| Linganore, Maryland | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Other Name: | Lake Linganore |
| Image Blank Emblem: | Logo of Linganore, Maryland.png |
| Blank Emblem Type: | Logo |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Maryland#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Linganore |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Maryland |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Frederick |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 22.18 |
| Area Land Km2: | 21.44 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.75 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 8.56 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 8.28 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.29 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 12351 |
| Population Density Km2: | 576.12 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1492.21 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 476 |
| Coordinates: | 39.4128°N -77.3014°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 21774 |
| Area Code: | 301 and 240 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 24-47040 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2633180 |
Linganore is a census-designated place (CDP) in Frederick County, in the U.S. state of Maryland. It consists of the area around Lake Linganore, a residential community governed by a homeowners association, located east of the city of Frederick. As of the 2020 census the CDP had a population of 12,351.[2] Prior to 2010, the area was part of the Linganore-Bartonsville CDP. The mailing address for the area is Lake Linganore, with a ZIP code of 21774.
The community is in eastern Frederick County, on both sides of Linganore Creek, a west-flowing tributary of the Monocacy River and part of the Potomac River watershed. The neighborhoods of the community surround Lake Linganore, an impoundment on the creek, and extend south to Interstate 70, between New Market to the east and Bartonsville and Spring Ridge to the west. Downtown Frederick is 7miles west of the center of Linganore.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Linganore CDP has a total area of 15.5sqkm, of which 14.9sqkm is land and 0.6sqkm, or 4.15%, is water.[2]