Editing Colesville, Maryland

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'''Colesville''' is a [[census-designated place]] and an unincorporated area in [[Montgomery County, Maryland|Montgomery County]], [[Maryland]], United States. It had a population of 15,421 as of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="QuickFacts">{{cite web |title=QuickFacts: Colesville CDP, Maryland |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/colesvillecdpmaryland/POP010220 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=17 August 2021}}</ref>

==Geography==
As an unincorporated area, Colesville's boundaries are not officially defined. Many residents consider the town to be one of the many neighborhoods of [[Silver Spring, Maryland|Silver Spring]]. Colesville is recognized by [[United States Postal Service|USPS]] as an acceptable city name in two northeastern Montgomery County [[ZIP codes]], with Silver Spring being the preferred city name. It is also recognized by the [[United States Census Bureau]] as a [[census-designated place]], and by the [[United States Geological Survey]] as a populated place.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the place has a total area of {{convert|9.2|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

Colesville's generally accepted boundaries extend between the Northwest and Paint Branches of the [[Anacostia River]]. Its northern and southern boundaries are not as well-defined, but are usually assumed to run from [[Springbrook High School]] in the south to [[Cloverly, Maryland|Cloverly]] in the north.

==History==
The first land was purchased in Colesville from the [[Lords Baltimore]] in 1714, when Archibald Edmonston patented "Easy Purchase", a {{convert|900|acre|km2|adj=on}} tract that extended from Meadowood south to near present-day [[U.S. Route 29 in Maryland|Route 29]].  In 1715, "Easy Purchase" was bought by James Beall Sr., who that year also patented "Drumeldry", a {{convert|225|acre|km2|adj=on}} tract from the Northwest Branch across Notley Road to Shannon Drive.  In 1718, his nephew William Beall patented "Wolf's Den", a {{convert|317|acre|km2|adj=on}} tract that straddled today's Bonifant Road and ran from Notley Road to Pebblestone Drive, and then southwest across the Northwest Branch.

However, none of these early landowners actually resided in Colesville.  Robert Lazenby, thought to be the son of Henry Lazenby, High Sheriff of [[Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel County]], purchased {{convert|217|acre|km2}} of the southern part of "Wolf's Den" from William Beall in 1723, and became the first resident farmer in Colesville.

In 1747, James Odell, grandson of James Beall Sr., was deeded {{convert|300|acre|km2}} of a tract known as "Beal Christie" from his parents, and took to farming it. It was located east of today's [[New Hampshire Avenue]] near where it crosses [[Randolph Road]].<ref name="Ned Bayley 2003">Ned Bayley, "Colesville, Maryland: The Development of a Community, its People and its Natural Resources, Over a Period of Four Centuries", Heritage Books Inc., July 2003, {{ISBN|978-1-58549-004-2}}.</ref>

In the 1790s, Peter Kemp built a saw and grist mill on [[Paint Branch]] where it is crossed by today's Randolph Road.  The mill was rebuilt twice, and what is seen today in Valley Mill Park is the 1879 mill built by Franklin Pilling, which ceased to operate by 1930.<ref>[http://senectrail.server271.com/valleymill.htm Valley Mill Project<!-- Bot generated title -->]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

The earliest recorded use of the "Colesville" name was on January 25, 1806, when the General Assembly of Maryland changed the place of holding elections of the Fourth Election District of Montgomery County to "Edward Berry's, commonly called Coale's-Ville".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aomol.net/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000607/html/am607--61.html|title=Archives of Maryland, Volume 0607, Page 0061 - Session Laws, 1805<!-- Bot generated title -->|access-date=14 August 2017}}</ref> It is unknown where this name came from, but it may have come from the maiden name of Elizabeth (Coale) Snowden, wife of Richard Snowden who was the owner of "Snowden's Manor" in nearby [[Sandy Spring, Maryland|Sandy Spring]] and began living there in 1728.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Warfield |first=Joshua Dorsey |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vgINAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22the+founders+of+anne+arundel%22 |title=The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland: A Genealogical and Biographical Review from Wills, Deeds and Church Records |date=1905 |publisher=Kohn & Pollock |language=en}}</ref> By 1824 the name was generally known as "Coalsville",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msa.md.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000628/html/am628--126.html|title=Archives of Maryland, Volume  0628, Page 0126 - Session Laws, 1823|website=www.msa.md.gov|access-date=14 August 2017}}</ref> and was sometimes referred to as such even as late as 1906.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aomol.net/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000479/html/am479--631.html|title=Archives of Maryland, Volume 0479, Page 0631 - Session Laws, 1906 Session<!-- Bot generated title -->|access-date=14 August 2017}}</ref>

