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Spring Ridge, Maryland

Coordinates: 39°24′15″N 77°20′26″W / 39.40417°N 77.34056°W / 39.40417; -77.34056
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Spring Ridge, Maryland
Flag of Spring Ridge, Maryland
Official seal of Spring Ridge, Maryland
Spring Ridge is located in Maryland
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Location in Maryland
Spring Ridge is located in the United States
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Ridge (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°24′15″N 77°20′26″W / 39.40417°N 77.34056°W / 39.40417; -77.34056
Country United States
State Maryland
County Frederick
Area
 • Total2.72 sq mi (7.04 km2)
 • Land2.69 sq mi (6.97 km2)
 • Water0.03 sq mi (0.07 km2)
Elevation430 ft (130 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total6,005
 • Density2,230.68/sq mi (861.31/km2)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)301 and 240
FIPS code24-74560
GNIS feature ID2583691[2]

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 2020 census it had a population of 6,005.[3] Before 2010, it was part of the Linganore-Bartonsville, Maryland census-designated place, which was split into three for the 2010 census.

Geography

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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.[3]

Demographics

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note
20206,005
U.S. Decennial Census[4]

References

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  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Spring Ridge, Maryland
  3. ^ a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Spring Ridge CDP, Maryland". American FactFinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
  4. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.