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Carroll County
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county in Maryland, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Maryland
- Founded
- January 19, 1837
- Named after
- Charles Carroll of Carrollton
- Seat
- Westminster
- Largest community
- Eldersburg
- Total
- 453 sq mi (1,170 km )
- Land
- 448 sq mi (1,160 km )
- Water
- 5.1 sq mi (13 km ) 1.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 176,677
- Density
- 386/sq mi (149/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional districts
- 2nd , 3rd
- Website
- carrollcountymd .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Baltimore metropolitan area
- Named after
- Charles Carroll of Carrollton
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Maryland
- Capital
- Westminster
- Population
- 172891
- Area
- 1172
- Shares border with
- Adams County
- Official website
- www.carrollcountymd.gov
- Image
- Grace Lutheran Church - Westminster, Maryland 02.jpg
- Households
- 61261
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- Commons category
- Carroll County, Maryland
- topic's main category
- Category:Carroll County, Maryland
- official map URL
- www.carrollcountymd.gov/services/gis-maps
- inception
- 1837-00-00
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Carroll County, Maryland
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Carroll County, Maryland
- topic has template
- Template:Carroll County, Maryland
- different from
- Carroll County
- water as percent of area
- 1.1
- native label
- Carroll County
- per capita income
- 43183
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C108886
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Carroll County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 172,891. Its county seat is Westminster. The county is part of the Central Maryland region of the state. Carroll County is included in the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area. While predominantly rural, southern areas of the county have become increasingly suburban in recent years.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Carroll County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.