Spring Ridge, Maryland

Spring Ridge, Maryland
Census-designated place
Spring
Ridge
Spring
Ridge

Location in Maryland

Coordinates: 39°24′31″N 77°20′27″W / 39.40861°N 77.34083°W / 39.40861; -77.34083Coordinates: 39°24′31″N 77°20′27″W / 39.40861°N 77.34083°W / 39.40861; -77.34083
Country  United States of America
State  Maryland
County Frederick
Area
 • Total 2.67 sq mi (6.91 km2)
 • Land 2.64 sq mi (6.83 km2)
 • Water 0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2)
Elevation 370 ft (110 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 5,795
 • Density 2,198/sq mi (848.6/km2)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s) 301 and 240
FIPS code 24-74560
GNIS feature ID 1711956[1]

Spring Ridge is census-designated place (CDP) and suburban housing community in Frederick County, in the U.S. state of Maryland, just outside the city of Frederick. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 5,795.[2] Before 2010, it was part of the Linganore-Bartonsville, Maryland census-designated place, which was split into three for the 2010 census.

Geography

Spring Ridge is in east-central Frederick County, bordered to the west, across the Monocacy River, by the city of Frederick; to the north by Linganore Creek; to the east, at Meadow Road, by the Linganore CDP; and to the south, across Maryland Route 144, by the Bartonsville CDP. Interstate 70 runs through the middle of the Spring Ridge CDP, leading west 4 miles (6 km) to Frederick and east 34 miles (55 km) to the Baltimore Beltway. Primary access to the community is via the Spring Ridge Parkway from MD 144.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Spring Ridge CDP has a total area of 2.67 square miles (6.91 km2), of which 2.64 square miles (6.83 km2) is land and 0.031 square miles (0.08 km2), or 1.14%, is water.[2]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Spring Ridge
  2. 1 2 "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Spring Ridge CDP, Maryland". American FactFinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 2, 2016.


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