Van Lear, Maryland

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Van Lear, Maryland
Community of Van Lear
Nickname(s): 
The Manor, VL
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Location in Maryland (Halfway location [Van Lear is next to Halfway])
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Maryland.svg  Maryland
County Flag placeholder.svg Washington
Founded1962
Area
  Total8 km2 (3 sq mi)
Elevation
164 m (538 ft)
Population
  Total3,000
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Elevation is of nearby Hagerstown.

Van Lear is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Maryland, United States. The community is part of the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area). Van Lear is located between Halfway and Williamsport.

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History

The Community of Van Lear was started in the late 1960s when a Hagerstown real estate agent, Lee Downey, started to sell tracts of his then rural land to developers. By the 1980s the Hagerstown area started to boom, so Downey made Van Lear Manor and Tammany Manor, the first two suburban neighborhoods in Van Lear.

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, larger modern homes are common.

Neighborhoods

Sources

All of the information provided has been used with permission from the Van Lear Community Association.

39°32′08″N77°45′11″W / 39.535557°N 77.752991°W / 39.535557; -77.752991

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