Burnt Mills, Maryland
Census-designated place
Country United States of America
State Maryland
County Montgomery
Area
[1]
 • Total0.83 sq mi (2.16 km2)
 • Land0.83 sq mi (2.16 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total3,592
 • Density4,301.80/sq mi (1,661.73/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code24-11550

Burnt Mills is an census designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.[2] Per the 2020 Census, the population was 3,592.[3]

History

The site of a grist mill that burned down before 1788, Burnt Mills became an important source of clean drinking water for Montgomery and Prince George's Counties in 1929 when the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) built a water filtration plant here along the Northwest Branch Anacostia River near Silver Spring, Maryland.[4]

At the time of its construction in 1929, the water filtration plant at Burnt Mills was considered a landmark achievement by Robert B. Morse, chief engineer, and the WSSC, reflecting public awareness "of the importance of managed water systems to public health." The plant's office and pumping station were housed inside two Georgian Revival style houses at 10700 and 10701 Colesville Road (also known as Columbia Pike). A steel and concrete hollow deck Ambersen style dam was built across the river.[5]

The Robert B. Morse Filtration Plant ceased operation in 1962 when it was replaced by water filtration plants on the Patuxent and Potomac Rivers. Its water filtration and pumping facilities were removed, but the two Georgian Revival buildings and the dam remain. A historical marker identifies the location of the filtration plant and the site of the former Bealle's Mill at Burnt Mills.[5]

Burnt Mills is home to a large population Orthodox and Conservative Jews. The Silver Spring Eruv Association includes parts of Burnt Mills / White Oak and the nearby neighborhoods of Kemp Mill and Colesville.[6] Burnt Mills is home to an Orthodox synagogue, the Southeast Hebrew Congregation. Southeast Hebrew was originally founded by Orthodox Eastern European immigrants in 1909 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Many Jews began to move out of Southeast Washington beginning in the 1930s and Southeast Hebrew was relocated to White Oak in 1971.[7]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
20203—
U.S. Decennial Census[8]
2020[9]

2020 census

Burnt Mills CDP, Maryland - Demographic Profile
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Race / Ethnicity Pop 2020[9] % 2020
White alone (NH) 1,069 29.76%
Black or African American alone (NH) 1,390 38.70%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 13 0.36%
Asian alone (NH) 253 7.04%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 1 0.03%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 35 0.97%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) 88 2.45%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 743 20.68%
Total 3,592 100.00%

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 can be of any race.

References

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  1. ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  2. ↑ Rowlands, DW (January 20, 2021). "A first look at our region's new Census-Designated Places". "GGWash". Washington, DC. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Burnt Mills CDP, Maryland". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Burnt Mills". The Historical Marker Database. July 6, 2020. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  5. 1 2 Liz Buxton (April 26, 2001). "NR-Eligibility Review Form" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust.
  6. ↑ "An Imaginary Wall Encloses Community of Orthodox Jews". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  7. ↑ "SOUTHEAST HEBREW CONGREGATION". Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". US Census Bureau.
  9. 1 2 "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Burnt Mills CDP, Maryland". United States Census Bureau.


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