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| BURKITTSVILLE REPORTER |
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| QUICK FACTS |
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Town Hall: 500 E. Main St., P.O. Box 485, Burkittsville, MD 21718
Mayor: Debby Burgoyne
Town Council members: Catherine Cox Murray, Jill Lancaster, Jayme Marshall
Population: 186 (2007, U.S. Census Bureau)
Year founded: 1824
Town meetings are held in the Ruritan Community Center on the second Monday of January, March, May, July, September and November at 7:30 p.m.
Number to know: Town office: 301-834-6780
On the web: burkittsville-md.gov
Landmarks: South Mountain Heritage Society
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| DID YOU KNOW |
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Elected officials, a mayor and a three-member Town Council, serve three-year terms and are elected at-large.
Avg. price of recent home sales: From Mar-May '09 - $118,268 (Source: trulia.com)
Battle of Crampton's Gap took place Sept. 14, 1862 and served as a prelude to the Battle of Antietam, which took place three days later.
Town remains a prime tourist destination for Civil War buffs.
In 1975, the town was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Recent claim to fame is the 2001 movie "The Blair Witch Project" (which is a fictional movie, by the way!) which was based in Burkittsville.
In mid-July every year, the town hosts the Annual Burkittsville Ruritan Club Carnival at the Ruritan Community Center grounds.
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| BURKITTSVILLE SCHOOLS |
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Elementary: Brunswick, Valley, Middletown
Middle: Brunswick, Middletown
High: Brunswick, Middletown
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