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Crofton

census place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
Place census_designated_place_in_the_united_states Q755950
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Crofton

Summary

Crofton is a census-designated place in the United States[1]. Crofton ranks in the top 2% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (114 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Crofton is located in Anne Arundel County[3].
  • Crofton is in the country of United States[4].
  • Crofton's image is recorded as Crofton Parkway spring.JPG[5].
  • Crofton's instance of is recorded as census-designated place in the United States[6].
  • Crofton's locator map image is recorded as Anne Arundel County Maryland Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Crofton Highlighted.svg[7].
  • Crofton's postal code is recorded as 21114[8].
  • Crofton's Commons category is recorded as Crofton, Maryland[9].
  • Crofton's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 133440[10].
  • +1964-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Crofton[11].
  • Crofton's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2389375[12].
  • Crofton's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 590046[13].
  • Crofton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 39.0089, 'lon': -76.6811}[14].
  • Crofton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ttbf[15].
  • Crofton's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 24-20875[16].
  • Crofton's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 5b27b11f-5648-4ccb-88c1-e2fbf2a68ed6[17].
  • Crofton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+27348'}[18].
  • Crofton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+29641'}[19].
  • Crofton's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Crofton CDP'}[20].
  • Crofton's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Crofton'}[21].
  • Crofton's number of households is recorded as {'amount': '+10235'}[22].
  • Crofton's GeoNames ID is recorded as 4352539[23].
  • Crofton's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+30'}[24].
  • Crofton's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+17.127405'}[25].
  • Crofton's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+17.128654'}[26].
  • Crofton's water as percent of area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+0'}[27].

Body

Geography

Crofton is in the country of United States[4]. Crofton is located in Anne Arundel County[3].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+17.127405'}[25] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+17.128654'}[26]. Crofton's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+30'}[24]. Population counts include {'amount': '+27348'}[18] and {'amount': '+29641'}[19].

Designation and Status

Crofton's instance of is recorded as census-designated place in the United States[6].

History and Context

+1964-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Crofton[11].

Why It Matters

Crofton ranks in the top 2% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (114 views/month).[2] Crofton has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Crofton is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . geonames.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Q14005. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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