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Chesapeake Ranch Estates-Drum Point, Maryland

Chesapeake Ranch
Estates-Drum Point, Maryland
Former Census-designated place (CDP)
Location of Chesapeake Ranch Estates-Drum Point, Maryland
Location of Chesapeake Ranch Estates-Drum Point, Maryland
Coordinates: 38°21′0″N 76°25′8″W / 38.35000°N 76.41889°W / 38.35000; -76.41889Coordinates: 38°21′0″N 76°25′8″W / 38.35000°N 76.41889°W / 38.35000; -76.41889
Country United States
State Maryland
County Calvert
Area
 • Total 6.4 sq mi (16.6 km2)
 • Land 6.0 sq mi (15.6 km2)
 • Water 0.4 sq mi (0.9 km2)
Population (2000)
 • Total 11,503
 • Density 1,904.8/sq mi (735.4/km2)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code 24-16062

Chesapeake Ranch Estates-Drum Point was a census-designated place in Calvert County, Maryland, for the 2000 United States Census, when it had a population of 11,503. For the 2010 census the area was split into the CDPs of Chesapeake Ranch Estates and Drum Point. The communities are only a few minutes from the popular weekend resort town Solomons as well as the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Calvert Cliffs State Park and fossil grounds, and the Dominion Cove Point liquefied natural gas terminal.

Chesapeake Ranch Estates-Drum Point is located at 38°21′0″N 76°25′8″W / 38.35000°N 76.41889°W / 38.35000; -76.41889 (38.350075, -76.418936).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of 6.4 square miles (17 km2), of which, 6.0 square miles (16 km2) of it is land and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2) of it (5.62%) is water.

As of the census of 2000, there were 11,503 people, 3,865 households, and 3,041 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,904.8 people per square mile (735.3/km²). There were 4,281 housing units at an average density of 708.9/sq mi (273.7/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 85.52% White, 10.52% African American, 0.36% Native American, 0.85% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.87% from other races, and 1.83% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.43% of the population.


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