County Agencies

4-H and Youth Park Board
Loen Schmick, Chairperson .......... 1984
Charles Hammer, Vice-Chairperson .... 1984
Jean Behike, Treasurer ............. 1987
F. Pierce Adams ................. 1985
Sarah Covey .................... 1985
Frank Pittinger .................. 1985
Edgar Voorhees ................. 1985
Hazel Hignutt .................. 1987
Ross Robinson .................. 1987

Soil Conservation District Supervisors
William Greenage, Chairperson ....... 1984
Milton Godfrey, Vice-Chairperson ..... 1985
F. Elmer Robinson, Treasurer ........ 1983
D. Wheatley Neal (County appointee) ......
Gary L. Schoonover .............. 1987
Robert J. Rouse, Extension Agent, Secretary
(non-voting) ........................
Deborah Tarburton, District Conservationist . . .
Joan M. Price, District Manager ..........

CARROLL COUNTY

County Seat: Westminster 21157

Origin: Erected from Baltimore and Frederick
Counties by Chapter 256, Acts of 1835, con-
firmed by Chapter 19, Acts of 1836, which was
passed January 19, 1837.

Name: Named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton
(1737-1832), distinguished Revolutionary states-
and Maryland signer of the Declaration of
Indpendence.

Form of Government: County Commissioners

County Code: See Code of the Public Local Laws
of Carroll County (1976) with supplements.

Area: 452.45 sq. miles (451.98 land, .47 water)

Population 1900: 33,860
1950: 44,907
1960: 52,785
1970: 69,006
1980: 96,356
Dist. I, Taneytown ............... 5,269
Dist. 2, Uniontown ............... 3,284

Carroll County/527

Dist. 3, Myers .................. 4,000
Dist. 4, Woolerys ............... 11,296
Dist. 5, Freedom ............... 13,567
Dist. 6, Manchester .............. 8,260
Dist. 7, Westminster ............. 19,116
Dist. 8, Hampstead .............. 7,857
Dist. 9, Franklin ................ 4,942
Dist. 10, Middleburg ............. 1,296
Dist. 11, New Windsor ............ 2,664
Dist. 12, Union Bridge ............ 1,654
Dist. 13, Mount Airy ............. 4,174
Dist. 14, Berrett ................. 8,977

Principal Incorporated Places (1980 census):
Westminster (8,808), Taneytown (2,618),
Mount Airy (1,910)

Principal Unincorporated Places (1980 census):
Eldersburg (4,959), Westminster South (3,521),
Oakland (2,242)

Voter Registration, 1982
Democrat: .................... 22,487
Republican: ................... 15,833
Other: .......................... 45
Decline: ...................... 2,522
Total: ..................... 40,887

Per Capita Income (1980): $8,048
State Parks: Patapsco Valley (11,442 acres)

Colleges/Universities: Western Maryland College,
Westminster; Carroll County Branch of
Catonsville Community College, Westminster

Museums/Historical Societies: Carroll County
Farm Museum, Rt. 6, Box 412, Westminster
21157; Historical Society of Carroll County,
210 E. Main St., Westminster 21157; Union
Mills Homestead, 3311 Littlestown Pike, West-
minster 21157

JUDICIAL OFFICES

Circuit Court
Courthouse and Court Annex Building
Westminster 21157 Telephone: 848-4500

District Court
Court Annex Building
Westminster 21157 Telephone: 848-2146

Court Terms:

Circuit Court—Grand Jury, second Monday in
May and November; Petit Jury, second Mon-
day in February, May, August, and November.

Orphans' Court Days—Mondays and Tuesdays.

Circuit Court Resident Judges
Donald J. Gilmore, Administrative Judge 1993
Luke K. Bums, Jr. ............... 1995

Circuit Court Clerk
Larry W. Shipley ................ 1986