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'Reisterstown' is a suburban town of Baltimore, Maryland. It is located to the north of Baltimore and though it is older than the towns surrounding it, it is now more so a housing town associated with the larger neighbor town, Owings Mills, which holds many of the businesses where the majority of the population of Reisterstown works.
John Reister was born in 1715 in Germany, where he was educated and learned of many different rural living skills (MacLeod 2006). In September of 1738, Reister sailed from Rotterdam to Philadelphia in hopes to start a new life (2006). In Philadelphia, he met and married his wife, Margaret Sohn, in 1746(2006). Reister decided to buy land on which to start a family when he came across a patch of land in Maryland (2006). He came across this land on his way to Annapolis from his land in Frederick County( now known as Carroll County) (2006).
In the same year of his marriage, John Reister had bought fifty acres of land to the west of the nearby and upcoming town of Westminster (MacLeod 2006). Over twelve years he cultivated the land into a suitable farming spread, while raising his family of six children (2006). During that twelfth year, 1758, he acquired a smaller, twenty acre piece of land located on the other side of Conewago Rd. (now known as Reisterstown Rd.) (2006). Calling his newly received land Reister’s Desire, he built an Inn/Tavern as the land was too small and of poor quality to farm crops (2006). By 1763, Reister purchased his largest quantity of land, 83 acres, with the money raised through his inn and tavern with the purpose of adjoining his two prior properties (2006). With his total land area of , Reister could now start the building of businesses within his land to gain larger profits and expand his property.
In his later years, John Reister retired to a new home which is near what is now 365 Main Street (2006). He died at his new home in 1804 and sadly enough, the original of this house was torn down some years later.
Reister’s choice of this piece of land can be analyzed down to a few key factors of how this area could flourish. On his way to Annapolis, Reister had noticed an unclaimed piece of land next to another piece of land that must have been for sale (MacLeod 2006). Using his knowledge of rural living from Germany, he had also noticed that these pieces of land were located off the road that connects from Baltimore Town to a fork in the road, splitting off into Pipe Creek Road (now known as Westminster Pike) and an old road to Pennsylvania (2006). With the flow of travel from these two roads into Baltimore Town, Reister realized that it was an ideal frontier for an inn and tavern. While living on his fifty acre farm, he needed the twenty acre unclaimed land because he knew that it connected to the Patapsco River which already had an Indian trail (now Cockeys Mill Rd.) that lead to the river (2006). He also knew that while owning the most convenient inn and tavern on this road, he would make larger profits allowing for quicker property acquisition.
With his growing property and business ownerships in the area, the Electors of Baltimore County acknowledged Reister’s community officially as Reisterstown in the year of 1787 (2006).
Reisterstown is a northern suburb of the city of Baltimore, Maryland. With a rapid population growth since World War Two, Reisterstown and surrounding towns Glyndon, Owings Mills, and Randallstown have all expanded their borders into one another creating permanent boundaries (N3Bruce 2003). Mostly known as a “bedroom community,” the town is mostly housing and small longer lasting businesses, mostly family owned, with the exception of grocery stores, schools, churches/synagogues, gas stations, and other smaller stores (2003). Though few businesses such as Reisterstown Lumber, located on a spur of the Maryland Railroad running through the town, has competed fiercely with nearby Home Depot and Lowe’s (2003). Though seeming like an inconvenience, the distance to “non bedroom communities” is rather short, and the lack of big businesses preserves the historic relevance of the town (2003).
Much like most other towns of Baltimore County, Reisterstown is unincorporated, meaning that all public services of the town are provided by the county (N3Bruce 2003). By having jobs such as snow removal, policemen, firemen, public school teachers, and others that are provided and paid for through the county, there is an efficient and flexible deployment of resources (2003). This also comes at a reduced cost on the community, while still keeping the town’s “bedroom policy” (2003).
In 1746, a church was built on a piece nearby Reister’s property known as Church Hill (MacLeod 2006). Funded and built by the Lutheran community the church was free to all denominations (2006). As normal back then the church served a second purpose, a school house. But as the town and its population grew, the church could no longer hold all of the town’s children (2006). Reister found a solution to this and made a new school on his property in 1793 (2006).
After the death of John Reister, the town raised money to build Franklin Academy, in the name of Benjamin Franklin (2003). By 1824, the school had been finished and in 1826 the community had installed a cupola, the Franklin Bell, which now resides proudly in front of the present Franklin High School (2006). In the 1870’s the school became one of the first to join the Baltimore County school system. Franklin Academy became the first public high school in the county in 1874 (2006). By the early 1900’s the school became a public library, where it still stands today next to the Lutheran cemetery and across the street from the present day Franklin Middle School (2006).
