Curtis Bay
Baltimore (city) · USGS GNIS name record 597304
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These Census tracts have reference points near Curtis Bay. Their figures describe the entire named tract, not this locality. Open a tract to inspect its map, sources and demographic percentages.
Census tract 2505 ↗
Baltimore city · MD
- Population
- 4,808
- Median home value
- $96,700
Census tract 2504.02 ↗
Baltimore city · MD
- Population
- 4,186
- Median home value
- $138,600
Census tract 2506 ↗
Baltimore city · MD
- Population
- 34
- Median home value
- Not available
Census tract 7501.01 ↗
Anne Arundel County · MD
- Population
- 4,879
- Median home value
- $232,900
The source behind the name
USGS GNIS Populated Place names in all 50 states and DC. Features in the historical extract or explicitly named historical are excluded; duplicate decision records with identical identities and coordinates are collapsed. GNIS points identify names, not legal or neighborhood boundaries, current occupancy, school attendance or a statistical population. Nearby Census places and tracts remain separately named geographies. Name completeness and currency vary; this is not a claim to include every locally used neighborhood name.
Original USGS record for Curtis Bay ↗Dataset snapshot 2026-09-02 · Source record edited 06/07/2022 · NAD83 · approximate source location
USGS description & history
Located along Curtis Bay on the west side of the Patapsco River, 7.2 km (4.5 mi) southeast of downtown Baltimore.
This Baltimore neighborhood was likely named for Captain Edmund Curtis who controlled the shipping industry in the area in the middle to late 1600s. This area, combined with that of nearby Brooklyn, was reportedly the location of the 19th century settlement of Freetown, the Nation's first settlement of free African Americans. (US-T121)
Source notes may describe earlier conditions.Source files & checksums
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