Pikesville, Maryland
Encyclopedia
Pikesville is a census-designated place
(CDP) in Baltimore County
, Maryland
, United States
. Pikesville is just northwest of the Baltimore
city limits. It is the northwestern suburb closest to Baltimore.
The population was 29,123 at the 2000 census. The corridor along Interstate 795
which links Pikesville, Owings Mills
and Reisterstown
to the Baltimore Beltway (Interstate 695
) contains one of the larger Jewish populations in Maryland.
Pikesville is located at 39°22′45"N 76°42′18"W (39.379039, -76.705091).
According to the United States Census Bureau
, the CDP has a total area of 12.4 square miles (32.1 km²), of which, 12.4 square miles (32.1 km²) of it is land and 0.08% is water.
of 2000, there were 29,123 people, 12,747 households, and 8,145 families residing in the CDP. The population density
was 2,348.4 people per square mile (906.8/km²). There were 13,391 housing units at an average density of 1,079.8 per square mile (417.0/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 86.39% White, 8.52% African American, 0.09% Native American, 3.49% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.50% from other races
, and 1.00% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.50% of the population.
There were 12,747 households out of which 24.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.9% were married couples
living together, 7.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.1% were non-families. 30.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.81.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 19.7% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 24.4% from 25 to 44, 27.0% from 45 to 64, and 23.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 86.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.0 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $58,598, and the median income for a family was $78,002 (these figures had risen to $73,846 and $100,237 respectively as of a 2007 estimate). Males had a median income of $52,079 versus $37,179 for females. The per capita income
for the CDP was $41,035. About 5.0% of families and 6.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.4% of those under age 18 and 11.5% of those age 65 or over.
In 2000, 19.3% of Pikesville residents identified as being of Russia
n heritage. This was the highest percentage of Russian American
s of any place in the United States.
in neighborhoods such as Broadway East
, Jonestown
, Middle East
and Oliver
. During World War II
, the Jewish community started to move outside Baltimore City into Pikesville. Jews still owned many of the neighborhood businesses in their old communities up to the Baltimore riot of 1968
.
Pikesville is now considered the center of the Baltimore area's Jewish community of 100,000 (referred to by residents as "100,000 Jews in three zip codes") . Many of the region's largest and most established synagogues and Jewish schools are located in or near Pikesville. In the past few decades, the Jewish community has expanded further outside the city of Baltimore to other more distant northwestern suburbs, including Owings Mills and Reisterstown.
(1779–1813). While there are places named for Pike in many other states, Pikesville, Maryland is the only place named "Pikesville" (compare Pikeville, Kentucky
).
is headquartered at 1201 Reisterstown Road in the Pikesville CDP.
runs through Pikesville, with two stops in the area, both named for the roads on which they are located: Milford Mill
and Old Court
.
Maryland Transit Administration
bus routes serving Pikesville include nos. 53
and 59
on Reisterstown Road, 53
and 77
on Old Court Road, 54
on Milford Mill Road/Slade Avenue, and 58
and 60
on Smith Avenue.
in Maryland and other states. He and Anthony Grandison
are currently on death row
for the murders of two clerks at a the Warren House Motel (currently a Howard Johnson
) in Pikesville in 1983.
Ziad Jarrah
, a suspected terrorist involved in the 9/11 attacks
, was pulled over two days earlier for speeding in Pikesville.
In April 2005, nine bison
knocked down their gate on a nearby farm and roamed free around the Pikesville area until police officers were able to corral them onto the tennis
court of a townhouse
complex by Hooks Lane, several miles away. The owner, Gerald "Buzz" Berg, said that the bison were likely headed for a trip to the slaughterhouse
. Police said Berg would face no charges.
Census-designated place
A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...
(CDP) in Baltimore County
Baltimore County, Maryland
Baltimore County is a county located in the northern part of the US state of Maryland. In 2010, its population was 805,029. It is part of the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Towson. The name of the county was derived from the barony of the Proprietor of the Maryland...
, Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Pikesville is just northwest of the Baltimore
Baltimore
Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...
city limits. It is the northwestern suburb closest to Baltimore.
The population was 29,123 at the 2000 census. The corridor along Interstate 795
Interstate 795 (Maryland)
Interstate 795 , also known as the Northwest Expressway, is a nine-mile freeway linking Baltimore's northwestern suburbs of Pikesville, Owings Mills and Reisterstown, Maryland to the Baltimore Beltway...
which links Pikesville, Owings Mills
Owings Mills, Maryland
Owings Mills is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It is a suburb of Baltimore. The population was 20,193 at the 2000 census. Owings Mills is home to the northern terminus for the Baltimore Metro Subway and to Owings Mills Mall....
and Reisterstown
Reisterstown, Maryland
Reisterstown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland. Founded by German immigrant John Reister in 1758, it is located to the northwest of Baltimore. Though it is older than the areas surrounding it, it now serves primarily as a residential suburb of...
to the Baltimore Beltway (Interstate 695
Interstate 695 (Maryland)
Interstate 695 is a -long full beltway Interstate Highway extending around Baltimore, Maryland, USA. I-695 is officially designated the McKeldin Beltway, but is colloquially referred to as either the Baltimore Beltway or 695...
