Ivory, Maryland | |
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| Coordinates: 39°16′32″N76°59′3″W / 39.27556°N 76.98417°W | |
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Ivory is an unincorporated community located at the northwest tip of Howard County, Maryland, United States. It is located between modern Glenelg and West Friendship.
The area is home to the estate of Enoch Selby who lived on the "Chapel of Ease" founded in 1750. [1]
The Ivory post office opened for the community on 4 July 1886. The post office was operated by postmaster William V. Sheppard until 1918. [2] [3]
Sections of Ivory road remain, but most have been overlapped by Route 32. The path through town is now a segment of the Maryland Broadband Network awaiting lease. [4]
Clarksville is an unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland; the second highest-earning county in the United States according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The community is named for William Clark, a farmer who owned much of the land on which the community now lies and served as a postal stop that opened on the 4th of July 1851.
West Friendship is a semi-rural unincorporated community in western Howard County, Maryland, United States. West Friendship is located at the junction of Interstate 70 and Maryland Route 32. Frederick Road is a main thoroughfare.
Glenelg is an unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland, United States. It is located in the 21737 zip code, and is part of the 410 area code. It is the home town of Glenelg High School.
Highland is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Howard County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 1,034. It uses the 20777 zip code.
Owen Brown is one of the ten villages in Columbia, Maryland, United States, incorporated in 1972. Neighborhoods in the village include Dasher Green, Elkhorn and Hopewell. Owen Brown lies south and east of the Town Center.
Paternal Gift Farm is an historic farm converted to an unincorporated community located in Howard County, Maryland, United States in the Highland, Maryland ZIP code of 20777. The Paternal Gift Farm, Inc is its homeowners' association, and all homeowners are members.
Dayton is an unincorporated community located in Howard County, Maryland, United States.
Town Center is one of the ten villages in Columbia, Maryland, United States, first occupied in 1974. The Town Center is a non-contiguous, diverse area, and the most urban-like, ranging from multi-level high density apartments, homes and office buildings to single family homes.
Cooksville is an unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland, United States. As of 2016, the population was 631. The town was founded by Thomas Cook in 1802. The crossroads town was anchored by the Joshua Roberts Tavern, where General Lafayette visited in 1824. The inn was destroyed by fire, rebuilt, and demolished a second time. Thomas Cook exchanged his stake in Cooksville with Thomas Beale Dorsey for the 231-acre Round About Hills slave plantation. A Post Office opened on the 4th of July 1851, the same year Howard County was formed from a portion of Anne Arundel County. Roberts Inn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
Simpsonville is an unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland, United States.
Daisy is an unincorporated community located at the northwest tip of Howard County, Maryland, United States.
Atholton is an unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland, United States. A postal office operated from May 26, 1897 to November 1900 and again from 1903 to July 1917.
Alpha is an unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland, United States. A postal office operated from 27 February 1884 to 15 June 1915.
Clarkson is an unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland, United States. A postal office operated in the community from 14 September 1889 to 31 October 1931. Clarkson was the site of strategic simulations by the U.S. Army in 1922 training manuals.
Elioak is an unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland, United States. It was the home of the "Pushpin Farm", a 200-acre slave plantation purchased in 1724 in the Howard District of Anne Arundel County by Col. Edward Dorsey and which is the site of many prominent Dorsey family graves. The postal community was named after the Elioak plantation built by Owen Dorsey, Judge of the Baltimore Orphans' Court. A postal office operated in the community from 12 June 1893 to 15 September 1922. Local farm orchards were known for prize winning apples and pears. Local families such as the Kahler, Miller, and Worthington claimed Elioak as home while they served in World War I. After the war, the name fell out of use.
Florence is an unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland, United States. A postal stop operated in Florence between June 17, 1868 and March 31, 1906. Governor Edwin Warfield taught in the neighborhood one room schoolhouse.
Gary is an unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland, United States. A postal stop operated between February 2, 1892 and June 13, 1918. The town is located at the crossroads of Sharp and Tridelphia Road near modern Woodbine, Maryland.
High Ridge is an unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland, United States. A postal stop operated from May 25, 1892, through December 1895 and until May 1899 as "Highridge".
Howard County Library System (HCLS), established in 1940, is an award-winning public library system located in central Maryland. HCLS delivers equal opportunity in education to students of all ages in Howard County, Maryland.
Guilford Road is a historic road north of Savage, Maryland that traverses Anne Arundel and Howard Counties in an area that was first settled by English colonists in the mid-1600s. Today's Guilford road is a series of disconnected segments bisected multiple times by the construction of Maryland Route 32.
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Coordinates: 39°16′30″N76°59′02″W / 39.275°N 76.984°W
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