[[File:Milimar.JPG|thumb|Milimar]]
The oldest standing house in Colesville is "[[Milimar]]" at 410 Randolph Road, which is in the [[National Register of Historic Places]] and was built around 1790.  It is also known as "The Old Lazanby Home",<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.archiplanet.org/wiki/Milimar |title=Milimar - Archiplanet<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521082223/http://www.archiplanet.org/wiki/Milimar |archive-date=2011-05-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> but was probably built by Samuel and Mary Peach, who purchased the {{convert|164.5|acre|km2|adj=on}} tract it is on known as "Peaches Lot" from Evan Thomas shortly after he freed his slaves.<ref name="Ned Bayley 2003"/>

The ''New York Times'' reported<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1855/09/12/archives/the-future-home-of-president-fierce.html|title=The Future Home of President Fierce.|date=12 September 1855|access-date=14 August 2017|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> that President [[Franklin Pierce]] purchased a farm of {{convert|600|acre|km2}} in Colesville in 1855.

Joseph F. Burr started purchasing Colesville-area land in 1869. By 1872, he had amassed nearly {{convert|1000|acre|km2}} and lived in a beautiful mansion on the property known as Valley View. The mansion was located on the north side of today's Randolph Road, on the site of today's Holy Family Seminary. Burr was a friend of President [[Grover Cleveland]], who visited Valley View frequently.<ref name="Ned Bayley 2003"/>

An old house built in 1850 is still standing at 13910 Notley Road.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sdatcert3.resiusa.org/rp_rewrite/details.aspx?County=16&SearchType=STREET&AccountNumber=05%20%2002302526|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524102836/http://sdatcert3.resiusa.org/rp_rewrite/details.aspx?County=16&SearchType=STREET&AccountNumber=05%20%2002302526|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 May 2011|title=results<!-- Bot generated title -->|access-date=14 August 2017}}</ref> It was used as a school by a Miss Laxbenny in the late 1800s and was known as "Drumeldra".

In 1927, the [http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=329 Smithville Colored School] was founded in Colesville.  It was one of sixteen schools for African Americans constructed in the county with financial assistance from the [[Julius Rosenwald Fund]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Weaver|first=David|date=1999-06-02|title=Duncan Signs Deed Transferring Ownership Of Former "Smithville Colored School" Site To Alpha Phi Alpha for Reuse as Museum|url=https://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgportalapps/Press_Detail.aspx?Item_ID=10588|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Montgomery County Government}}</ref>  It was closed in 1952 when all Montgomery County schools for "colored" children were consolidated.

[[Colesville United Methodist Church]] is located in Colesville, Maryland.

The Holy Family Seminary, headquarters of the American Delegation of the catholic order of the [[Sons of the Holy Family]], is also located in Colesville, since 1946.

Colesville hosted the Strawberry Festival every May for over 25 years, ending in 2011. The festival was located at the corner of Hobbes Drive and New Hampshire Avenue. Vendors sold strawberries and ice cream, and volunteers organized carnival games for kids.

On February 6, 2010, Colesville had a record regional snowfall of {{convert|40|in|cm|0}}.<ref>Skilling, Tom. "Mid-Atlantic states dig out after record snow". ''Chicago Tribune''. February 7, 2010. p. 32. "Totals in the Washington area ranged from 17.9 inches at Reagan National Airport to 40 inches in the northern suburb of Colesville, Md."</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2010= 14647
|2020= 15421
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 12, 2014 }}</ref><br />2010–2020<ref name="QuickFacts"/>
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[[Image:Cambodian Buddhist Society Inc 01.jpg|thumb|200px|Cambodian Buddhist Society, Inc. of Colesville, July 2016.]]
[[Image:St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral Silver Spring 05.jpg|thumb|200px|St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral of Colesville, July 2016.]]
[[Image:St. Thomas Indian Orthodox Church Silver Spring 01.jpg|thumb|200px|St. Thomas Indian Orthodox Church of Colesville, July 2016.]]

