Mayo is a

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(CDP) in

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. The population was 8,298 in the 2010 census. The Mayo CDP of 2010 includes all of the area that used to be counted as the Selby-on-the-Bay CDP. The beach in Mayo used to be a popular weekend resort.

Geography

Mayo is located at ,(38.893264, −76.504371) south of

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. It occupies a peninsula between the South River to the northeast and the

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to the southwest, both of which are tidal arms of

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. It is bordered by the CDP of Edgewater to the northwest, and (across the South River) by the CDP of Annapolis Neck to the northeast. Saunder's Point, Shoreham Beach, Beverly Beach, Cloverlea, Turkey Point, Holly Hill Harbor, Selby Beach, and Cape Loch Haven are some of the neighborhoods found in Mayo.U.S. Geological Survey 7.5-minute quadrangles

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is the main road through the center of the CDP, coming to its eastern end in Beverly Beach on Chesapeake Bay. According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 40.47%, is water.

Demographics

2010 Census

2000 Census

As of the

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of 2000, there were 3,153 people, 1,195 households, and 862 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 1,303 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.32%

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, 1.27%

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, 0.51% Native American, 0.67% Asian, 0.03%

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, 0.19% from other races, and 1.01% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.78% of the population. There were 1,195 households, out of which 33.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.6% were

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living together, 6.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.8% were non-families. 20.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.06. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 25.0% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 32.0% from 25 to 44, 26.4% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.2 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $70,909, and the median income for a family was $81,634. Males had a median income of $47,500 versus $36,450 for females. The

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for the CDP was $30,552. About 1.8% of families and 2.8% of the population were below the

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, including 3.1% of those under age 18 and 3.1% of those age 65 or over.

History

Mayo takes its name from Commodore Isaac Mayo, who distinguished himself in the

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. Commodore Mayo held a large tract of land on the South River, known in the early 1900s as "Mayo's Neck", that had been the home estate of Captain Nicholas Gassaway, the son of Maryland politician Colonel Nicholas Gassaway. His home, known as Gresham, was listed on the

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in 1990.

Notable people

* Jacob Bender,

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player * Phillip D. Bissett, American politician, MD House of Delegates

References

* {{authority control Census-designated places in Anne Arundel County, Maryland Census-designated places in Maryland Maryland populated places on the Chesapeake Bay