Linganore is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), 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 counte ...
(CDP) in
Frederick County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Maryland
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. It consists of the area around
Lake Linganore, a residential community governed by a homeowners association, located east of the city of
Frederick Frederick may refer to:
People
* Frederick (given name), the name
Given name
Nobility
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* Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670)
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. As of the
2020 census the CDP had a population of 12,351.
Prior to 2010, the area was part of the
Linganore-Bartonsville CDP. The mailing address for the area is Lake Linganore, with a
ZIP code of 21774.
Geography
The community is in eastern Frederick County, on both sides of
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 conflu ...
, a west-flowing tributary of the
Monocacy River
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and part of the
Potomac River
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watershed. The neighborhoods of the community surround Lake Linganore, an impoundment on the creek, and extend south to
Interstate 70
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, between
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to the east and
Bartonsville and
Spring Ridge to the west. Downtown Frederick is west of the center of Linganore.
According to the
U.S. Census Bureau
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, the Linganore CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 4.15%, is water.
Demographics
References
External links
Lake Linganore Association at Eaglehead homeowners' association
Census-designated places in Frederick County, Maryland
Census-designated places in Maryland
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