Editing White Oak, Maryland

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'''White Oak''' is a [[census-designated place]] and unincorporated area in [[Montgomery County, Maryland|Montgomery County]], [[Maryland]], United States. It had a population of 16,347 in 2020.<ref name="QuickFacts">{{cite web |title=QuickFacts: White Oak CDP, Maryland |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/whiteoakcdpmaryland/POP010220 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=17 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=White Oak CDP, Maryland|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2484375|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 15, 2022}}</ref>

White Oak was known for its [[Naval Ordnance Laboratory]], which was closed in 1994. The headquarters of the [[Food and Drug Administration]] now occupies the property, which has been renamed the Federal Research Center at White Oak. 
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the locality has a total area of {{formatnum:3.78}} square miles ({{formatnum:9.79}} km{{sup|2}}), all land.<ref name="QkFacts">{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/whiteoakcdpmaryland|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: White Oak CDP, Maryland|work=Census Bureau QuickFacts|language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-16}}</ref>

White Oak is a diverse neighborhood. The main area of White Oak is from Lockwood Drive starting from New Hampshire Avenue ([[Maryland Route 650|MD 650]]) towards Stewart Lane, crossing Columbia Pike ([[U.S. Route 29 in Maryland|U.S. 29]]).

==Geography==
As an unincorporated area, White Oak's boundaries are not officially defined by either a municipal government or by the government of Montgomery County. Boundaries for the White Oak [[census-designated place]] have been established by the [[United States Census Bureau]], while the [[United States Geological Survey]] recognizes White Oak to be a populated place located at {{Coord|39.039832|-76.993032|format=dms|type:city(17403)_region:US-MD_source:GNIS|display=inline}} (39.039832,  –76.993032).<ref name="GNIS" /> Many of its residents consider themselves to be residents of the White Oak neighborhood of [[Silver Spring, Maryland|Silver Spring]], similar to how large cities have different neighborhoods within their borders.

==Quaint Acres==
"Quaint Acres" is a subdivision of White Oak just north of modern [[U.S. Route 29 in Maryland|Route 29]] and west of [[New Hampshire Avenue]].  The subdivision was named after the house <ref>"Garden Center Idea Spreads As Means of Diffusing Ideas", The Washington Post, July 28, 1935.</ref> of [[Altus Lacy Quaintance]], a State Entomologist of Maryland who worked at the [[Maryland Agricultural College]] and later at the [[USDA]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.entm.umd.edu/about/documents/Historyto1960s.pdf|title=Microsoft Word - HistoryBissell.doc<!-- Bot generated title -->|access-date=24 October 2016}}</ref>

On 26 May 1945, a [[B-25 Mitchell|TB-25D]] 'Mitchell' bomber en route from Biloxi to [[Bolling afb|Bolling Field]] crashed near Quaint Acres, killing all four aboard.<ref>"Plane Blown To Bits With 4 Near D.C.," The Washington Post, May 27, 1945 page M1</ref>  The bomber was piloted by Dudley M. Outcalt <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/May1945S.htm|title=May 1945 USAAF Stateside Accident Reports|website=www.aviationarchaeology.com}}</ref> who flew in the [[94th Aero Squadron]] during World War I.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acepilots.com/wwi/us_1st_5.html|title=1st Pursuit Group Records - 1918 - November and December|access-date=24 October 2016}}</ref>

After the war, the Quaint Acres subdivision was home to famed naturalist [[Rachel Carson]] and where she wrote ''[[Silent Spring]]'' in 1962, the book that facilitated the ban of the pesticide [[DDT]] in the United States.  She built the ranch house at 11701 Berwick Rd. in 1956, and lived there until her death in 1964.  The house is a National Historic Landmark, but not open to the public.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://washingtonart.com/beltway/museumlinks.html|title=Museums|access-date=24 October 2016}}</ref>

Quaint Acres was also the Washington area home to [[Margaret Chase Smith]], the first woman to be elected to both the U.S. House and the Senate.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/25/AR2007052500838.html|title=Chirp and Kwirr In Quaint Acres|first=Barbara|last=Ruben|date=26 May 2007|access-date=24 October 2016|via=washingtonpost.com}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2000= 20973
|2010= 17403
|2020= 16347
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/><br> Boundaries reduced from 2000-2010
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===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''White Oak CDP, Maryland – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – White Oak CDP, Maryland|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=1600000US2484375&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – White Oak CDP, Maryland|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US2484375&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – White Oak CDP, Maryland|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US2484375&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|7,358
|3,766
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,827
|35.94%
|21.64%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |11.18%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|7,606
|8,314
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9,201
|36.27%
|47.77%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |56.29%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|59
|23
|style='background: #ffffe6; |15
|0.28%
|0.13%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.09%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|2,341
|1,543
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,166
|11.16%
|8.87%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.13%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|18
|23
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.09%
|0.13%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.01%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|89
|95
|style='background: #ffffe6; |102
|0.42%
|0.55%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.62%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|600
|445
|style='background: #ffffe6; |491
|2.86%
|2.56%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.00%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|2,722
|3,194
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,544
|12.98%
|18.35%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |21.68%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''20,973'''
|'''17,403'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''16,347'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2010 census===
As of the [[2010 United States Census|census]] of 2010, there were {{formatnum:17403}} people, {{formatnum:6520}} households, and {{formatnum:4227}} families residing in the White Oak area.<ref name="QkFacts" /><ref name="FF2010">{{Cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US2484375|title=White CDP, Maryland — Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 — 2010 — Demographic Profile Data — Table Viewer — American FactFinder|work=[[United States Census Bureau]]|language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-16|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213112327/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US2484375|archive-date=2020-02-13|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[population density]] was {{formatnum:4605.2}} people per square mile ({{formatnum:11927.4}}/km{{sup|2}}).<ref name="QkFacts" /> There were {{formatnum:6865}} housing units at an average density of {{formatnum:1816.1}} per square mile ({{formatnum:701.2}}/km{{sup|2}}).<ref name="FF2010" /> The racial makeup of the area was 27.7% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 49.4% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.4% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 8.9% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 9.1% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.5% from two or more races.<ref name="FF2010" /> [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 18.4% of the population.<ref name="FF2010" /> 6% of White Oak's residents were [[White Hispanic and Latino Americans|White Hispanics/Latinos]], 21.6% were Hispanics/Latinos from some other race, and 1.5% were [[Black Hispanic and Latino Americans|Afro-Latinos]].<ref name="FF2010" /> 21.6% of the population were [[non-Hispanic whites]], 47.8% were non-Hispanic blacks, and 8.9% were non-Hispanic Asians.<ref name="FF2010" />

