Municipal · Maryland

Town of Indian Head

Indian Head is a town in Charles County, Maryland, United States. The population was 3,894 at the 2020 U.S. census. It has been the site of a naval base specializing in gun and rocket propellants since 1890. Production of nitrocellulose and smokeless powder began at the Indian Head Powder Factory in 1900. The name of the base has varied over the years from Indian Head Proving Ground, to Naval Powder Factory, to Naval Propellant Plant, to Naval Ordnance Station, to the present Naval Support Facility Indian Head. The facility's main tenant activity is the Indian Head Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC/IH). Advanced research in energetic systems takes place at NSWC/IH. NSWC/IH absorbed the function of the closed Naval Ordnance Laboratory, formerly in White Oak. The base currently employs 3,700 people.

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Reference data (Census of Governments 2022)

Census ID (PID6): 166383
FIPS state: 24
FIPS county: 017
FIPS place: 41500
Census record name: TOWN OF INDIAN HEAD
Mailing address: 4195 INDIAN HEAD HWY, INDIAN HEAD 20640