) contains one of the larger Jewish populations in Maryland.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
, the CDP has a total area of 12.4 square miles (32.1 km²), of which, 12.4 square miles (32.1 km²) of it is land and 0.08% is water.
Demographics
As of the censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
of 2000, there were 29,123 people, 12,747 households, and 8,145 families residing in the CDP. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 2,348.4 people per square mile (906.8/km²). There were 13,391 housing units at an average density of 1,079.8 per square mile (417.0/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 86.39% White, 8.52% African American, 0.09% Native American, 3.49% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.50% from other races
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, and 1.00% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.50% of the population.
There were 12,747 households out of which 24.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.9% were married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
living together, 7.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.1% were non-families. 30.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.81.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 19.7% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 24.4% from 25 to 44, 27.0% from 45 to 64, and 23.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 86.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.0 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $58,598, and the median income for a family was $78,002 (these figures had risen to $73,846 and $100,237 respectively as of a 2007 estimate). Males had a median income of $52,079 versus $37,179 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the CDP was $41,035. About 5.0% of families and 6.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.4% of those under age 18 and 11.5% of those age 65 or over.
In 2000, 19.3% of Pikesville residents identified as being of Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n heritage. This was the highest percentage of Russian American
Russian American
Russian Americans are primarily Americans who traces their ancestry to Russia. The definition can be applied to recent Russian immigrants to the United States, as well as to settlers of 19th century Russian settlements in northwestern America which includes today's California, Alaska and...
s of any place in the United States.
Jewish community
In the 19th and early 20th centuries Jewish immigrants to the Baltimore area first formed enclaves in East Baltimore not far from Johns Hopkins HospitalJohns Hopkins Hospital
The Johns Hopkins Hospital is the teaching hospital and biomedical research facility of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, located in Baltimore, Maryland . It was founded using money from a bequest by philanthropist Johns Hopkins...
in neighborhoods such as Broadway East
Broadway East, Baltimore
Broadway East is a neighborhood in the East District of Baltimore. Its boundaries are the south side of North Avenue, the west side of Milton Street, the east side of Broadway, and the north side of Biddle Street...
, Jonestown
Jonestown, Baltimore
Jonestown is a neighborhood in the southeastern district of Baltimore. Its boundaries are the north side of Pratt Street, the west side of Central Avenue, the east side of Fallsway, and the south side of Orleans Street...
, Middle East
Middle East, Baltimore
Middle East is a neighborhood in the heart of East Baltimore, Maryland. It is patrolled by the Baltimore Police Department's Eastern District.It was the site of a conflict between residents and the city's plans for creating a biotech park to serve nearby Johns Hopkins Medical Center...
and Oliver
Oliver, Baltimore
Oliver is a neighborhood in the Eastern district of Baltimore, Maryland. Its boundaries are the south side of North Avenue, the east side of Ensor Street, the west side of Broadway, and the north side of Biddle Street. The neighborhood lies east of the historic Greenmount Cemetery...
. During World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, the Jewish community started to move outside Baltimore City into Pikesville. Jews still owned many of the neighborhood businesses in their old communities up to the Baltimore riot of 1968
Baltimore riot of 1968
The Baltimore Riot of 1968 began two days after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. Rioting broke out in 125 cities across the United States, and spread to the city of Baltimore, Maryland on Saturday, April 6. The Governor of Maryland, Spiro T...
.
Pikesville is now considered the center of the Baltimore area's Jewish community of 100,000 (referred to by residents as "100,000 Jews in three zip codes") . Many of the region's largest and most established synagogues and Jewish schools are located in or near Pikesville. In the past few decades, the Jewish community has expanded further outside the city of Baltimore to other more distant northwestern suburbs, including Owings Mills and Reisterstown.
History
Pikesville was named after the American soldier and explorer Zebulon PikeZebulon Pike
Zebulon Montgomery Pike Jr. was an American officer and explorer for whom Pikes Peak in Colorado is named. As a United States Army captain in 1806-1807, he led the Pike Expedition to explore and document the southern portion of the Louisiana Purchase and to find the headwaters of the Red River,...
(1779–1813). While there are places named for Pike in many other states, Pikesville, Maryland is the only place named "Pikesville" (compare Pikeville, Kentucky
Pikeville, Kentucky
Pikeville is a city in Pike County, Kentucky. The population was 6,903 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Pike County.-History:On March 25, 1822, the county's government officials decided to build a new county seat named Liberty, one and one-half mile below the mouth of the Russell Fork...
