River region and the Chesapeake Bay, and later with the Cumberland, Maryland region as the canal assembly continued westward.
Williamsport became a very prominent waterfront town which benefited the economy.
In 1873, the Western Maryland Railway extended its line from Hagerstown to Williamsport, in order to gain access to canal traffic.
The town's historic core was added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Williamsport Historic District in 2001. The town in May 2010 secured Michael Sparks, a previous town consultant and writer of a revitalization feasibility study, as Director of Economic and Community Development to revitalize downtown and attract tourism. Mr.
E-Entertainment and how to problematic excitement to pull tourist activeness into the town so that it can be assembled upon and capitalized on by a revitalized Town Center. Over a one-year experiment[when?] with having a full-time economic evolution employee hundreds of thousands of grant dollars were secured for projects including handicap accessibility for town buildings, ongoing standard of sewage pump stations, a possible bike-and-boat rental facility, and the town was allowed as a Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area Target Investment Zone. Bike lanes, bike racks and directional signage were installed to better direct tourists and connect the town with the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. A new permit process was set up with the Washington County, Maryland permit office, building code enforcement and heavy truck traffic were addressed. Events were coordinated that emphasized revitalization and the downtown merchants. Additionally small-town youth were honored for improve involvement, affairs were coordinated for town youth and a Boys and Girls Club was created. The shifts increased company in Williamsport. The town is part of a county-wide initiative known as the Canal Towns Partnership. Paul Smith Power Station in Williamsport on September 1, 2012. Mc - Cleaf re-elected Williamsport mayor, Heather Keels, March 3, 2009, The Herald-Mail "Population Estimates".
Table 4: Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Maryland, Listed Alphabetically: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008, U.S.
Driving Directions from Williamsport, MD to Hagerstown, MD, Mapquest.
Driving Directions from Williamsport, MD to Martinsburg, WV, Mapquest.
Climate Summary for Williamsport, Maryland "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
National Park Service (2010-07-09).
"National Register of Historic Places Listings".
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
National Park Service.
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park.
National Park Service (2008-04-15).
Williamsport Budget, Andrew Schotz June 14, 2010.
"Williamsport briefs".
"Town Gets Grant to Help Update Sewer System".
"Bike-and-boat rental facility in Williamsport tops list of federal grant requests".
"Canal Trust".
"Williamsport considers restricting truck weight".
"Williamsport Overtaken by Pirates".
"Pirates plunder Williamsport Herald-Mail".
"Williamsport students honored for International Youth Day Herald-Mail".
"Williamsport gives youths Last Blast of summer Herald-Mail".
"Business owners: Williamsport's plan to attract tourists is working".
"Williamsport, MD Potomac Heritage Explorer".
Maryland Department of the Environment, Baltimore, MD (2013-04-05).
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