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THURMONT Thurmont is a small city in northern Frederick County established in 1751. It is known as the “Gateway to the Catoctin Mountains,” where Catoctin Mountain Park and Cunningham Falls State Park are located. There are three covered bridges near by: Loy’s Station Bridge, Roddy Road Bridge and Utica Mills Bridge. Catoctin Iron Furnace and forge, built during the Revolutionary War, is just down the road. Frederick is about 15 miles south and Gettysburg is 20 miles north. Baltimore and Washington, D.C. are each about 60 miles away. The President’s retreat, Camp David, is also nearby. Thurmont is proud to have been designated a “Main Street Maryland Community.”
TOWN FACTS (Data from 2010 Census and estimates)
Population: 6,528
Number of households: 2,608
Median household income: $68,043
People under the age of 5: 5.3 percent
People under the age of 18: 25.8 percent
People aged 65 years or older: 13.1 percent
FOOD AND RESTAURANTS
SHOPS
Bollinger’s Family Restaurant , 210 N. Church St. O 301-271-3500 w Bollingersrestaurant.com
At Home Primitives , 14802 N. Franklinville Road O 301-271-2524 w facebook.com/AtHomePrimitives
(aged 25+): 26.6 percent
The Furnace Bar & Grill , 12841 Catoctin Furnace Road O 240-288-8942 w facebook.com/FurnaceBarandGrill
Gateway Market and Candyland , 14802 N. Franklinville Road O 301-271-2322 w Gatewaycandy.com
ELECTED OFFICIALS
Hoffman’s Market
Hobbs Hardware Inc.
, 405 E. Main St. O 301-271-4707
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Mountain Gate Family Restaurant , 133 Frederick Road O 301-271-4373 w Mountaingatefamilyrestaurant.com
Timeless Trends Boutique , 21 E. Main St. O 240-288-8226 w Timelesstrendsboutique.com
Language other than English spoken in home: 4.6 percent High school graduate or higher (aged 25+): 95.1 percent Bachelor’s degree or higher
MAYOR John A. Kinnaird
TOWN COUNCIL
iSTOCKPHOTO.COM / WILLIAM SHERMAN
Bill Buehrer, Martin A. Burns, Wes Hamrick, Wayne Hooper Town Hall , 615 E. Main St., P.O. Box 17 O 301-271-7313 w Thurmont.com
LIBRARIES Frederick County Public Libraries Thurmont Branch , 76 E. Moser Road O 301-600-7200 w FCPL.org
Rocky’s Pizza , 205 Tippin Drive O 301-271-7181 w RockysThurmont.com Fitzgerald’s Shamrock Restaurant , 7701 Fitzgerald Road O 301-271-2912 w Shamrockrestaurant.com Thurmont Bar & Grill , 10 E. Main St. O 301-271-7422 Thurmont Kountry Kitchen
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17 Water St.
15 E. Main St.
O 301-271-2233
LEARN AND EXPLORE Cunningham Falls State Park O 301-271-7574 w dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/Pages/ western/cunningham.aspx Thurmont Historical Society O 301-271-1860 w thurmonthistoricalsociety.org Catoctin Mountain Park O 301-663-9388 w nps.gov/cato/index.htm
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