- Accokeek, Maryland
Infobox Settlement
official_name = Accokeek, Maryland
settlement_type = CDP
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map_caption = Location of Accokeek, Maryland
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subdivision_name =United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 =Maryland
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Prince George's
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area_total_km2 = 60.7
area_land_km2 = 58.1
area_water_km2 = 2.6
area_total_sq_mi = 23.4
area_land_sq_mi = 22.4
area_water_sq_mi = 1.0population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 7349
population_density_km2 = 126.6
population_density_sq_mi = 327.9timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
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elevation_m = 58
elevation_ft = 190
latd = 38 |latm = 40 |lats = 20 |latNS = N
longd = 77 |longm = 1 |longs = 5 |longEW = Wpostal_code_type =
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postal_code = 20607
area_code = 301
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blank_info = 24-00250
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footnotes =Accokeek is an
unincorporated community in Prince George's County,Maryland ,United States . The population was 7,349 at the 2000 census. The town is home toPiscataway Park . It is 8.5 miles southwest ofWashington, D.C. The ZIP code for Accokeek is 20607.Geography
Accokeek is located at coor dms|38|40|20|N|77|1|5|W|city (38.672216, -77.018072).GR|1 Accokeek is located directly across the Potomac River from Mount Vernon, the home of President
George Washington .According to the
United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 23.4square mile s (60.7km² ), of which, 22.4 square miles (58.1 km²) of it is land and 1.0 square miles (2.6 km²) of it (4.31%) is water.History
Captain John Smith was the first European to see the Accokeek area when he sailed up thePotomac River . [citation
url=http://www.chesapeakebay.net/pubs/gateways/plainandpiedmont/HF-WHOLE%20BOOK.pdf
title=Bay, Plain and Piedmont
author=Robert S. Grumet
publisher=Chesapeake Bay Heritage Context Project
date=September 2000
pages=43
accessdate=] Father Andrew White, an English Jesuitmissionary , later visited the Indian village and chief in nearby Piscataway, MD. English farmers and planters settled the area in the late 17th century, and Christ Episcopal Church was established in 1723.Marshall Hall was an outstanding colonial home southwest of Accokeek, in the river bottomlands nearBryans Road, Maryland .Henry and Alice Ferguson settled in Accokeek when they purchased "Hard Bargain Farm" overlooking the
Potomac River in 1922, as a vacation retreat.Fact|date=October 2007Henry Ferguson (1882-1966),Ivy League -educated (Harvard andYale ),worked for the Geological Survey starting in 1911. [cite web
url=http://www.pgcps.org/~fergeson/page9.html
title=History and Tradition
publisher=Henry G. Ferguson Elementary School
accessdate=2007-10-12] [cite web
url=http://voom.si.edu/leopold/early_african_collections.pdf
title=A Guide to Early African Collections in the Smithsonian Institution
publisher=Smithsonian Institution
date=1994
accessdate=2007-10-12] [cite book
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Dzo4AAAAMAAJ&pg=RA4-PA155&lpg=RA4-PA155&dq=%22henry+gardiner+ferguson%22+yale&source=web&ots=EDVPf3d6Gh&sig=yEUIsCjHIUFSd7hCOWGCwuaQk9I
title=Catalogue — Students in the School 1910-1911
publisher=Yale University Graduate School
date=1906
pages=155] Alice Leczinska Lowe Ferguson (1880-1951),wife of Henry Gardiner Ferguson, trained as a painter at theCorcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C, and had interests inarcheology as well.cite web
url=http://www.fergusonfoundation.org/aff_history.html
title=Alice and Our Beginnings
publisher=Alice Ferguson Foundation
accessdate=2007-10-12] [cite web
url=http://www.askart.com/AskART/artists/search/ArtistKeywords.aspx?artist=114775
title=Alice Lowe Leczinska Ferguson
publisher=Ask ART
accessdate=2007-10-12] Supposing it to be the site of the Moyaone (or Moyoane) Indian Village in Accokeekvisited by Captain John Smith,Captain John Smith, diary and book, Chesapeake Voyages, 1607-1609, an account of exploration of the Chesapeake Bay region including stop at Moyoane Indian village on the Potomac River.] during his early explorations of North America,in the 1930s Alice Ferguson initiated archeological excavations, and wrote papers on thePiscataway Indians .A recent source states that while the site is probably not the one described by Captain John Smith,it is nonetheless still important. [cite book
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=0Lnsvvrac9sC&pg=PA46&lpg=PA46&dq=henry+and+alice+ferguson&source=web&ots=vHJnaLvRbt&sig=oXzNxSocLQT42mEZTIy29GE9rI4
title=Chesapeake prehistory old traditions, new directions
author=Richard J. Dent, Jr.
