Frederick County, Maryland Frederick County, Maryland Frederick County is located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the population was 240,336. The county seat is Frederick. Frederick County is included in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. Like other outlying sections of the Washington metropolitan area, Frederick County has experienced a rapid population increase in recent years. It borders the southern border of Pennsylvania and the northeastern border of Virginia. The county is home to Catoctin Mountain Park (encompassing the presidential retreat Camp David) and to the U.S. Army's Fort Detrick. It has also
Humanities DC Humanities DC Humanities DC (formerly known as the Humanities Council of Washington, DC) is a local, non-profit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities based in Washington, DC. Humanities DC was founded in 1980 to fund and produce public humanities programming in the District of Columbia. It is one of 56 state humanities councils founded in the wake of the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965. The Humanities DC office is located at 925 U Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001. Founded in 1980 as the D.C. Community Humanities Council, Humanities DC funded several high-profile documentary