Elementary: Timber Grove, Franklin, Cedarmere, Glyndon, Reisterstown, and Chatsworth.
Middle: Franklin
High: Franklin
Chestnut Ridge-Grace (Preschool)
Hannah More School (grades 7-12)
The Reisterstown Recreation Council (RRC) houses sports for kids of all ages and has many activities. With a large variation of sports like; football (boys, ages 5-14), coed soccer (ages 6-16), girls soccer (ages 10-16), boys basketball (ages 7-17), lacrosse (boys and girls separate), field hockey (3rd-9th grades), softball (1st-10th grades), baseball (1st-10th grades), cheerleading (girls, ages 5-13), wrestling (1st-10th grades) (Unknown Author5). All sports are split up into appropriate age groups for better match ups between skill levels (2007). The RRC also holds adult leagues for boxing, volleyball, men’s basketball, and men’s 40+ basketball (2007).
There is also an indoor sports arena, Owings Mills Sports Plex (OMSP). They host many of the same sports year round for recreation, travel, adult and pick-up leagues (Unknown Author4a 2006). Along with that they also have sports camps for the summer and winter and hold year round clinics for young children learning to play soccer and basketball (2006). They also hold community dances and parties for youth (Unknown Author 4b 2006).
The town also has numerous Boy Scout troops, Cub Scout packs, Girl Scout troops and Venture Crew. There are many different troops to join each holding different qualities to them, including an Orthodox Jewish troop, strict catholic troop, and a high adventurous troop and many others. Unfortunately there are not such a wide variety of girl scout and venturing crews in Reisterstown like there are in the boy scout and cub scout programs as there are not as many people in those programs yet. Joining the scouting program is a great way to get more involved in your community and your state and you will do camping around the town and sometimes as far as other states, should you choose to go on such trips, and you are able to do volunteer work in parts of town that you use, making it a better place for you to live.
Latitude and Longitude coordinates: +39.387615, -076.79615 respective
County: Baltimore
Time Zone: Eastern Standard Time
Land Area: 61.5 square miles (159.2 square kilometers)
Water Area: .1 square miles (.2 square kilometers)
All above data acquired through BrainyZip.com According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 13.0 km² (5.0 mi²), all land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 22,438 people, 8,680 households, and 5,980 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,722.3/km² (4,461.2/mi²). There were 9,081 housing units at an average density of 697.1/km² (1,805.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 81.5% White, 12.1% African American, 0.22% Native American, 4.02% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 1.63% from other races, and 2.27% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.39% of the population.
There were 8,680 households out of which 36.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.1% were married couples living together, 14.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.1% were non-families. 24.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.06.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 26.0% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 34.9% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 9.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 91.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.0 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $47,587, and the median income for a family was $55,418. Males had a median income of $37,322 versus $31,190 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $22,206. About 4.6% of families and 5.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.9% of those under age 18 and 10.4% of those age 65 or over.
Anonymous. Reisterstown vs. Hereford. LAX World. no date. Accessed on February 4 2007.
MacLeod, Saunders, and Kuhl.. Reister’s Town. Baltimore County Public Library. . April 2006. Accessed on January 23, 2007.
N3Bruce. Reisterstown, Maryland. Everything2. March 16, 2003. Accessed on January 23, 2007.
Teddy Durgin. Welcome to Reisterstown. The Baltimore Sun. , July 6, 2004. Accessed on February 4, 2007.
Unknown Author1. 21136 Zip Code Reisterstown. Brainy Zip. January 2007. Accessed on February 4, 2007.
Unknown Author2. Portfolio Historic Architecture. Rubeling & Associates. no date. Accessed on February 4, 2007.
Unknown Author3.. U.S. Senate Vote Shows Strong Backing for Boy Scouts. CWFA. < http://www.cwfa.org/main.asp>. July 2005. Accessed on February 4 2007.
Unknown Author 4a. < http://www.owingsmillssportsplex.com/youthleagues.htm> Youth Leagues At Owings Mills Sports Plex. Owings Mills Sports Plex. < http://www.owingsmillssportsplex.com> 2006. Accessed on February 1, 2007.
Unknown Author 4b. < http://www.owingsmillssportsplex.com/parties_events.htm>. Parties & Events. Owings Mills Sports Plex. 2006. Accessed on February 1, 2007.
