Lutherville, Maryland | |
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 Lutherville light rail station platform on Ridgely Road, in Lutherville, Maryland | |
| Nickname: Old Original | |
 Location of Lutherville, Maryland | |
| Coordinates:39°25′26″N76°37′3″W / 39.42389°N 76.61750°W /39.42389; -76.61750 | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Maryland |
| County |  Baltimore |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.11 sq mi (5.47 km2) |
| • Land | 2.11 sq mi (5.47 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 6,835 |
| • Density | 3,233.7/sq mi (1,248.54/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 21093-21094 |
| Area codes | 410,443 |
| FIPS code | 24-48875 |
Lutherville is acensus-designated place (CDP) inBaltimore County,Maryland, United States. As of the2020 census it had a population of 6,835.[2] Prior to 2010 the area was part of theLutherville-Timonium CDP. Within its borders lies theLutherville Historic District.
Lutherville is located at39°25′26″N76°37′3″W / 39.42389°N 76.61750°W /39.42389; -76.61750 (39.4240, −76.6177).[3]
According to theUnited States Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.5 km2), all land.[4]
The town is located north ofBaltimore alongYork Road (Maryland Route 45). It is bordered on the north byTimonium, on the west byInterstate 83, on the south byTowson, and on the east by theHampton neighborhood. The boundary between Lutherville and Timonium isRidgely Road.
Lutherville is located in thePiedmont region of the United States, and lies in thehumid subtropical climate zone, with hot and humid summers leading into winters that are chilly but not extreme by American standards. The average annual snowfall is 25 inches (64 cm) and average annual precipitation is 42 inches (107 cm).
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 1960 | 12,265 | — | |
| 1970 | 24,055 | 96.1% | |
| 1980 | 17,854 | −25.8% | |
| 1990 | 16,442 | −7.9% | |
| 2000 | 15,814 | −3.8% | |
| 2010 | 6,504 | −58.9% | |
| 2020 | 6,835 | 5.1% | |
| Separated from Lutherville-Timonium CDP in 2010 Census[5] | |||
Lutherville first appeared as acensus designated place in the2010 U.S. census after theLutherville-Timonium CDP was split into the Lutherville CDP and theTimonium CDP.
| Race / Ethnicity(NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 2010[6] | Pop 2020[7] | % 2010 | % 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White alone (NH) | 5,397 | 5,180 | 82.98% | 75.79% |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 216 | 262 | 3.32% | 3.83% |
| Native American orAlaska Native alone (NH) | 9 | 10 | 0.14% | 0.15% |
| Asian alone (NH) | 528 | 678 | 8.12% | 9.92% |
| Native Hawaiian orPacific Islander alone (NH) | 9 | 9 | 0.14% | 0.13% |
| Other race alone (NH) | 13 | 47 | 0.20% | 0.69% |
| Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) | 120 | 317 | 1.85% | 4.64% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 212 | 332 | 3.26% | 4.86% |
| Total | 6,504 | 6,835 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
As of the 2010 census, there were 6,504 people and 2,672 households in the CDP.[8] The racial makeup (including Hispanics in the racial counts) of the CDP is 85.0% White, 3.4% African American, 0.2% Native American, 8.2% Asian, 0.2% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, and 3.3% Hispanic or Latino.
Out of the 2,672 households recorded in the 2010 census, 28.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them.
Major roads in Lutherville include:
TheMaryland Transit Administration'slight rail line serves the community with theLutherville Light Rail Stop. In addition, bus routes8 and9 provide regular service along the York Road corridor, meeting at the Lutherville Light Rail Stop. There is also a limited amount of bus service onBus Route 12 along Dulaney Valley Road toStella Maris Hospice. In addition, the Baltimore CityLink Red line serves the Lutherville Light Rail station.
The MTA light rail line uses the right-of-way of the oldNorthern Central Railway (later, part of the extensivePennsylvania Railroad system). During theCivil War,President Abraham Lincoln travelled through Lutherville on this railroad en route toGettysburg, Pennsylvania, to deliver theGettysburg Address on November 19, 1863. Less than two years later, on April 21, 1865, Lincoln's funeral train also passed through Lutherville on its way fromWashington, D.C. to his final resting place atSpringfield, Illinois.[9][10] The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) operated long-distance passenger trains from Baltimore over the line toChicago,St. Louis, andBuffalo as late as the 1960s. The former PRR Lutherville freight and passenger station on Railroad Avenue is now a private residence.
The oldest section of Lutherville dates back to 1852, when it was founded by twoLutheran ministers as a planned community, anchored by a Lutheran seminary and church. The land was originally part of the vastHampton Estate of Charles Ridgely, from whom it was purchased in 1851.[11]
The two ministers,Benjamin Kurtz andJohn Morris, named the community after the 16th-century German reformerMartin Luther.[11] The Lutherville Female Seminary, as it was initially called when chartered in 1853, was built near the tracks of the Baltimore & Susquehanna Railroad, a forerunner of the Northern Central Railway. In 1895, the institution was renamed theMaryland College for Women. Following a devastating fire in 1911, the college was rebuilt and continued in operation until 1952. Its campus is now an adult congregate living facility, College Manor.
TheLutherville Historic District was added to theNational Register of Historic Places in 1972.[11][12] Notable structures, in addition to the old college building and the many Victorian homes, include:
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A portion of Lutherville's high school-age students attend nearbyTowson High School.
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