Brown Station | |
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Coordinates: 38°51′14″N 76°47′53″W / 38.854°N 76.798°W | |
Country | United States of America |
State | Maryland |
County | Prince George's |
Area | |
• Total | 6.22 sq mi (16.12 km2) |
• Land | 6.17 sq mi (15.97 km2) |
• Water | 0.06 sq mi (0.15 km2) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 3,298 |
• Density | 534.78/sq mi (206.49/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
FIPS code | 24-10737 |
Brown Station is an census designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States.[2][3] Per the 2020 Census, the population was 3,298.[4]
The Brown Station CDP was first defined by the U.S. Census Bureau for the 2020 U.S. Census.[5] The areas for Brown Station were taken from Brock Hall and Westphalia as defined in the 2010 U.S. Census.[6][7]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2020 | 3,298 | — | |
U.S. Decennial Census[8] 2020[9] |
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 2020[9] | % 2020 |
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White alone (NH) | 143 | 4.34% |
Black or African American alone (NH) | 2,699 | 81.84% |
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 6 | 0.18% |
Asian alone (NH) | 73 | 2.21% |
Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 3 | 0.09% |
Some Other Race alone (NH) | 8 | 0.24% |
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH) | 124 | 3.76% |
Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 242 | 7.34% |
Total | 3,298 | 100.00% |
It is in Prince George's County Public Schools.[10]
Schools in the CDP include:[11] Barack Obama Elementary School,[12] and Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School.[13] These schools, in the 2010 U.S. Census, were in the Westphalia CDP.[14]
School zones include:
Obama Elementary was the first school in the Washington, D.C., area that was named after the former president.[18] It is adjacent to Wise High School.[19] The Prince George's County school board approved of the name of the school on June 25, 2009;[18] all board members voted in favor of the renaming.[19] The school opened on August 23, 2010, and had a cost of $25 million. The architect was Grimm + Parker Architects,[20] and it was built for 792 students.[19] The school's cooling system relies on over 144 geothermal pumps.[21] The initial enrollment was 798, slightly higher than the school's stated capacity.[18] Its opening relieved Arrowhead, Marlton, Melwood, Patuxent and Perrywood, elementary schools.[20] The first principal was Pearl Harmon, a Liberian American;[21] in 2014 she was reassigned to an administrative position in the PG County school system.[22] Several school board members argued that naming a school after Obama would inspire area students. Many schools in PG County were named after African-Americans, and PG County voters primarily support the Democratic Party, Obama's political party.[23] In the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election, 89% of PG County residents voted for Obama. The chairperson of the PG County Republican Party Central Committee, Mykel Harris, argued that the county should not name a school after a current president, while the chairperson of the board, Ron L. Watson, stated that the vote was not done out of political considerations.[19]
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