Unknown Author5.
U.S. Census Bureau. Reisterstown CDP, Maryland Statistics and Demographics (US Census 2000). Area Connect. < http://www.areaconnect.com/>. 2000. Accessed on January 23, 2007.
'Reisterstown' is a suburban town of Baltimore, Maryland. It is located to the north of Baltimore and though it is older than the towns surrounding it, it is now more so a housing town associated with the larger neighbor town, Owings Mills, which holds many of the businesses where the majority of the population of Reisterstown works.
| Contents |
| History |
| Reisterstown today |
| Schools of Reisterstown |
| Today’s Schools |
| Public |
| Private |
| Town Recreation |
| Scouting in Reisterstown |
| Geography |
| Demographics |
| External links |
| Cited Sources |
History
John Reister was born in 1715 in Germany, where he was educated and learned of many different rural living skills (MacLeod 2006). In September of 1738, Reister sailed from Rotterdam to Philadelphia in hopes to start a new life (2006). In Philadelphia, he met and married his wife, Margaret Sohn, in 1746(2006). Reister decided to buy land on which to start a family when he came across a patch of land in Maryland (2006). He came across this land on his way to Annapolis from his land in Frederick County( now known as Carroll County) (2006).
In the same year of his marriage, John Reister had bought fifty acres of land to the west of the nearby and upcoming town of Westminster (MacLeod 2006). Over twelve years he cultivated the land into a suitable farming spread, while raising his family of six children (2006). During that twelfth year, 1758, he acquired a smaller, twenty acre piece of land located on the other side of Conewago Rd. (now known as Reisterstown Rd.) (2006). Calling his newly received land Reister’s Desire, he built an Inn/Tavern as the land was too small and of poor quality to farm crops (2006). By 1763, Reister purchased his largest quantity of land, 83 acres, with the money raised through his inn and tavern with the purpose of adjoining his two prior properties (2006). With his total land area of , Reister could now start the building of businesses within his land to gain larger profits and expand his property.
In his later years, John Reister retired to a new home which is near what is now 365 Main Street (2006). He died at his new home in 1804 and sadly enough, the original of this house was torn down some years later.
Reister’s choice of this piece of land can be analyzed down to a few key factors of how this area could flourish. On his way to Annapolis, Reister had noticed an unclaimed piece of land next to another piece of land that must have been for sale (MacLeod 2006). Using his knowledge of rural living from Germany, he had also noticed that these pieces of land were located off the road that connects from Baltimore Town to a fork in the road, splitting off into Pipe Creek Road (now known as Westminster Pike) and an old road to Pennsylvania (2006). With the flow of travel from these two roads into Baltimore Town, Reister realized that it was an ideal frontier for an inn and tavern. While living on his fifty acre farm, he needed the twenty acre unclaimed land because he knew that it connected to the Patapsco River which already had an Indian trail (now Cockeys Mill Rd.) that lead to the river (2006). He also knew that while owning the most convenient inn and tavern on this road, he would make larger profits allowing for quicker property acquisition.
With his growing property and business ownerships in the area, the Electors of Baltimore County acknowledged Reister’s community officially as Reisterstown in the year of 1787 (2006).
Reisterstown today
Reisterstown is a northern suburb of the city of Baltimore, Maryland. With a rapid population growth since World War Two, Reisterstown and surrounding towns Glyndon, Owings Mills, and Randallstown have all expanded their borders into one another creating permanent boundaries (N3Bruce 2003). Mostly known as a “bedroom community,” the town is mostly housing and small longer lasting businesses, mostly family owned, with the exception of grocery stores, schools, churches/synagogues, gas stations, and other smaller stores (2003). Though few businesses such as Reisterstown Lumber, located on a spur of the Maryland Railroad running through the town, has competed fiercely with nearby Home Depot and Lowe’s (2003). Though seeming like an inconvenience, the distance to “non bedroom communities” is rather short, and the lack of big businesses preserves the historic relevance of the town (2003).
Much like most other towns of Baltimore County, Reisterstown is unincorporated, meaning that all public services of the town are provided by the county (N3Bruce 2003). By having jobs such as snow removal, policemen, firemen, public school teachers, and others that are provided and paid for through the county, there is an efficient and flexible deployment of resources (2003). This also comes at a reduced cost on the community, while still keeping the town’s “bedroom policy” (2003).
