| Brown Station | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Maryland#USA |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Maryland |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 16.12 |
| Area Land Km2: | 15.97 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.15 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 3298 |
| Population Density Km2: | 206.49 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 38.854°N -76.798°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 24-10737 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 6.22 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 6.17 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.06 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 534.78 |
Brown Station is an census designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States.[2] Per the 2020 Census, the population was 3,298.[3]
The Brown Station CDP was first defined by the U.S. Census Bureau for the 2020 U.S. Census.[4] The areas for Brown Station were taken from Brock Hall and Westphalia as defined in the 2010 U.S. Census.[5] [6]
| 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% | |
| Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 3 | 0.09% | |
| Some Other Race alone (NH) | 8 | 0.24% | |
| Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH) | 124 | 3.76% | |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 242 | 7.34% | |
| Total | 3,298 | 100.00% |
It is in Prince George's County Public Schools.[8]
Schools in the CDP include:[9] Barack Obama Elementary School,[10] and Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School.[11] These schools, in the 2010 U.S. Census, were in the Westphalia CDP.[12]
School zones include:
Obama Elementary was the first school in the Washington, D.C., area that was named after the former president.[16] It is adjacent to Wise High School.[17] The Prince George's County school board approved of the name of the school on June 25, 2009;[16] all board members voted in favor of the renaming.[17] The school opened on August 23, 2010, and had a cost of $25 million. The architect was Grimm + Parker Architects,[18] and it was built for 792 students.[17] The school's cooling system relies on over 144 geothermal pumps.[19] The initial enrollment was 798, slightly higher than the school's stated capacity.[16] Its opening relieved Arrowhead, Marlton, Melwood, Patuxent and Perrywood, elementary schools.[18] The first principal was Pearl Harmon, a Liberian American;[19] in 2014 she was reassigned to an administrative position in the PG County school system.[20] 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.[21] 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.[17]