).
Education
Pikesville is served by several elementary, middle, and high schools and higher-education facilities:Public
- Fort Garrison Elementary School
- Milbrook Elementary
- Bedford Elementary School
- Summit Park Elementary School
- Wellwood International School (elementary)
- Pikesville Middle School
- Sudbrook Magnet Middle SchoolSudbrook Magnet Middle SchoolSudbrook Magnet Middle School is one of Baltimore County's public schools. It is located at 4300 Bedford Road, Baltimore MD 21208.-Curriculum:...
- Pikesville High SchoolPikesville High SchoolPikesville High School is a four-year public high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It is part of the Baltimore County Public Schools consolidated school district...
Independent
- The Park SchoolPark School of BaltimoreThe Park School of Baltimore is a private, co-educational K-12 school located in Brooklandville, Maryland, USA, just north of the city of Baltimore. The campus lies to the south of Old Court Road in Baltimore County...
- Elementary School of St. Marks
- Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community SchoolBeth Tfiloh Dahan Community SchoolBeth Tfiloh Dahan Community School is a community Jewish day school in Baltimore County, Maryland. It encompasses preschool through twelfth grade. The school has one campus in Pikesville The campus includes the PreSchool, Lower School , Middle School , and the High School...
- The Odyssey School
- St. Timothy's SchoolSt. Timothy's SchoolSt. Timothy's School is a four-year private all-girls boarding high school in Stevenson in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The school is located just north of Baltimore City in Baltimore County less than a mile north of I-695, the Baltimore Beltway.-About the School:The school is a...
- Krieger Schechter Day School
- Baltimore Hebrew CongregationBaltimore Hebrew CongregationBaltimore Hebrew Congregation is a synagogue and Jewish community in Baltimore. It is affiliated with the Reform Judaism movement.Originally named Nidche Yisroel, the synagogue was founded in 1830, and for the first fifteen years of its existence, services were held in a small room above a local...
Day School - The Shoshana S. Cardin School, Baltimore's Independent Jewish High School
Government
The Maryland State PoliceMaryland State Police
The Maryland State Police is the official state police force of the state of Maryland. The Maryland State Police is headquartered at 1201 Reisterstown Road in the Pikesville CDP in unincorporated Baltimore County.-Organizational structure:...
is headquartered at 1201 Reisterstown Road in the Pikesville CDP.
Roads
- Baltimore Beltway (I-695)
- Milford Mill Road
- Mount Wilson Lane
- Old Court RoadOld Court RoadOld Court Road is a major cross-county road in the central region of the U.S. state of Maryland, running east–west for approximately through Baltimore County, Maryland from just inside Howard County, Maryland at Woodstock on the Patapsco River to Maryland Route 25 near Towson...
- Park Heights AvenueMaryland Route 129Maryland Route 129 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland, running north-northwesterly from downtown Baltimore into Baltimore County, ending east of Reisterstown...
(MD-129) - Reisterstown RoadMaryland Route 140Maryland Route 140 is a local long route in northern Maryland, United States.-Route description:MD 140 is known by various names depending on location; south of Reisterstown it is known as Reisterstown Road. Though Reisterstown itself is named after John Reister, the road is named after Jacob...
(MD-140) - Seven Mile Lane
- Slade Avenue
- Smith Avenue
- Stevenson Road
- Sudbrook Lane/Road
Public transportation
The Baltimore Metro SubwayBaltimore Metro Subway
The Baltimore Metro Subway, known locally as the Metro Subway, The Subway, or Baltimore Metro is a rapid transit line serving the greater Baltimore, Maryland, United States area and operated by the Maryland Transit Administration...
runs through Pikesville, with two stops in the area, both named for the roads on which they are located: Milford Mill
Milford Mill (Metro Subway station)
The Milford Mill Metro Subway Station is one of 14 stops along the Baltimore Metro Subway line, located in Pikesville, Maryland. It is the third most northern and western station on the line, with approximately 1300 parking spaces....
and Old Court
Old Court (Metro Subway station)
The Old Court Metro Subway Station is one of 14 stops along the Baltimore Metro Subway line, located in Pikesville, Maryland. It is the second most northern and western station on the line, with approximately 625 parking spaces....
.
