Pfeiffers Corner, Maryland

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Coordinates: 39°12′22″N76°47′50″W / 39.20611°N 76.79722°W / 39.20611; -76.79722 Coordinates: 39°12′22″N76°47′50″W / 39.20611°N 76.79722°W / 39.20611; -76.79722
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Pfeiffers Corner is an unincorporated area located in Howard County in the state of Maryland, United States. The community straddles the border between the census-designated places of Columbia and Ilchester.

The postal community is home to the prominent Pfeiffer family, who owned Troy Hill. The 1895 Pfeiffers Corner Schoolhouse was converted to a private home, then moved to Rockburn Park. [1]

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References

  1. Barbara Feaga. Howard's Roads to the Past. p. 7.