Geography
Frederick is placed at 39°25'35" North, 77°25'13" West (39.426294, -77.420403).

A city of Frederick is in the county of the equivalent title at latitude 39°26' Northerly, longitude 77°25' West, northwest of Washington, DC and west of Baltimore, Maryland, in the western a portion of the State of Maryland.

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the city has the sum region of 52.Nina from carolina km² (20.4 mi²). 52.Ennead klick² (Twenty.Tetrad mi²) of these are l& and none of a metropolitan area is covered by using water system, although the Monocacy River runs through the city.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 52,767 people, 20,891 home, & 12,785 families living in the city. A population density is 997.7/km² (2,584.4/mi²). There are 22,106 housing units at an typical density of 418.0/km² (1,082.7/mi²). A racial makeup of the city is 77.04% White, 14.74% Black or African American, 0.29% Native American, 3.15% Asian American, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 2.26% from other races, and 2.46% from two or more races. Iv.80% of the people come Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 20,891 house away from which 32.3% keep around tykes under a age of Xviii accept the children, 44.4% come married couples living together, 12.8% have a female homeowner by using there is no hubby present, & 38.8% come non-families. Thirty.0% of everthing house come mass produced higher of souls & Viii.8% develop somebody residing alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical house size is Two.42 & a typical personal size is Trinity.05.

In a city the people is spread retired by owning Xxv.1% under a age of Xviii, Nina from carolina.3% from either 18 to 2 dozen, 35.2% from either 25 to 44, Nineteen.0% from either 45 to 64, & Eleven.3% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 34 years. For each C females there are Ninety.Niner males. For each Centred females age Xviii & terminated, there are 87.Quaternity males.

the median income for a personal in the city is $47,700, & the median income for a family is $56,778. Males have a median income of $38,399 versus $27,732 for females. A per capita income for the city is $23,053. Septenary.Foursome% of the people & 4.8% of families come following a poverty line. Away from a aggregate people, Nine.3% of victims under a age of 18 & 6.8% of victims 65 & older come residing in a image below the poverty level.

Government
Mayor or City Executive
A todays City manager of Frederick is Jennifer Dougherty, whose term began in 2002. Former Mayors include: Lawrence Brengle (1817) Hy Kuhn (1818-1820) George Baer, Jr. (1820-1823) John L. Harding (1823-1826) George Kolb (1826-1829) Thomas Carlton (1829-1835) Daniel Kolb (1835-1838) Michael Baltzell (1838-1841) George Hoskins (1841-1847) M. E. Bartgis (1847-1849) James Bartgis (1849-1856) Lewis Brunner (1856-1859) W. G. Cole (1859-1865) J. Engelbrecht (1865-1868) Valerius Ebert (1868-1871) Thomas M. Holbruner (1871-1874) Lewis M. Moberly (1874-1883) Hiram Bartgis (1883-1889) Lewis H. Doll (1889-1890) Lewis Brunner (1890-1892) John E. Fleming (1892-1895) Aquilla R. Yeakle (1895-1898) William F. Chilton (1898-1901) George Edward Smith (1901-1910) John Edward Schell (1910-1913) Lewis H. Fraley (1913-1919) Gilmer Schley (1919-1922) Lloyd C. Culler (1922-1931) Elmer F. Munshower (1931-1934) Lloyd C. Culler (1934-1943) Hugh V. Gittinger (1943-1946) Lloyd C. Culler (1946-1950) Elmer F. Munshower (1950-1951) Donald B. Rice (1951-1954) John A. Derr (1954-1958) Jacob R. Ramsburg (1958-1962) E. Paul Magaha (1962-1966) John A. Derr (1966-1970) E. Paul Magaha (1970-1974) Ronald N. Young (1974-1989) Roger L. Boothe, Jr.(1989-1990) Paul P. Gordon (1990-1994) James S. Grimes (1994-2002)

Representative body
Frederick has the Board of Aldermen of sise members (one of whom is the City manager) which serves when its legislative person.

Arts
Frederick has a bridge covered by having the wall painting known as the "[http://bridge.skyline.net/ Community Bridge]". A creative person, William Cochran, has been acclaimed for the realism of the painting. Hundreds to thousands of humans sent ideas representing community that come out throughout a stonework of the bridge. One of a virtually all interesting area of the wall painting is an angel that only appears right if you view it from either a proper angle (a proper angle existence a middle window of the 2nd floor of an adjacent building).

The each week carillon recital is played on the Joseph Dill Baker Carillon, each Sunday at Noon for half an hour. A carillon can be heard from anywhere inside Baker Park, or a City Carillonneur may be viewed swimming in the tower, which is open every week at that instance.

Frederick is the resting place of the creator of "The Star-Spangled Banner," Francis Scott Key, and of Barbara Fritchie, who was immortalized along by owning a town in the verse form by John Greenleaf Whittier. Roger Taney, a previous Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, is from Frederick. Frederick occurs as sister city to two German cities, Schifferstadt and Morzheim.

Points of Interest

Frederick is page to the Museum of Civil War Medicine, U.S. Army Fort Detrick and the Maryland School for the Deaf. Frederick likewise includes the minor-league baseball team, the Frederick Keys. Frederick is likewise at home of many liberal organizations including a Peace Resource Center of Frederick County, an installation of Women in Black, and a Frederick Progressive Action Coalition.

President Abraham Lincoln gave a speech around Frederick in a period of the Civil War at what was then a train station at the todays intersection of South & Market Streets. the speech is commemorated by a plaque. More crucial Civil War locations: a Barbara Fritchie house and a nearby Monocacy Battlefield.