THURMONT -- Catoctin Mountain Park has extended temporary closures during which sharpshooters are curbing the growing deer population at the park. more »
Thurmont's Acacia Lodge #155 is offering one scholarship worth $4,000 to a graduating high school-level senior who resides within the Catoctin High School district boundaries.
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QUICK FACTS
Town office: 10 Frederick Rd., Thurmont, MD 21788
Mayor: Martin Allen Burns
Board of Commissioners Wayne Hooper, Ron Terpko, Glenn Muth, Bob Lookingbill
Population: 6,037 (est. pop. 2008; Source: Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau)
Year founded: Thurmont was founded in 1751 as Mechanicstown. The town's name was changed to Thurmont in 1894 after an act of the State legislature.
Town meetings are held in the town office on Mondays at 7 p.m.
Elected officials, a mayor and a four-member Board of Commissioners, serve four-year terms and are elected at-large.
Median sales price of recent home sales: From July-Sept '09 - $214,000 (Source: trulia.com)
Thurmont was designated as a Main Street Maryland Community in 2005.
Thurmont is the home of Camp David.
In 1909, the Thurmont/Frederick railroad line became the first electric railroad in the US to handle freight cars with electric locomotives. The final run of the Thurmont/Frederick trolley occurred in 1954. (Source: emmitsburg.net)
Jacob Weller became America's first stick match manufacturer here around 1825. (Source: emmitsburg.net)
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