Editing Middle River, Maryland

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'''Middle River''' is an [[unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] in [[Baltimore County, Maryland|Baltimore County]], [[Maryland]], United States. The population was 33,203 at the 2020 census.<ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web| url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/middlerivercdpmaryland/PST040219| title=QuickFacts: Middle River CDP, Maryland| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=December 6, 2021}}</ref> A Middle River Train Station first appeared on the 1877 G.M. Hopkins & Co Baltimore County Map<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/bitstream/handle/1774.2/32594/p.68-69%20-%20East%20Part%20of%20Twelfth%20District.JPG?sequence=9 |title=Map |website=jscholarship.library.jhu.edu |format=PDF}}</ref> and by 1898 had a designated Post Office and modest street grid.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/34349|title=[BALTIMORE CO.]Atlas of Baltimore County, 1898|first1=Bromley, Walter|last1=S.|first2=Bromley, George|last2=W.|date=17 July 1898}}</ref> The town expanded during the 1930s and 1940s and established the "Aero Acres" housing community which borders the railroad tracks and Martin Blvd. to serve as housing for people working at the [[Glenn L. Martin Company|Martin Aerospace Company]]. For this development, the architecture firm of [[Skidmore, Owings & Merrill]] designed gable-roofed Cape Cod houses with dimensions of 24 feet (7.3 m) by 28 feet (8.5 m), featuring large commercial-style windows in their principal rooms. In 1941 a total of 600 homes were built at Aero Acres using this design from Cemento (a cement/asbestos material).[2]

==Geography==
Middle River is located at {{coord|39|20|2|N|76|26|26|W|type:city}} (39.333957, &minus;76.440502).<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 Census Designated Place (CDP) has a total area of {{convert|8.5|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|7.7|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.7|sqmi|km2}}, or 8.63%, is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1960= 10825
|1970= 19935
|1980= 26756
|1990= 24616
|2000= 23958
|2010= 25191
|2020= 33203
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
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[[File:Northbound view, Martin State Airport MARC station.JPG|thumb|left|[[Martin State Airport (MARC station)|Martin State Airport station]] has [[MARC Train]] commuter rail service to Baltimore and Washington DC]]
At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 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> there were 23,958 people, 9,425 households, and 6,399 families living in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|3,100.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 10,000 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,294.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2010 census|racial makeup]] of the CDP was 82.60% White, 13.21% African American, 0.60% Native American, 1.23% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.86% from other races, and 1.47% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.92% of the population.

Of the 9,425 households 33.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.0% were married couples living together, 16.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.1% were non-families. 25.7% of households were one person and 9.8% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 2.99.

The age distribution was 25.9% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.1% 65 or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.0 males.

==History==
Middle River was once known as a "Little Appalachia". Before, during, and after World War II many [[Hillbilly Highway|Appalachian migrants]] settled in the [[History of the Appalachian people in Baltimore|Baltimore]] area, including Middle River. Appalachian people who migrated to Middle River were largely [[economic migrant]]s who came looking for work.<ref>{{cite book |last=Newby |first=Tim |date=2015 |title=Bluegrass in Baltimore: The Hard Drivin' Sound and Its Legacy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CcHeCQAAQBAJ&q=Bluegrass+in+Baltimore |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc. |page=19 |isbn=9781476619521 }}</ref>

==Schools==
Victory Villa Elementary School was built in the 1930s to teach the children of the Martin Aerospace Center's employees. It was rebuilt in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.avenuenews.com/new-victory-villa-elementary-welcomes-first-classes/article_7c6a49c7-2719-5268-8c6d-5291d2b6e770.html|title=New Victory Villa Elementary welcomes first classes|last=DeCarlo|first=Gianna|website=The Avenue News|date=August 28, 2018 |language=en|access-date=2019-10-21}}</ref>

Martin Boulevard Elementary School was built in the 1950s and rebuilt on the same property in the 1990s to accommodate the ever-expanding population in the Middle River Community.

Middle River Middle School, originally a junior high school housing seventh through ninth grades, now conforms to the Maryland shift in grades and houses sixth through eighth grades. Students feed into [[Kenwood High School (Maryland)|Kenwood High School]], located on Stemmers Run Road in [[Essex, Maryland|Essex]]. Glenmar Elementary School is located across from Middle River Middle School and Hawthorne Elementary borders Essex.

==See also==
* [[Martin State Airport]]
* [[Bengie's Drive-In Theatre]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.emrchamber.org/  Essex-Middle River-White Marsh Chamber of Commerce]
* [http://www.martincap.org Glenn L. Martin Composite Squadron]

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[[Category:Appalachian culture in Maryland]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Baltimore County, Maryland]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Maryland]]