Idlewylde, Maryland Statistic: Population, Charts, Map, Steets and More

Idlewylde was a growing town in the 1950s. When the City-County line was drawn in 1918, it left part of the John Work Garrett estate on the County side of the border. This left a few acres of land undeveloped on the south side, which was later used for a cement factory and horticultural nursery. As more people moved to the city, the area north of the line began to grow. The families who lived on Walker Avenue quickly developed strong ties.

Although many people would like to live in a more affluent community, the Anneslie / Idlewylde neighborhood is among the 15 richest neighborhoods in the country. According to NeighborhoodScout, a neighborhood with an average income of $130,477 is richer than 93.0% of the nation's neighborhoods. Also, only 2.3% of children in Idlewylde live below the federal poverty line. That is lower than the national average of 75.3%.

The town's population continued to grow and the Stoneleigh Public School was opened in 1929. Blanche Dorfler's son, Roy, graduated from the town's first grade class. He later applied what he learned in school to help win World War II. John Dorfler, the first mayor of Idlewylde, was a prominent businessman in the community and helped build the United Methodist Church in 1917.

The Anneslie estate, which was a part of Idlewylde in the 1920s, was included in the city's master plan. In 1921, the Idlewylde Realty Company transferred ownership of the land to Cityco Realty, another Gilbert company. Overbrook Road, the same one that was built in the 1924 annex, was added to the city. This paved the way for the new road, opening up a new outlet to York Road. The road was renamed and became known as Wakeford Road.