Van Lear, Maryland
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| Community of Van Lear, Maryland | |
| Nickname: The Manor, VL | |
![Location in Maryland (Halfway location [Van Lear is next to Halfway])](../../../../images/shared/c/c4/MDMap-doton-Halfway.PNG) |
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Maryland |
| County | Washington County |
| Founded | 1962 |
| Area | |
| - City | 3 sq mi (7.8 km²) |
| Elevation | 538 ft (164 m) |
| Population | |
| - City | 3,000 |
| - Metro | 257,619 |
| City Pop'n. is community estimate; Metro Pop'n. is of Metropolitan Hagerstown | |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| - Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Elevation is of nearby Hagerstown. | |
Van Lear is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Maryland. The community is part of the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area). Van Lear is located between Halfway, Maryland and Williamsport, Maryland.
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[edit] History
The Community of Van Lear was started in the late 1960's when a Hagerstown real estate agent, Lee Downey, started to sell tracts of his then rural land to developers. By the 1980's the Hagerstown area started to boom, so Downey made Van Lear Manor and Tammany Manor, the first two suburban neighborhoods in Van Lear.
[edit] Today
Today, Van Lear is a diverse residential mix of new and old, modern and historic, all side-by-side. In Van Lear's newer neighborhoods, modern McMansions are common.
[edit] Neighborhoods
- Van Lear Manor, the largest and first neighborhood.
- Tammany, another older neighborhood.
- Homewood, a housing complex for senior citizens.
- New Van Lear, a newer, somewhat large neighborhood filled with McMansions.
- Sterling Oaks, a new subdivision with middle to lower income housing.
- Bratton Hill, a small, new neighborhood with McMansions.
- New Tammany, a new middle-class neighborhood.
[edit] Sources
All of the information provided has been used with permission from the Van Lear Community Association.
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