Van Lear, Maryland

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official_name = Community of Van Lear, Maryland
nickname = The Manor, VL
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map_caption = Location in Maryland (Halfway location [Van Lear is next to Halfway] )
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subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_name1 = Maryland
subdivision_name2 = Washington County
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established_title = Founded
established_date = 1962
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population_total = 3000
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timezone = Eastern (EST)
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Van Lear is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Maryland. The community is part of the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area). Van Lear is located between Halfway, Maryland and Williamsport, Maryland.

History

The Community of Van Lear was started in the late 1960's when a Hagerstown real estate agent, Lee Downey, started to sell tracts of his then rural land to developers. By the 1980's the Hagerstown area started to boom, so Downey made "Van Lear Manor" and "Tammany Manor", the first two suburban neighborhoods in Van Lear.

Today

Today, Van Lear is a diverse residential mix of new and old, modern and historic, all side-by-side. In Van Lear's newer neighborhoods, modern McMansions are common.

Neighborhoods

* Van Lear Manor, the largest and first neighborhood.

* Tammany, another older neighborhood.

* Homewood, a housing complex for senior citizens.

* New Van Lear, a newer, somewhat large neighborhood filled with McMansions.

* Sterling Oaks, a new subdivision with middle to lower income housing.

* Bratton Hill, a small, new neighborhood with McMansions.

* New Tammany, a new middle-class neighborhood.

ources

All of the information provided has been used with permission from the Van Lear Community Association.