As of the [[2010 United States Census]], Colesville's population was 44.8% [[White Americans|White]], 28.3% [[African Americans|African-American]], 0.3% [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]] or [[Alaska Natives|Alaska Native]], 16.1% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 0.0% [[Native Hawaiians|Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islands Americans|Pacific Islander]], 6.6% from some other race and 3.9% from [[Multiracial Americans|two or more races]]. 14.9% of the population was Hispanic or Latino (of any race). [[White Hispanic and Latino Americans|White Hispanics/Latinos]] and Hispanics/Latinos from some other race comprised 6.6% and 6.1% of Colesville's population, respectively. 38.2% of Colesville's residents are [[Non-Hispanic whites|non-Hispanic White Americans]], 27.7% are non-Hispanic [[African Americans]] and 16% are non-Hispanic [[Asian Americans]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.census.gov| title=Community Facts| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=2017-07-25}}</ref>

As of 2010, Colesville's Hispanic and Latino population was 46% Central American, 35% being of [[Salvadoran American|Salvadoran]] descent and 6% being of [[Guatemalan American|Guatemalan]] descent. 21% of Colesville's Hispanic/Latino population was of South American descent (6% were [[Peruvian Americans|Peruvian]]), 8% were of [[Mexican Americans|Mexican]] descent, 6% were of [[Peruvian Americans|Peruvian]] descent, 5% were of [[Puerto Ricans in the United States|Puerto Rican]] descent, 4% were of [[Cuban Americans|Cuban]] descent, 3% were of [[Dominican Americans|Dominican]] descent, and 3% were of [[Spanish Americans|Spaniard]] descent.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |title=Hispanic or Latino by Type: 2010 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2017-07-25 }}</ref>

As of the US census<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 19,810 people, 6,525 households, and 5,526 families residing in the area. The population density was {{convert|2,144.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 6,615 housing units at an average density of {{convert|716.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the area was 55.33% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 22.25% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.23% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 17.93% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.02% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.52% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.72% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 4.79% of the population. 9% of Colesville's residents were [[German Americans|German]], 9% [[Irish Americans|Irish]], 8% [[English Americans|English]], 5% [[Korean Americans|Korean]], 4% [[Indian Americans|Indian]], 4% [[Italian Americans|Italian]], 4% [[Chinese Americans|Chinese]], 4% [[Polish Americans|Polish]], 3% [[Russian Americans|Russian]], 2% [[African immigration to the United States|Subsaharan African]], 2% [[West Indian Americans|West Indian]] and 2% [[Vietnamese Americans|Vietnamese]]. People of [[Greek Americans|Greek]], [[Filipino Americans|Filipino]], [[Scottish Americans|Scottish]], [[Scotch-Irish Americans|Scotch-Irish]], [[Arab Americans|Arab]], [[Swedish Americans|Swedish]], [[French Americans|French]], Central American, [[Nigerian Americans|Nigerian]], South American, [[Dutch Americans|Dutch]], [[Jamaican Americans|Jamaican]], [[Salvadoran Americans|Salvadoran]], [[Iranian Americans|Iranian]], [[Pakistani Americans|Pakistani]], [[Norwegian Americans|Norwegian]] and [[Cambodian Americans|Cambodian]] descent each comprise 1% of the population.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=2514 |title=Colesville, MD, Ancestry & Family History |publisher=Epodunk.com |access-date=2017-07-25}}</ref>

There were 6,525 households, out of which 37.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.3% were non-families. 12.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.02 and the average family size was 3.28.

In the area the population was spread out, with 25.1% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 23.0% from 25 to 44, 31.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.7 males.

The median income for a household (2016) in the immediate area (one mile radius of Randolph Rd & New Hampshire Ave is $135,397 (pop. 9149) and $115,604 for a three-mile radius from town center (pop.90,801).

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