Accokeek, Maryland

Coordinates: 38°40′35″N 77°00′01″W / 38.67639°N 77.00028°W / 38.67639; -77.00028
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Accokeek, Maryland
FIPS code
24-00250
GNIS feature ID596993

Accokeek (

2020 United States Census was 13,927.[4]

While the area around Accokeek was inhabited by Native Americans since approximately 2,000 BCE, John Smith was the first European to visit the area in 1608. In 1990, the United States Census Bureau officially made Accokeek a CDP.

History

The area around Accokeek had been occupied since around 2000 BC; however, the first permanent village was established in c. 1200 AD by the

Moyaone village.[6] At the time of the discovery, Moyaone was the seat of government for the Piscataway Tribe.[7] The village of Moyaone disbanded and the population migrated to other tribes before other Europeans settled the area.[8]

In the mid-17th century, settlers were purchasing large plots of land for farming. The Native Americans were upset that the settlers were wearing-out the land due to farming various crops, which led to multiple battles between the two. Between 1675 and 1682, the Native Americans were forced from the area as a result of losing.[5]

In 1861, Accokeek was still rural, and agriculture was the main economic factor for the place. Tobacco was the main crop planted.[9] During the American Civil War (1861–1865), Accokeek sympathized with the Confederacy. According to the 1860 Census, the area around Accokeek had a slave population of 1,600 (52.6%). There were multiple Confederate spies in the area, including Thomas Harbin who open a hotel in the area and had plans to kidnap then-President Abraham Lincoln.[10]

Henry and Alice Ferguson settled in Accokeek when they purchased

President John F. Kennedy in order to designate 133 acres (54 ha) around Mockley Point as a national landmark. Both the Accokeek Foundation and the Alice Ferguson Foundation donated another 505 acres (204 ha) to the landmark.[14] As a result, WSSC was not allowed to build the plant there;[5] however, a plant was built in the 1960s in the surrounding area.[15][16]

In 1990, Accokeek officially became a CDP when the

street race.[18]

Geography

Accokeek is located in the

Charles County; and to the west, it borders the Potomac River, which flows into the Chesapeake Bay.[22][23]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the place has a total area of 28.803 square miles (74.60 km2), of which 27.436 square miles (71.06 km2) is land and 1.367 square miles (3.54 km2) is water.[24] Accokeek has an average elevation of 194 feet (59 m).[25]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Accokeek is considered to have a humid subtropical climate (Cfa).[26] This means Accokeek's average temperature of the warmest month is above 72 °F (22 °C), the average temperature of the coldest month is below between 27 and 64 °F (−3 and 18 °C), and rain is equally spread out through the year.[27]

There is more precipitation in the area during the months of May and July (4.1 inch; 104 mm) than in any other month; Accokeek currently has an annual precipitation of 39 inches (1,009 mm) each year. July is the hottest month, on average; the hottest recorded temperature occurred in July 1954 and September 1983. January is the coldest month, and the lowest recorded temperature was recorded in January 1950.[28]

Climate data for Accokeek, MD
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 79
(26) 		81
(27) 		91
(33) 		95
(35) 		96
(36) 		100
(38) 		103
(39) 		102
(39) 		103
(39) 		96
(36) 		86
(30) 		77
(25) 		103
(39)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 44
(7) 		49
(9) 		58
(14) 		68
(20) 		75
(24) 		81
(27) 		85
(29) 		83
(28) 		78
(26) 		68
(20) 		59
(15) 		48
(9) 		66
(19)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 26
(−3) 		28
(−2) 		35
(2) 		43
(6) 		53
(12) 		62
(17) 		67
(19) 		65
(18) 		59
(15) 		47
(8) 		38
(3) 		30
(−1) 		46
(8)
Record low °F (°C) −8
(−22) 		−2
(−19) 		1
(−17) 		20
(−7) 		29
(−2) 		39
(4) 		46
(8) 		45
(7) 		31
(−1) 		19
(−7) 		9
(−13) 		1
(−17) 		−8
(−22)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 3.4
(86) 		3.0
(76) 		4.0
(100) 		3.1
(79) 		4.1
(100) 		3.8
(97) 		4.1
(100) 		4.6
(120) 		4.3
(110) 		3.4
(86) 		3.2
(81) 		3.2
(81) 		44.2
(1,116)
Source: The Weather Channel[28]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
19803,894—
19904,47715.0%
20007,34964.2%
201010,57343.9%
202013,92731.7%
U.S. Decennial Census[29]
2010[30] 2020[31]

2020 census

Accokeek CDP, Maryland – Racial and Ethnic Composition
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity Pop 2010[30] Pop 2020[31] % 2010 % 2020
White
alone (NH) 		2,488 1,996 23.53% 14.33%
Black or African American
alone (NH) 		6,706 9,345 63.43% 67.10%
Alaska Native
alone (NH) 		44 51 0.42% 0.37%
Asian alone (NH) 579 652 5.48% 4.68%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 3 9 0.03% 0.06%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 6 95 0.06% 0.68%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) 250 664 2.36% 4.77%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 497 1,115 4.70% 8.01%
Total 10,573 13,927 100.00% 100.00%

2010 Census

As of the 2010 census, there were 10,573 people, 3,601 households, and 2,835 families residing in the city. The population density was 385.5 inhabitants per square mile. There were 3,816 housing units at an average density of 139.1 per square mile. Accokeek is a part of the

Washington Metropolitan Area,[32] in which Accokeek contains approximately 0.19% of the MSA's population.[33]

There were 3,601 households, of which 34.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.8% were married couples living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 21.3% were non-families. 16.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.94, and the average family size was 3.29.[33]

