Frederick County, Maryland, USA

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Frederick_County,_Maryland,_USA
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:county
gptkbp:area 667 square miles
gptkbp:areaCode 240
301
gptkbp:borderedBy Adams County, Pennsylvania
Carroll County, Maryland
Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Loudoun County, Virginia
Montgomery County, Maryland
Washington County, Maryland
gptkbp:congressionalDistrict 6th
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:countySeat Frederick
gptkbp:current_county_executive gptkb:Jessica_Fitzwater
gptkbp:elevation 300 ft (91 m)
gptkbp:FIPS_code 24-021
gptkbp:founded 1748
gptkbp:GNIS_feature_ID 0583472
gptkbp:governmentType charter government
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Frederick County, Maryland, USA
gptkbp:largestCity Frederick
gptkbp:namedAfter Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Potomac_River
Monocacy River
gptkbp:notableCity gptkb:Brunswick
gptkb:Mount_Airy
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Monocacy
gptkbp:notableInstitution gptkb:Frederick_Community_College
gptkb:Hood_College
Mount St. Mary's University
gptkbp:notableLandmark gptkb:Gambrill_State_Park
Catoctin Mountain Park
Monocacy National Battlefield
gptkbp:notablePeak Catoctin Mountain
gptkbp:notableTown gptkb:Urbana
Emmitsburg
Middletown
New Market
Thurmont
Walkersville
gptkbp:officialWebsite https://www.frederickcountymd.gov/
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Washington-Arlington-Alexandria,_DC-VA-MD-WV_Metropolitan_Statistical_Area
gptkbp:population 271,717
gptkbp:populationCensusYear 2020
gptkbp:region gptkb:Western_Maryland
gptkbp:state gptkb:Maryland
gptkbp:timezone gptkb:Eastern_Time_Zone
gptkbp:zipCode 21701–21710
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Montgomery_County,_Maryland,_USA
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6