page_title: Indian Head, Maryland
section_title: Transportation
hierarchical_section_title: Indian Head, Maryland / Transportation
caption_attribution_description: English: View south along Maryland State Route 210 (Indian Head Highway) at Poplar Lane in Indian Head, Charles County, Maryland
context_page_description: Indian Head is a town in Charles County, Maryland, United States. The population was 3,844 at the 2010 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. 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.
context_section_description: The main method of transportation to and from Indian Head is by road. The only highway serving the town is Maryland Route 210, the aptly named Indian Head Highway, which connects the town to Washington, D.C. and Interstate 95/Interstate 495 (the Capital Beltway).
caption: MD 210 southbound in Indian Head
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