Hillen, Baltimore

Hillen is a small community just west of Hillen Road and Morgan State University and south of Coldspring Lane in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. The community association is aptly named the Hillen Road Improvement Association and it has applied for and received permission to have residential parking permits issued to its members (who reside on Cold Spring Lane and Northgate Road) as the result of the proliferation of students from Morgan parking in the neighborhood. Row houses, built in the mid twentieth century, dominate the community with a third of the homes still relying on air-conditioning units rather than central air. Of the approximate 1500 homes in the Hillen Community, a little over 120 homes are governed under the Greater Northwood Covenant Association. The Greater Northwood Covenant Association has by-laws that govern the property owners' exterior changes and the maintenance of their homes. An annual fee is paid to the covenant association.

Demographics

According to the 2000 US Census, 2,670 people live in Hillen with 90.4% African-American and 6.6% White. The median household income is $50,417. 91.6% of the houses are occupied and 78.1% of them are occupied by the home's owner. [cite web|title=Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: Hillen|publisher=Baltimore City Planning Department|url=http://censusprofile.bnia.org/Hillen%20Demographic%20Profile.pdf|accessdate=2007-05-05]

History

Hillen Road is named for the Hillen Estate. The Hillen family included Colonel Solomon Hillen and Solomon Hillen, Jr., who served as a member of the United States Congress and mayor of Baltimore during the 1840s. [cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000617|title=Solomon Hillen, Jr.|publisher=Library of Congress|accessdate=2008-05-06]

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