Maryland Transit Administration
Maryland Transit Administration
The Maryland Transit Administration is a state-operated mass transit administration in Maryland, and is part of the Maryland Department of Transportation. It is better known as MTA Maryland to avoid confusion with other cities' transit agencies who share the initials MTA. The MTA operates a...
bus routes serving Pikesville include nos. 53
Route 53 (MTA Maryland)
Route 53 is a bus route in Baltimore and its suburbs. The line currently runs from the Old Court Metro Subway Station in Pikesville, Maryland to the Mondawmin Metro Subway Station in Northwest Baltimore along Old Court Road and Reisterstown Road, serving the communities of Park Heights and the...
and 59
Route 59 (MTA Maryland)
Route 59 is a bus route operated by the Maryland Transit Administration in Baltimore and its suburbs, mostly along Reisterstown Road. The line currently runs from the Reisterstown Plaza Metro Subway Station to the Owings Mills Town Center. The line was a split-off from Route M-9, and resembles the...
on Reisterstown Road, 53
Route 53 (MTA Maryland)
Route 53 is a bus route in Baltimore and its suburbs. The line currently runs from the Old Court Metro Subway Station in Pikesville, Maryland to the Mondawmin Metro Subway Station in Northwest Baltimore along Old Court Road and Reisterstown Road, serving the communities of Park Heights and the...
and 77
Route 77 (MTA Maryland)
Route 77 is a bus route operated by the Maryland Transit Administration in the suburbs of Baltimore. The line currently runs from the Old Court Metro Subway Station in Pikesville, Maryland to the Patapsco Light Rail Stop, and serves Randallstown, Windsor Mill, Woodlawn, Catonsville, Arbutus,...
on Old Court Road, 54
Route 54 (MTA Maryland)
Route 54 is a bus route that operates in Baltimore and its suburbs, serving the corridors of Park Heights Avenue, Milford Mill Road, and Liberty Road. All trips operate from the Penn-North Metro Subway Station in Baltimore City to the Milford Mill Metro Subway Station in Pikesville. From there,...
on Milford Mill Road/Slade Avenue, and 58
Route 58 (MTA Maryland)
Route 58 is a bus route operated by the Maryland Transit Administration in Baltimore and its suburbs. The line's western terminus is the Reisterstown Plaza Metro Subway Station, and its eastern terminus is White Marsh Mall, though some peak hour trips make short turns in Overlea....
and 60
Route 60 (MTA Maryland)
Route 60 is a bus route operated by the Maryland Transit Administration in Baltimore and its suburbs. The line currently operates weekdays only from the Reisterstown Plaza Metro Subway Station to Stevenson University during peak hours and Greenspring Station midday.The route is based on that of the...
on Smith Avenue.
Pikesville in national/international news
Vernon Evans has been a key figure in the battle against lethal injectionLethal injection
Lethal injection is the practice of injecting a person with a fatal dose of drugs for the express purpose of causing the immediate death of the subject. The main application for this procedure is capital punishment, but the term may also be applied in a broad sense to euthanasia and suicide...
in Maryland and other states. He and Anthony Grandison
Anthony Grandison
Anthony Grandison is an American drug dealer and murderer who is currently awaiting execution in Maryland. He was sentenced to death for ordering the killing of a pair of witnesses more than 25 years ago....
are currently on death row
Death row
Death row signifies the place, often a section of a prison, that houses individuals awaiting execution. The term is also used figuratively to describe the state of awaiting execution , even in places where no special facility or separate unit for condemned inmates exists.After individuals are found...
for the murders of two clerks at a the Warren House Motel (currently a Howard Johnson
Howard Johnson's
Howard Johnson's is a chain of hotels and restaurants, located primarily throughout the United States and Canada. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Howard Johnson's was the largest restaurant chain in the United States, with over 1,000 restaurants...
) in Pikesville in 1983.
Ziad Jarrah
Ziad Jarrah
Ziad Samir Jarrah was one of the masterminds of the September 11 attacks who served as the hijacker-pilot of United Airlines Flight 93, crashing the plane into a field in a rural area near Shanksville—after a passenger uprising—as part of the coordinated attacks.After a wealthy and secular...
, a suspected terrorist involved in the 9/11 attacks
September 11, 2001 attacks
The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/119/11 is pronounced "nine eleven". The slash is not part of the pronunciation...
, was pulled over two days earlier for speeding in Pikesville.
In April 2005, nine bison
Bison
Members of the genus Bison are large, even-toed ungulates within the subfamily Bovinae. Two extant and four extinct species are recognized...
knocked down their gate on a nearby farm and roamed free around the Pikesville area until police officers were able to corral them onto the tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
court of a townhouse
Townhouse
A townhouse is the term historically used in the United Kingdom, Ireland and in many other countries to describe a residence of a peer or member of the aristocracy in the capital or major city. Most such figures owned one or more country houses in which they lived for much of the year...
complex by Hooks Lane, several miles away. The owner, Gerald "Buzz" Berg, said that the bison were likely headed for a trip to the slaughterhouse
Slaughterhouse
A slaughterhouse or abattoir is a facility where animals are killed for consumption as food products.Approximately 45-50% of the animal can be turned into edible products...
. Police said Berg would face no charges.