The median age of the city was 41.2 years. 24.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.6% were between the age of 18 and 24; 25.5% were from 25 to 44; 33.5% were from 45 to 64; and 9.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.2% males and 50.8% female. The racial makeup of the city was 64.4%

other races, and 2.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.7% of the population. As of 2013, 92.8% (9,690) of Accokeek residents spoke English at home as a primary language, while 3.2% (335) spoke Spanish and 2.4% (253) spoke Tagalog. In total, 7.1% (750) of Accokeek's population age five and older spoke another language other than English.[33]

Economy

According to the

unemployment rate of Accokeek was estimated to be 6.7%.[33]

Italian arms company Beretta opened a factory in Accokeek in 1978. It won a federal contract to produce M9 pistols for the military in 1985.[34] As of 2007, the company employed approximately 220 people, making it the largest employer in Accokeek.[35] In 2013, as a response to Maryland's Firearm Safety Act, Beretta closed the factory and moved operations to Gallatin, Tennessee, in 2016.[36][37]

Parks and recreation

The following sites located at Accokeek are included on the National Register of Historic Places:

[38] Name on the Register Image Date listed[39] Location Description
1 Accokeek Creek Site
Accokeek Creek Site
Accokeek Creek Site
 October 15, 1966
(#66000909) 		3400 Bryan Point Rd, Accokeek, MD 20607
38°41′46″N 77°03′07″W / 38.696028°N 77.051833°W / 38.696028; -77.051833 (Accokeek Creek Site) 		Site of a palisaded village that was occupied from ca. A.D. 1300 to ca. 1630.
2 Bellevue
Bellevue
Bellevue
 August 21, 1986
(#86001738) 		200 Manning Rd E
38°39′42″N 77°00′11″W / 38.661734°N 77.0029897°W / 38.661734; -77.0029897 (Bellevue) 		Greek Revival style home constructed about 1840.
3 Hard Bargain Farm
Hard Bargain Farm
Hard Bargain Farm
More images
 October 8, 2014
(#14000839) 		2001 Bryan Point Road
38°41′21″N 77°02′41″W / 38.689166666666665°N 77.04472222222222°W / 38.689166666666665; -77.04472222222222 (Hard Bargain Farm) 		Former country estate and working farm of Alice and Henry Ferguson
4 Moyaone Reserve
Moyaone Reserve
Moyaone Reserve
 October 7, 2020
(#100005659) 		Roughly bounded by Bryan Point Rd., Piscataway Park, Overlook Dr./Old Landing Rd., and Farmington Rd. West
38°41′27″N 77°01′25″W / 38.6909°N 77.0237°W / 38.6909; -77.0237 (Moyaone Reserve) 		Community with a history of conservation and modernist architecture.
5 Piscataway Park
Piscataway Park
Piscataway Park
More images
 October 15, 1966
(#66000144) 		East of Potomac River, south of Piscataway Creek, in Prince George's and Charles Counties
38°40′43″N 77°05′34″W / 38.67861111111111°N 77.09277777777777°W / 38.67861111111111; -77.09277777777777 (Piscataway Park) 		Location of Marshall Hall and the National Colonial Farm.

Government

Prince George's County Police Department District 5 Station in Clinton CDP and District 7 Station in Fort Washington CDP serve the community.[40][41]

The

U.S. Postal Service operates the Accokeek Post Office.[42]

Education

According to the US Census' American Community Survey, 2.59% of the population from 25 to 64 years has less than a high school diploma, 26.17% have a high school diploma, 30.32% have some college of associate degree, and 40.90% have a bachelor's degree or higher.[33]

Primary and secondary schools

Accokeek Academy

Accokeek is under the Prince George's County Public Schools district.[43]

It has one public school, Accokeek Academy,[44] which serves all of the CDP for elementary and middle school.[45][46] It was formed in 2009 by the merger of Henry G. Ferguson Elementary School, built in 1963, and Eugene Burroughs Middle School,[47] built in 1966.[48] The newly merged school retained separate elementary and middle school campuses.[47] In 2010 the school had a total of 1,178 students, with 553 at the elementary campus and 625 at the middle school campus.[48] In 2011 the elementary school population had increased to 570. In a period after 2011 the fifth grade was moved to the middle school complex for two reasons: The first was so Burroughs middle school could have a higher occupancy rate, giving it eligibility for renovation funds from the State of Maryland. The second was to alleviate overcrowding in the original elementary building, which had a capacity of about 410 students; the middle school building had a capacity of 805 students.[47]

Even though initially some parents advocated for having a single combined PK-8 building,[48] the district instead chose to rebuild the elementary building; a study from 2008 had described the elementary building as having one of the poorest states of repair in the PGCPS system.[47] The school planned to construct a more than 3,000-square-foot (280 m2), two-story facility.[48] After the scheduled completion of the new elementary building in August 2013, the district planned to temporarily house the middle school students there while the middle school building is renovated, and in 2014 put the students in their respective permanent buildings. In addition PGCPS planned to establish a walkway between the two buildings.[47] The State of Maryland was to spend over $7 million while PGCPS was to spend fewer than $19 million, so the total cost was over $26 million.[49]

All of the CDP is zoned to Gwynn Park High School, located in Brandywine CDP.[50] There is also a private school, Accokeek College Preparatory School, the secondary school campus of The Beddow Schools.[51]

From 1950 to 1964, during the era of legally-required racial segregation of schools, black students from Accokeek attended Fairmont Heights High School, then near Fairmount Heights.[52]

Public libraries

Prince George's County Memorial Library System operates the Accokeek Library Branch.[53]

Transportation

MD 228
located on the right

The State of Maryland's

state highways:[55]

Notable people

Notes

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  38. ^ Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
  39. ^ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
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References

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