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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Graceham, Maryland
|official_name =
|settlement_type = [[Census-designated place]]
|image_skyline = Richard S. Foster 19.jpg
|imagesize =
|image_caption = Graceham Moravian Church and Parsonage
|pushpin_map = USA Maryland#USA
|pushpin_label = Graceham
|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Maryland
|coordinates = {{coord|39|36|51|N|77|22|53|W|region:US-MD|display=inline}}
|subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name = {{Flagu|United States}}
|subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Maryland}}
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Maryland|County]]
|subdivision_name2 = {{flagicon image|2023 flag of Frederick County, Maryland.svg}} [[Frederick County, Maryland|Frederick]]
|population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
|population_footnotes =
|population_total = 243
|postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code = 21788<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/21788|title=Graceham MD ZIP Code|publisher=zipdatamaps.com|year=2023|access-date=April 18, 2023}}</ref>
|area_code = [[Area codes 240 and 301|240 and 301]]
|unit_pref = Imperial
|area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_24.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=April 26, 2022}}</ref>
|area_total_km2 = 1.24
|area_total_sq_mi = 0.48
|area_land_km2 = 1.24
|area_water_km2 = 0.00
|area_land_sq_mi = 0.48
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.00
|population_density_sq_mi = 507.31
|population_density_km2 = 196.02
|elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
|elevation_ft = 482
|blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
|blank_info = 24-34350
|blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info = 2806297<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2806297}}</ref>
}}

'''Graceham''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] and a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Frederick County, Maryland|Frederick County]], [[Maryland]], United States.<ref name=gnis/> Graceham is home to [[Graceham Moravian Church and Parsonage]]. Per the 2020 Census, the population was 243.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Graceham CDP, Maryland|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2434350|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=March 13, 2022}}</ref> In 1973, Graceham began experiencing atypical waves of mass migration of millions of [[Starling|starlings]], [[Grackle|grackles]] and other birds which caused environmental damage and distress to residents.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wooten |first=James T. |date=March 17, 1974 |title=Millions of Birds Invade Small Town In Maryland and Citizens Are Upset |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/03/17/archives/millions-of-birds-invade-small-town-in-maryland-and-citizens-are.html |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> The Maryland Forestry Department removed 30-40% of the local pine grove in an attempt to curb the "invasion" of birds, which reduced the migration the following year.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 23, 1975 |title=Maryland Gets Rid Of Birds in Forest By Removing Trees |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/04/23/archives/maryland-gets-rid-of-birds-in-forest-by-removing-trees.html |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> However, the solution was not permanent. In 1977, residents and expert witnesses testified before the Senate Economic Affairs Committee in support of legislation that would enable more effective interventions.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Baker |first=Donald P. |date=February 17, 1977 |title=Graceham Has Had It: Those Birds Have to Go |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1977/02/17/graceham-has-had-it-those-birds-have-to-go/63b7707f-18a9-4309-810c-f52807187bf0/ |work=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|2020= 243
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

Graceham first appeared as a [[census designated place]] in the [[2020 U.S. Census]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=2020 Geography Changes|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/technical-documentation/table-and-geography-changes/2020/geography-changes.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=}}</ref>

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Graceham CDP, Maryland - Demographic Profile'''<br> (''NH = Non-Hispanic'')
!Race / Ethnicity
!Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Graceham CDP, Maryland|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US2434350|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|216
|88.89%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|0
|0.00%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|0
|0.00%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|1
|0.41%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|0
|0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|0
|0.00%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|22
|9.05%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|4
|1.65%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''243'''
|'''100.00%'''
|}
''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.''

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Maryland}}
{{Frederick County, Maryland}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Frederick County, Maryland]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Maryland]]

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Graceham, Maryland - Revision history

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