Baltimore

Baltimore
Independent city
City of Baltimore
The Inner Harbor skyline Fell's Point Oriole Park at Camden Yards Emerson Tower Washington and Lafayette Monuments National Aquarium
Flag Seal
Nickname(s):  Charm City;[1] B'more;[2] Mobtown[3]
Motto(s):  "The Greatest City in America",[1] "Get in on it.",[1] "Believe"[4]
Interactive map of Baltimore
Coordinates: 39°17′22″N 76°36′55″W / 39.28944°N 76.61528°W / 39.28944; -76.61528
Country	United States
State	Maryland
City	Baltimore
Historic colony	Province of Maryland
County	None (Independent city)
Founded	1729
Incorporated	1796–1797
Independent city	1851
Named for	The 2nd Baron Baltimore (1605–1675)
Government
• Type	Mayor–council
• Body	Baltimore City Council
• Mayor	Brandon Scott (D)
• City Council	Council members Nick Mosby (President) Zeke Cohen (1) Danielle McCray (2) Ryan Dorsey (3) Mark Conway (4) Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer (5) Sharon Green Middleton (6) James Torrence (7) Kristerfer Burnett (8) John T. Bullock (9) Phylicia Porter (10) Eric Costello (11) Robert Stokes Sr. (12) Antonio Glover (13) Odette Ramos (14)
• Houses of Delegates	Delegates Frank M. Conaway, Jr. (40) (D) Nick Mosby (40) (D) Melissa Wells (40) (D) Tony Bridges (41) (D) Dalya Attar (41) (D) Samuel I. Rosenberg (41) (D) Curt Anderson (43) (D) Maggie McIntosh (43) (D) Regina T. Boyce (43) (D) Keith E. Haynes (44A) (D) Talmadge Branch (45) (D) Cheryl Glenn (45) (D) Stephanie M. Smith (45) (D) Luke Clippinger (46) (D) Robbyn Lewis (46) (D) Brooke Lierman (46) (D)
• State Senate	State senators Antonio Hayes (40) (D) Jill P. Carter (41) (D) Dr. Mary Washington (43) (D) Shirley Nathan-Pulliam (44) (D) Cory V. McCray (45) (D) Bill Ferguson (46) (D)
• U.S. House	Representatives Dutch Ruppersberger (2) (D) John Sarbanes (3) (D) Kweisi Mfume (7) (D)
Area [5]
• Independent city	92.05 sq mi (238.41 km2)
• Land	80.95 sq mi (209.65 km2)
• Water	11.10 sq mi (28.76 km2)  12.1%
Elevation [6]	0–480 ft (0–150 m)
Population  (2020)[7]
• Independent city	585,708
• Rank	30th in the United States 1st in Maryland
• Density	7,235.43/sq mi (2,793.74/km2)
• Metro [8]	2,844,510 (20th)
Demonym	Baltimorean
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes	ZIP Codes[9] 21201–21231, 21233–21237, 21239–21241, 21244, 21250–21252, 21263–21265, 21268, 21270, 21273–21275, 21278–21290, 21297–21298
Area codes	410, 443, and 667
FIPS code	24-04000
GNIS feature ID	597040
Primary Airport	Baltimore/Washington International Airport (BWI)
Commuter Rail
Interstates
U.S. Routes
Website	City of Baltimore

Baltimore is the biggest city in the U.S. state of Maryland. In 2020 it had about 585,708 people living there.^[7] It is not in any county, so it is called an independent city. It is next to the Chesapeake Bay and used to be an important port for trade by ships. There is still some shipping but the Inner Harbor is now mostly famous for shopping and restaurants, and also for the National Aquarium and other museums.

Baltimore is home to the Ravens (football) and Orioles (baseball), both professional sports teams. Its main newspaper is the Baltimore Sun. There is a place for horse races in the city called Pimlico. There are many colleges and universities in Baltimore, like Johns Hopkins University.

The city was made in 1729 and is named after the British Lord Baltimore who started the colony of Maryland. The mayor of the city as of 2020 is Brandon Scott. Many governors of Maryland were mayor of Baltimore first. One famous thing that happened in Baltimore was in the War of 1812, when the British attacked the city and Francis Scott Key wrote a song about it called "The Star-Spangled Banner". It is now the national anthem of the United States.

Some famous people from Baltimore are the Supreme Court judge Thurgood Marshall, the poet and writer Edgar Allen Poe (he lived in the city but was not born there), the baseball player Babe Ruth, the singer Billie Holiday, and the movie director John Waters.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Donovan, Doug (May 20, 2006). "Baltimore's New Bait: The City is About to Unveil a New Slogan, 'Get In On It,' Meant to Intrigue Visitors". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved November 28, 2008 – via RedOrbit.
2. ↑ Kane, Gregory (June 15, 2009). "Dispatch from Bodymore, Murderland". The Washington Examiner.
3. ↑ Cutler, Josh S. (February 18, 2019). Mobtown Massacre: Alexander Hanson and the Baltimore Newspaper War of 1812. ISBN 9781439666203.
4. ↑ Gettleman, Jeffrey (September 2, 2003). "In Baltimore, Slogan Collides with Reality". The New York Times.
5. ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
6. ↑ "Highest and Lowest Elevations in Maryland's Counties". Maryland Geological Survey. Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Baltimore City. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved November 14, 2007.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} "QuickFacts: Baltimore city, Maryland". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
8. ↑ "2020 Population and Housing State Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
9. ↑ "ZIP Code Lookup". USPS. Archived from the original on November 23, 2010. Retrieved October 13, 2014.