Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland

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Lutherville-Timonium is a census-designated place (CDP) in Baltimore County, Maryland made up of the unincorporated communities of Lutherville and Timonium. The population was 15,814 at the 2000 census. The Maryland State Fair is held in Timonium each year near Labor Day.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Notable People
4 Trivia
5 Local Institutions
6 External links

[edit] Geography

Location of Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland

Lutherville-Timonium is located at 39°26′11″N, 76°37′6″W (39.436456, -76.618461)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 19.1 km² (7.4 mi²), all land.

The town is north of Baltimore City along I-83 and York Road. It is bordered on the north by Cockeysville and on the south by Towson.

Most residents consider Lutherville to be south of Ridgely Road, and Timonium to be north of Ridgely Road. Some residents don't consider either Lutherville or Timonium to extend west past I-83; though most agree both communities are bounded by Dulaney Valley Road to the east.

Lutherville Timonium is located in the Piedmont, and has a humid continental climate of warm summers and cold winters. The average annual snowfall is 25 inches, and average annual rainfall is 42 inches.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 15,814 people, 6,485 households, and 4,461 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 827.3/km² (2,142.1/mi²). There were 6,614 housing units at an average density of 346.0/km² (895.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 90.10% White, 3.22% African American, 0.15% Native American, 5.27% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.24% from other races, and 1.01% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.22% of the population.

There were 6,485 households out of which 24.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.4% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.2% were non-families. 26.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.86.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 19.7% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 24.6% from 25 to 44, 27.0% from 45 to 64, and 23.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females there were 90.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.5 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $61,573, and the median income for a family was $74,464. Males had a median income of $52,401 versus $35,132 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $32,369. About 0.8% of families and 3.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.6% of those under age 18 and 5.1% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Notable People

Former U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew is buried in Timonium.
Tennis player Pam Shriver, swimmer Beth Botsford, and golfer Jenny Chuasiriporn grew up in Timonium.
Former Baltimore Orioles Gus Triandos and Mark Belanger lived in Timonium.
Former Baltimore Colt Dick Szymanski lived in Timonium.
Singer-songwriter Cheryl Wheeler was born in and grew up in Timonium.
Astronaut/Physicist Samuel Durrance lived in Lutherville.
Filmmaker John Waters grew up in Lutherville.
Professional lacrosse player Conor Gill is from Lutherville.

[edit] Trivia

United States Senator and governor of Minnesota, Knute Nelson died near Timonium, en route by train from Washington, DC, to his home, on April 28, 1923
The main resource in the 2006 real-time strategy computer game Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends, Timonium, was named after the town itself.
The Md. Transit Administration (MTA)'s light rail line running through Lutherville uses the right-of-way of the old Northern Central Railway. During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln travelled on this railroad to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to deliver the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863. Less than two years later, on April 21, 1865, Lincoln's Funeral Train also passed through Lutherville on its way from Washington, DC, to his final resting place at Springfield, Illinois.^[1]