Town of North Beach

Brief History

North Beach was incorporated in 1910.[5] The town was a gambling mecca for summer visitors from the Washington, D.C. area during the 1940s. In the 1960s and 1970s it became a destination for motorcycle gangs.

Revitalization began in the 1980s, and escalated in the 1990s. Tropical Storm Isabel destroyed many of the waterfront homes and boardwalk in 2003. Since then, the waterfront of North Beach has been rebuilt with multi-story homes and a condominium. North Beach currently has no gambling venues, other than MD Lottery sales, although many establishments in Chesapeake Beach offer games that exploit loopholes in the current laws to make playing profitable for patrons. The legalizing of slot machines at some horse racing tracks passed in a statewide referendum in Nov. 2008.

As of the census of 2010, there were 1,978 people, 911 households, and 466 families residing in the town. the median age in the town was 37.8 years. 21.2 % of residents were under the age of 18; 9.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 30.6 % were from 25 to 44; 27.3% were from 45 to 64; and 11.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 46.6% and 53.4% female.

North Beach website is: http://www.northbeachmd.org

Town of North Beach

8916 Chesapeake Avenue

P.O. Box 99

North Beach, MD 20714

Phone: 301.855.6681

410.257.9618

Fax: 301.855.0113

Hours of Operation 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

ELECTED OFFICIALS

Mayor:

Mike Benton