Spring Ridge is

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

(CDP) and suburban housing community in Frederick County, in the

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, just outside the city of

Frederick Frederick may refer to: People * Frederick (given name), the name Nobility Anhalt-Harzgerode *Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670) Austria * Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria from 1195 to 1198 * Frederi ...

. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 6,005. Before 2010, it was part of the

Linganore-Bartonsville, Maryland Linganore-Bartonsville was a census-designated place (CDP) in Frederick County, Maryland, United States, for the 2000 census, at which time its population was 12,529. For the 2010 census the area was split into three CDPs: Linganore, Bartonsvill ...

census-designated place, which was split into three for the 2010 census.

Geography

Spring Ridge is in east-central Frederick County, bordered to the west, across the

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, by the city of Frederick; to the north by

Linganore Creek Linganore Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed August 15, 2011 tributary of the Monocacy River in Frederick County, Maryland. The stream is formed from the confl ...

; to the east, at Meadow Road, by the Linganore CDP; and to the south, across

Maryland Route 144 Maryland Route 144 (MD 144) is a collection of state highways in the U.S. state of Maryland. These highways are sections of old alignment of U.S. Route 40 (US 40) between Cumberland and Baltimore. Along with US 40 Scenic, US 40 Alternate, ...

, by the Bartonsville CDP.

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runs through the middle of the Spring Ridge CDP, leading west to Frederick and east to the

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. Primary access to the community is via the Spring Ridge Parkway from MD 144. According to the

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, the Spring Ridge CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.14%, is water.

Demographics

References

Census-designated places in Frederick County, Maryland Census-designated places in Maryland {{FrederickCountyMD-geo-stub