Indian Head

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Indian Head

Total population

4,055

Weather59°F · Mostly Clear then Slight Chance Rain Showers

Coordinates38.60°, -77.16°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Indian Head is a town in Charles County, Maryland, United States. The population was 3,894 at the 2020 U.S. census. It has been the site of a naval base specializing in gun and rocket propellants since 1890. Production of nitrocellulose and smokeless powder began at the Indian Head Powder Factory in 1900. The name of the base has varied over the years from Indian Head Proving Ground, to Naval Powder Factory, to Naval Propellant Plant, to Naval Ordnance Station, to the present Naval Support Facility Indian Head. The facility's main tenant activity is the Indian Head Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC/IH). Advanced research in energetic systems takes place at NSWC/IH. NSWC/IH absorbed the function of the closed Naval Ordnance Laboratory, formerly in White Oak. The base currently employs 3,700 people.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Indian Head, MD from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

A. J. DeLaGarza

Soccer player (born 1987)

Bryan Fairfax, 8th Lord Fairfax of Cameron

American planter

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Edmund Jennings Lee I

American mayor (1772-1843)

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George Thomson Mason

American army officer

John Mason

Early American merchant, banker, and planter (1766–1849)

Joseph Lancaster Brent

Confederate General

Spencer Pumpelly

American racing driver

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Steve Blanchard

American actor

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Thomson Francis Mason

American judge

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Thomson Mason

American politician (1733-1785)

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Katherine Hoskins

American poet

Roy Edward Campbell

American Roman-Catholic bishop

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HavinMotion

American rapper (2004–2026)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Indian Head

Powder and propellants

Rodney P. Carlisle · 1990

The comprehensive plan, town of Indian Head, Maryland

Harland Bartholomew & Associates · 1966

Flood insurance study

1985

Results of a citizen survey conducted for the town of Indian Head, Maryland

Jeanne E. Bilanin · 1992

Indianhead Railroad

Phone Number List | Databases List · 1918

St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish

St. Mary, Star of the Sea Parish (Indian Head, Md.) · 1968

The history of Perseverence Lodge No. 208, A.F. & A.M., 31 Raymond Avenue, Indian Head, Maryland, 1908-1999 and the Ordnance Club, 1905-1907

John F. Buchanan · 2000

Greater Charles County, Maryland, streetmap

Thomas Bros. Maps · 1999

Search results from Open Library.