Brown Station, Maryland

Brown Station is an census designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States.^[2][3] Per the 2020 Census, the population was 3,298.^[4]

Brown Station
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 38.854°N 76.798°W / 38.854; -76.798
Country	United States of America
State	Maryland
County	Prince George's
Area [1]
• Total	6.22 sq mi (16.12 km2)
• Land	6.17 sq mi (15.97 km2)
• Water	0.06 sq mi (0.15 km2)
Population  (2020)
• Total	3,298
• Density	534.78/sq mi (206.49/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	24-10737

History

The Brown Station CDP was first defined by the U.S. Census Bureau for the 2020 U.S. Census.^[5] The areas for Brown Station were taken from Brock Hall and Westphalia as defined in the 2010 U.S. Census.^[6][7] Brown Station Road contains the Prince Georges County landfill, as well as its new animal shelter.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	3,298		—
U.S. Decennial Census[8] 2020[9]

Brown Station first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. Census.^[10]

2020 census

Brown Station CDP, Maryland – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.

Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)	Pop 2020[9]	% 2020
White alone (NH)	143	4.34%
Black or African American alone (NH)	2,699	81.84%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	6	0.18%
Asian alone (NH)	73	2.21%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)	3	0.09%
Other race alone (NH)	8	0.24%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)	124	3.76%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	242	7.34%
Total	3,298	100.00%

Education

It is in Prince George's County Public Schools.^[11]

Schools in the CDP include:^[12] Barack Obama Elementary School,^[13] and Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School.^[14] These schools, in the 2010 U.S. Census, were in the Westphalia CDP.^[15]

School zones include:

• Elementary: Obama, Arrowhead, and Perrywood (in separate zones)^[16]
• Middle: Kettering and James Madison (in separate zones)^[17]
• High: Wise, and Largo High School (in separate zones)^[18]

Obama Elementary was the first school in the Washington, D.C., area that was named after the former president.^[19] It is adjacent to Wise High School.^[20] The Prince George's County school board approved of the name of the school on June 25, 2009;^[19] all board members voted in favor of the renaming.^[20] The school opened on August 23, 2010, and had a cost of $25 million. The architect was Grimm + Parker Architects,^[21] and it was built for 792 students.^[20] The school's cooling system relies on over 144 geothermal pumps.^[22] The initial enrollment was 798, slightly higher than the school's stated capacity.^[19] Its opening relieved Arrowhead, Marlton, Melwood, Patuxent and Perrywood, elementary schools.^[21] The first principal was Pearl Harmon, a Liberian American;^[22] in 2014 she was reassigned to an administrative position in the PG County school system.^[23] Several school board members argued that naming a school after Obama would inspire area students. Many schools in PG County were named after African-Americans, and PG County voters primarily support the Democratic Party, Obama's political party.^[24] In the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election, 89% of PG County residents voted for Obama. The chairperson of the PG County Republican Party Central Committee, Mykel Harris, argued that the county should not name a school after a current president, while the chairperson of the board, Ron L. Watson, stated that the vote was not done out of political considerations.^[20]