- Woodmore, Maryland
Infobox Settlement
official_name = Woodmore, Maryland
settlement_type = CDP
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map_caption = Location of Woodmore, 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 = 31.6
area_land_km2 = 31.3
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area_total_sq_mi = 12.2
area_land_sq_mi = 12.1
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 6077
population_density_km2 = 194.2
population_density_sq_mi = 503.0timezone = Eastern (EST)
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elevation_m = 50
elevation_ft = 164
latd = 38 |latm = 56 |lats = 5 |latNS = N
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footnotes =Woodmore is a
gated community and country club (seeCountry Club at Woodmore ) inMitchellville, Maryland , one of the most affluent predominantly African-American communities in the United States. Woodmore iscensus-designated place (CDP). The population was 6,077 at the 2000 census.Centered around the country club, the community is planned to consist of 398 single-family homes on convert|799|acre|km2|1. [http://www.woodmore.org/index.php?page=about-woodmore Woodmore.org: About Woodmore] ]
History
The first colonial owner of the Woodmore site was
Thomas Spriggs who acquired 500 acres (2 km²) in1698 of what was then known as the forest ofPrince George's County in the Crown Colony of Maryland.The first house in the area was a two-story brick house named Pleasant Prospect, built around the end of the 18th century by Dr.
Isaac Ducket , the husband of Sprigg's granddaughter. He also doubled the size of the estate.Pleasant Prospect was inherited by Ducket's son-in-law, John Contees, who became indebted and sold the estate to the Bowies, then the Washington D.C. lumber magnates the Walkers, whose family still owns the house, now under the estate of Edward S. Walker. Pleasant Prospect's address is 12806 Woodmore Road.
In 1981 the
Country Club at Woodmore was redesigned and the gated community planned, a process which took 15 years as the seven areahomeowner association s eventually merged.Geography
Woodmore is located at coor dms|38|56|5|N|76|46|42|W|city (38.934861, -76.778202)GR|1.
According to the
United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 12.2square mile s (31.6km² ), of which, 12.1 square miles (31.3 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km²) of it (0.82%) is water.Demographics
As of the
census GR|2 of 2000, there were 6,077 people, 1,977 households, and 1,646 families residing in the CDP. Thepopulation density was 503.0 people per square mile (194.2/km²). There were 2,019 housing units at an average density of 167.1/sq mi (64.5/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 28.75% White, 64.92% African American, 0.12% Native American, 2.95% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.87% from other races, and 2.39% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.02% of the population.There were 1,977 households out of which 45.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.1% were married couples living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.7% were non-families. 12.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 1.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.07 and the average family size was 3.37.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 28.7% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 29.9% from 45 to 64, and 4.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 91.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.9 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $97,270, and the median income for a family was $103,438. Males had a median income of $65,638 versus $55,324 for females, making it one of the wealthiest majority black jurisdictions in the country. The
per capita income for the CDP was $37,734. About 2.0% of families and 3.5% of the population were below thepoverty line , including 2.6% of those under age 18 and 6.0% of those age 65 or over.Education
Woodmore is zoned to schools in the
Prince George's County Public Schools :
* [http://www.pgcps.org/~woodmore Woodmore Elementary School]
* [http://www.pgcps.org/~eejust/ Ernest Everett Just Middle School]
*Charles H. Flowers High School [http://www.pgcps.pg.k12.md.us/~flowers]References
External links
* http://www.woodmore.org/ Official site
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