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Frederick County, Maryland

Frederick County is a county located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Maryland, bordering the southern border of Pennsylvania and the northeastern border of Virginia. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 233,385. It is a part of the Washington Metropolitan Area, yet is also sometimes recognized as part of Western Maryland. The county is home to Catoctin Mountain Park and to the U.S. Army's Fort Detrick.

Located at 39.47, -77.4 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Fort Detrick

Fort Detrick is a United States Army Medical Command installation located in Frederick, Maryland, USA. Historically, Fort Detrick was the center of the American biological weapons program from 1943 to 1969. Since the discontinuation of that program, it has hosted most elements of the United States biological defense program.

Located at 39.4356, -77.4272 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Clover Hill, Maryland

Clover Hill is a census-designated place (CDP) in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. The population was 3,260 at the 2000 census.

Located at 39.4569, -77.4272 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases

The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID, pronounced U-sam-rid) is the U. S Army’s main institution and facility for defensive research into countermeasures against biological warfare. It is located on Fort Detrick, Maryland and is a subordinate lab of the U. S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC), headquartered on the same installation. USAMRIID is the only U.S.

Located at 39.438, -77.4234 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center

The National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC) is a government biodefense research laboratory created by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and located at the sprawling biodefense campus at Fort Detrick in Frederick, MD, USA. Created quietly a few months after the 2001 anthrax attacks, the NBACC (pronounced EN-back) is intended to be the principal U.S. biodefense research institution engaged in laboratory-based threat assessment and bioforensics.

Located at 39.4356, -77.4272 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Building 470

Building 470 — also called the Pilot Plant, or sometimes “the Tower”, or “Anthrax Tower” — was a notorious seven-story steel and brick building at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland, USA, used in the small-scale production of biological warfare (BW) agents. The building, a Cold War era structure, was transferred from the Department of Defense to the National Cancer Institute-Frederick (a unit of the National Institutes of Health) in 1988, to which it belonged until 2003 when it was demolished.

Located at 39.434, -77.431 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Governor Thomas Johnson High School

for schools of the same name. Governor Thomas Johnson High School File:GTJ HS Sign. jpg Home of the Patriots Address 1501 N. Market St.

Located at 39.4339, -77.405 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Educational institutions established in 1964, Public high schools in Maryland, Schools in Frederick County, Maryland, 1964 establishments in Maryland

Frederick Community College

Frederick Community College (FCC) is a community college in Frederick, Maryland.

Located at 39.4522, -77.4175 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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