Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, Maryland
census designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills is a census-designated place (CDP) in Washington County, Maryland, United States. The population was 3,861 at the 2000 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.8 square miles (9.8 km2), all land.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Fountainhead-Orchard Hills had a population of 6,189. The median age was 42.6 years. 22.8% of residents were under the age of 18 and 19.3% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 97.3 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 91.2 males age 18 and over.
99.7% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.3% lived in rural areas.
There were 2,354 households in Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, of which 31.4% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 55.1% were married-couple households, 14.5% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 22.6% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present.
“Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, Maryland” enters the record as census designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Fountainhead-Orchard, Hills and Maryland can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, Maryland” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Fountainhead-Orchard, Hills and Maryland provides the most credible route into that argument.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q754206. Authority coordinates are 39.683, -77.716. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2000 and 2020.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, Maryland”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, Maryland primary sources, Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, Maryland archive and Fountainhead-Orchard research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, Maryland”?
- What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
- Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, Maryland” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.