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County Courthouse
400 Washington Ave
Towson, MD 21204-4606
Phone: (410)887-3196
Website:
http://www.baltimorecountymd.gov
BRIEF HISTORY
Baltimore County is
a county located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Maryland.
Its county seat since 1854 has been Towson. The name of the county
was derived from the barony of the Proprietor of the Maryland
colony, Cζcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, and the town of
"Baltimore" in County Longford, Ireland. Baltimore County no longer
includes the City of Baltimore (Port established - 1706, Town
founded - 1729, became "county seat" of Baltimore County - 1767,
Incorporated as City - 1797, Annexed territory from County on west,
north and east sides in 1818 and 1888, Left County to become an
independent city in 1851, Last Annexation of land from Baltimore
County on west, north, and east; and south from Anne Arundel County
in 1919).
Much of Baltimore County is suburban in character,
straddling the border between the Piedmont plateau and, in the
southern regions of the county, the Atlantic coastal plain. Northern
Baltimore County is primarily rural, with a landscape of rolling
hills and deciduous forests characteristic of the Southeastern mixed
forests.
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CITIES,
TOWNSHIPS & OTHER MUNICIPALITIES: |
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* Arbutus
Baldwin
* Baltimore Highlands
Bentley Springs
Boring
* Bowleys Quarters
Bradshaw
Brooklandville
Butler
* Carney
* Catonsville
Chase
* Cockeysville
Daniels
* Dundalk
* Edgemere
* Essex
Eudowood
Fork
Fort
Howard
Freeland
* Garrison
Germantown
Glen
Arm
Glen Coe.
Glyndon
Granite
Gunpowder
Halethorpe
* Hampton
Hart-Miller Island
Hereford
Hunt
Valley
Hydes
Jacksonville
* Kingsville
* Lansdowne
Loch Raven
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Loch Raven Village
* Lochearn
Long
Green
* Lutherville
Lutherville-Timonium
Maryland Line
* Mays Chapel
* Middle River
* Milford Mill
Monkton
Nottingham
Oella
* Overlea
* Owings Mills
Parkton
* Parkville
Perry Hall
Phoenix
* Pikesville
* Randallstown
* Reisterstown
Relay
Riderwood
* Rosedale
* Rossville
Ruxton
Sparks
Sparrows Point
Stevenson
* Timonium
* Towson
Turners
Station
Upper
Falls
Upperco
White Hall
* White Marsh
* Woodlawn
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Unincorporated communities (Census designated places
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Other communities (non-Census-Designated Places
No mark - Other places in county |
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BALTIMORE COUNTY FLAG
County Seat: Towson
Year Organized: 1659
Square Miles: 598.30
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ADJACENT COUNTIES:
* York County, Pennsylvania (north)
* Carroll County, Maryland (west)
* Harford County, Maryland (east)
* Ann Arundel County, Maryland (south)
* Howard County, Maryland (southwest)
* Baltimore City, an independent city |
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