Finksburg, Maryland

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Finksburg, Maryland
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Finksburg
Finksburg (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°29′34″N76°53′22″W / 39.49278°N 76.88944°W / 39.49278; -76.88944
Country United States
State Maryland
County Carroll
Elevation
564 ft (172 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
21048 [1]
Area code(s) 410 and 443 and 667
GNIS ID 584378 [2]

Finksburg is an unincorporated community in Carroll County, Maryland, United States. [2] It is the location of the National Security Agency's EKMS Central Facility. Finksburg is located at the intersection of Maryland Routes 91 and 140, on the border of Carroll and Baltimore counties. It is an unincorporated area approximately one mile northwest of the Liberty Reservoir and six miles southeast of Westminster.

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Finksburg is named after Adam Fink, who built the first house and was owner of a local tavern and toll road in the early 19th century.

Modern day

The Finksburg community is protected by the Gamber and Reese Community Volunteer Fire Stations, as well as Sykesville-Freedom District Fire Department.

The area is served by Sandymount Elementary, Shiloh Middle, and Westminster High Schools. Gerstell Academy, an independent K-12 school is also located in Finksburg. Across the street sits the 13,805 sq. ft. Finksburg Branch of the Carroll County Public Library which opened in 2009 and "was the first green building in Carroll County" [3]

Finksburg is host to the Roaring Run Community Park, a small sports complex with four baseball diamonds, as well as Sandymount Park which features walking paths, tennis courts, a basketball court, playground, three baseball diamonds, and six grass athletic fields. The Greater Baltimore Hindu-Jain Temple and the Evergreen Memorial Gardens cemetery are located in Finksburg.

Car 54, Where Are You? and Munsters actor Fred Gwynne is interred at the Sandy Mount United Methodist Church's cemetery in an unmarked grave.[ citation needed ] Finksburg was referenced in Season 5, Episode 9 of the television comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

Yearly, the Baltimore Ravens training camp hosts practice in Owings Mills, several miles away. Former Ravens players Torrey Smith and Haloti Ngata lived locally.

Transportation

The Owings Mills station of the Baltimore Metro SubwayLink in nearby Owings Mills, Baltimore County, is a 15-minute drive by car from Finksburg and provides subway access to downtown Baltimore.

History

Timeline information generally taken from: Warner, Nancy, Ralph Levering and Margaret Taylor Woltz. Carroll County Maryland: A History 1837–1976. Carroll County Bicentennial Committee, 1976.

Cold Saturday was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. [4] The Taylor-Manning-Leppo House was listed in 2009. [4]

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References

  1. "Finksburg ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Finksburg". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. "Finksburg Branch". Carroll County Public Library. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
  4. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.