publisher=Springer
isbn=0306450283
date=1995
pages=45-46] In 1966, theAccokeek Creek Site was made aNational Historic Landmark .After
World War II ,Maryland Route 210 , a new 2-lane highway toWashington, D.C. opened rural Accokeek to settlement by commuters, attracting a limited number of settlers, especially U.S. Naval scientists and other intellectuals who built contemporary-style homes in an ecologically protected restricted area of west Accokeek called the "Moyaone Reserve" which retains a rural scenic character still to this day. [cite news
url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/22/AR2005072200971.html
title=Quietly Tucked In Near the Potomac
author=Ann Cameron Siegal
publisher=The Washington Post
date=2005-07-23
pages=G01
accessdate=2007-10-14]Not until about 1990 did large-scale housing developments come closer to Accokeek than
Fort Washington, Maryland . That was shortly followed by a supermarket, public library, and improved bus transit. Plans to build aWal-Mart were defeated by local activists.Fact|date=October 2007The Federally-run National Colonial Farm, and the adjacent but separate Hard Bargain (Ferguson Foundation) Farm, are educational facilities enjoyed by families and school groups throughout the year, and offer numerous living-history festivals, a fishing pier, avant-garde theater play performances, a colorful Oktoberfest, and environmental education through overnight camps.
In the 1990s,
Maryland Route 228 was linked with Route 210, offering Accokeek residents faster access to shopping in the fast-growing city ofWaldorf . The intersection of Route 210 and Route 228, is one of only a handful ofcontinuous flow intersection s in the United States.Italian arms company
Beretta opened a factory in Accokeek in the 1970s. [cite web
url=http://www.galleryofguns.com/ShootingTimes/Articles/DisplayArticles.asp?ID=3556
title=Beretta Celebrates 475 Years Of Gunmaking
date=2002-11-22
publisher=Gallery of Guns
accessdate=2007-12-25
According to this source, the factory opened in 1977.] It won a federal contract to produce pistols in 1985. [cite web
url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3197/is_n12_v34/ai_8331131
title=SI Profile: Beretta U.S.A - firearm manufacturer - company profile
date=December 1989
publisher=Shooting Industry,
accessdate=2007-12-25
According to this source, the factory size was doubled in 1985 after Beretta was awarded a contract to produce the U.S. Armed Forces new standard issue 9mm sidearm, under the XM-9 contract.]Current news items
In the early morning hours of February 16, 2008, eight spectators of a drag race died, and at least four were injured, when a vehicle that was involved in a second, separate race ran through a crowd standing in the middle of Indian Head Highway (MD-210) in Accokeek. [cite web
url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/16/drag.race.deaths.ap/index.html
title=Street-race crash kills 7 in crowd
date=2008-02-16
publisher=CNN
accessdate=2008-02-16
] [citation
last1=Castaneda
first1=Ruben
date=2008-08-05
url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/04/AR2008080400963.html
title=Men charged in race lied, prosecutors say
publisher=The Washington Post
accessdate=2008-08-05]Demographics
As of the
census GR|2 of 2000, there were 7,349 people, 2,423 households, and 1,952 families residing in the census-designated place (CDP). Thepopulation density was 327.9 people per square mile (126.6/km²). There were 2,562 housing units at an average density of 114.3/sq mi (44.1/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 43.16% White, 47.60% African American, 0.52% Native American, 5.20% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 0.97% from other races, and 2.49% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.34% of the population.There were 2,423 households out of which 40.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.1% were married couples living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.4% were non-families. 14.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.03 and the average family size was 3.33.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 27.8% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 31.2% from 25 to 44, 26.2% from 45 to 64, and 8.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 97.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.5 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $79,419, and the median income for a family was $82,314. Males had a median income of $48,545 versus $39,016 for females. The
per capita income for the CDP was $29,519. About 2.3% of families and 4.8% of the population were below thepoverty line , including 6.0% of those under age 18 and 4.0% of those age 65 or over.Notes
External links
* [http://www.accokeekmd.com/ Accokeek, Maryland] - includes news, calendar, and history by area resident
* [http://www.geocities.com/accokeekcivic/ Greater Accokeek Civic Association]
* [http://www.accokeek.org/ The Accokeek Foundation] - The National Colonial Farm, programs, calendar
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