Schools of Reisterstown
In 1746, a church was built on a piece nearby Reister’s property known as Church Hill (MacLeod 2006). Funded and built by the Lutheran community the church was free to all denominations (2006). As normal back then the church served a second purpose, a school house. But as the town and its population grew, the church could no longer hold all of the town’s children (2006). Reister found a solution to this and made a new school on his property in 1793 (2006).
After the death of John Reister, the town raised money to build Franklin Academy, in the name of Benjamin Franklin (2003). By 1824, the school had been finished and in 1826 the community had installed a cupola, the Franklin Bell, which now resides proudly in front of the present Franklin High School (2006). In the 1870’s the school became one of the first to join the Baltimore County school system. Franklin Academy became the first public high school in the county in 1874 (2006). By the early 1900’s the school became a public library, where it still stands today next to the Lutheran cemetery and across the street from the present day Franklin Middle School (2006).
Today’s Schools
Public
Elementary: Timber Grove, Franklin, Cedarmere, Glyndon, Reisterstown, and Chatsworth.
Middle: Franklin
High: Franklin
Private
Chestnut Ridge-Grace (Preschool)
Hannah More School (grades 7-12)
Town Recreation
The Reisterstown Recreation Council (RRC) houses sports for kids of all ages and has many activities. With a large variation of sports like; football (boys, ages 5-14), coed soccer (ages 6-16), girls soccer (ages 10-16), boys basketball (ages 7-17), lacrosse (boys and girls separate), field hockey (3rd-9th grades), softball (1st-10th grades), baseball (1st-10th grades), cheerleading (girls, ages 5-13), wrestling (1st-10th grades) (Unknown Author5). All sports are split up into appropriate age groups for better match ups between skill levels (2007). The RRC also holds adult leagues for boxing, volleyball, men’s basketball, and men’s 40+ basketball (2007).
There is also an indoor sports arena, Owings Mills Sports Plex (OMSP). They host many of the same sports year round for recreation, travel, adult and pick-up leagues (Unknown Author4a 2006). Along with that they also have sports camps for the summer and winter and hold year round clinics for young children learning to play soccer and basketball (2006). They also hold community dances and parties for youth (Unknown Author 4b 2006).
Scouting in Reisterstown
The town also has numerous Boy Scout troops, Cub Scout packs, Girl Scout troops and Venture Crew. There are many different troops to join each holding different qualities to them, including an Orthodox Jewish troop, strict catholic troop, and a high adventurous troop and many others. Unfortunately there are not such a wide variety of girl scout and venturing crews in Reisterstown like there are in the boy scout and cub scout programs as there are not as many people in those programs yet. Joining the scouting program is a great way to get more involved in your community and your state and you will do camping around the town and sometimes as far as other states, should you choose to go on such trips, and you are able to do volunteer work in parts of town that you use, making it a better place for you to live.
Geography
Location of Reisterstown, Maryland
Latitude and Longitude coordinates: +39.387615, -076.79615 respective
County: Baltimore
Time Zone: Eastern Standard Time
Land Area: 61.5 square miles (159.2 square kilometers)
Water Area: .1 square miles (.2 square kilometers)
All above data acquired through BrainyZip.com According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 13.0 km² (5.0 mi²), all land.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 22,438 people, 8,680 households, and 5,980 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,722.3/km² (4,461.2/mi²). There were 9,081 housing units at an average density of 697.1/km² (1,805.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 81.5% White, 12.1% African American, 0.22% Native American, 4.02% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 1.63% from other races, and 2.27% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.39% of the population.
There were 8,680 households out of which 36.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.1% were married couples living together, 14.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.1% were non-families. 24.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.06.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 26.0% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 34.9% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 9.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 91.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.0 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $47,587, and the median income for a family was $55,418. Males had a median income of $37,322 versus $31,190 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $22,206. About 4.6% of families and 5.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.9% of those under age 18 and 10.4% of those age 65 or over.
External links
Cited Sources
Anonymous. Reisterstown vs. Hereford. LAX World.
MacLeod, Saunders, and Kuhl.
N3Bruce.
Teddy Durgin.
Unknown Author1.
Unknown Author2.
Unknown Author3.
Unknown Author 4a. < http://www.owingsmillssportsplex.com/youthleagues.htm> Youth Leagues At Owings Mills Sports Plex. Owings Mills Sports Plex. < http://www.owingsmillssportsplex.com> 2006. Accessed on February 1, 2007.
Unknown Author 4b. < http://www.owingsmillssportsplex.com/parties_events.htm>. Parties & Events. Owings Mills Sports Plex.
Unknown Author5.
U.S. Census Bureau.
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