Union Bridge

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Union Bridge

Total population

1,055

Median home value

$293,300

26.5%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$76,250

Union Bridge$76k

National$74k

Founded

1872

Elevation139 m

Land area2.71 km²

Weather63°F · Mostly Cloudy

Coordinates39.57°, -77.17°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Union Bridge is a town in Carroll County, Maryland, United States. The population was 936 at the 2020 census.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

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

Current forecast

Forecast for Union Bridge, 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

Francis Scott Key

American lawyer and poet who wrote The Star-Spangled Banner (1779-1843)

G

Guy Babylon

American keyboardist (1956-2009)

Roberts Bartholow

American physician (1831-1904)

Jacob Gartner Lauman

Union Army general (1813-1867)

J

John Hanson Farquhar

American politician (1818-1873)

M

Marion Bloom

American nurse

S

Sterling A. Galt

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient

William Henry Rinehart

American artist (1825–1874)

Rogers Birnie

Explorer and army officer who explored death valley

C

Charles Issac Ecker

American politician (1928-2015)

R

Ralph S. Wolfe

microbiologist (1921-2019)

Harvey Derne

American football coach (1874–1921)

L

Lawrence Nokes

nursing assistant who died of COVID-19 along with his wife (1950-2020)

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

Nearby places in Maryland

• Taneytown
  6 mi away
• Libertytown
  7.2 mi away
• Graceham
  11.9 mi away
• Walkersville
  12.2 mi away · pop. 6,414
• Emmitsburg
  12.2 mi away · pop. 2,845
• Linganore
  12.9 mi away
• Lewistown
  13.4 mi away
• Monrovia
  15.6 mi away
• Bartonsville
  15.8 mi away
• Manchester
  16.2 mi away
• Eldersburg
  16.5 mi away
• Lisbon
  17.1 mi away

Browse all places in Maryland →

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 Union Bridge

Lehigh Portland Cement Company, Union Bridge, Maryland

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. · 1997

The Maryland Campaign of September 1862

Ezra Ayers Carman · 2007

Index Soundex to the 1920 U.S. Population Schedules, Maryland

United States. Bureau of the Census · 1900

History of the Industrial Revolution in Western Maryland

Patrick H. Stakem · 2010

Railroad accident report

United States. National Transportation Safety Board. · 1975

Ready reckoner

Daniel Fenning · 1757

The Pilgrim Of Our Lady Of Martyrs

Apostleship of Prayer (Organization) · 1888

The Story of The Committee of 300

John Coleman · 2000

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Eastern Chipmunk

Tamias striatus

Seen 2026-09-17

American Carrion Beetle

Necrophila americana

Seen 2026-09-17

New York ironweed

Vernonia noveboracensis

Seen 2026-09-17

wood nettle

Laportea canadensis

Seen 2026-09-17

Wingstem

Verbesina alternifolia

Seen 2026-09-17

European Hornet

Vespa crabro

Seen 2026-09-16

Small White

Pieris rapae

Seen 2026-09-16

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Seen 2026-09-16

Speckled Sharpshooter

Paraulacizes irrorata

Seen 2026-09-16

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).