The largest ancestry groups by race, according to current estimates, were:<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Demographic Statistical Atlas of the United States - Statistical Atlas|url=https://statisticalatlas.com/place/Maryland/White-Oak/Ancestry|access-date=2021-06-04|website=statisticalatlas.com}}</ref>

* 53.2% African, Afro-Caribbean, or African American (12.5% other [[African immigration to the United States|Sub-Saharan African]], 4.1% [[Ethiopian Americans|Ethiopian]], 1.8% [[Haitian Americans|Haitian]], 1.4% [[Jamaican Americans|Jamaican]], 0.7% [[Kenyan Americans|Kenyan]])
* 17.6% White (3.2% [[German Americans|German]], 2.9% [[Americans|American]], 2.4% [[English Americans|English]], 2.3% [[Irish Americans|Irish]], 1.6% [[Italian Americans|Italian]], 0.9% [[Polish Americans|Polish]])
* 19.1% Hispanic or Latino (9.4% [[Salvadoran Americans|Salvadoran]], 2.69% [[Dominican Americans|Dominican]], 1.38% [[Guatemalan Americans|Guatemalan]], 1.27% [[Mexican Americans|Mexican]], 1.26% [[Stateside Puerto Ricans|Puerto Rican]])
* 7.1% Asian (2.49% [[Vietnamese Americans|Vietnamese]], 1.66% [[Korean Americans|Korean]], 1.11% [[Indian Americans|Indian]], 0.83% [[Chinese Americans|Chinese]])

White Oak is home to a large population [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] and [[Conservative Judaism|Conservative Jews]]. The Silver Spring Eruv Association includes parts of White Oak and the nearby neighborhoods of [[Kemp Mill, Maryland|Kemp Mill]] and [[Colesville, Maryland|Colesville]]. An earlier [[eruv]] existed around the White Oak Apartments, until the larger eruv was constructed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/01/14/an-imaginary-wall-encloses-community-of-orthodox-jews/d2fa6735-3c36-4317-9e3f-99ae6d3dbb3b/ |title=An Imaginary Wall Encloses Community of Orthodox Jews |work=The Washington Post |access-date=2018-08-29}}</ref> White Oak is home to an Orthodox synagogue, the Southeast Hebrew Congregation. Southeast Hebrew was originally founded by Orthodox [[Eastern Europe]]an immigrants in 1909 on [[Capitol Hill]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] Many Jews began to move out of [[Southeast (Washington, D.C.)|Southeast Washington]] beginning in the 1930s and Southeast Hebrew was relocated to White Oak in 1971. Between 1965 and 2011, White Oak was home to Shaare Tefila Congregation, a Conservative synagogue. Shaare Tefila was originally founded in [[Riggs Park]], a historically Jewish neighborhood in Washington, D.C., once known as DC's "Little Tel Aviv." Founded in 1951, Shaare Tefila was relocated to White Oak in 1965. In 2011, Shaare Tefila was relocated again, moving to [[Olney, Maryland|Olney]] where many young members now reside.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jhsgw.org/exhibitions/online/goldberg/photographs/southeast-hebrew-congregation |title=SOUTHEAST HEBREW CONGREGATION |publisher=[[Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington]] |access-date=2018-08-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jhsgw.org/exhibitions/online/goldberg/photographs/shaare-tefila |title=SHAARE TEFILA CONGREGATION |publisher=[[Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington]] |access-date=2018-08-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ou.org/life/inspiration/making_the_rounds/ |title=Making the Rounds |publisher=[[Orthodox Union]] |access-date=2020-01-16}}</ref>

==Education==
Depending on how White Oak is geographically defined, students attend Cresthaven, Jackson Road and Burnt Mills Elementary Schools, which feed into White Oak and [[Francis Scott Key Middle School (Silver Spring, Maryland)|Francis Scott Key Middle School]]. Eighth-grade students have the option of choosing between the three [[Northeast Consortium]] schools, [[James Hubert Blake High School|Blake High School]], [[Paint Branch High School]], and [[Springbrook High School]].

Springbrook is located in the White Oak CDP.<ref>"[http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st24_md/place/p2484375_white_oak/DC10BLK_P2484375_001.pdf 2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: White Oak CDP, MD]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150622120733/http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st24_md/place/p2484375_white_oak/DC10BLK_P2484375_001.pdf Archive]). [[U.S. Census Bureau]]. Retrieved on June 22, 2015.</ref>

==External links==
*{{Osmrelation-inline|133496|White Oak}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Maryland]]
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[[Category:Conservative Judaism in Maryland]]
[[Category:Jews and Judaism in Silver Spring, Maryland]]
[[Category:Orthodox Jewish communities]]
[[Category:Orthodox Judaism in Maryland]]