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Anne Arundel County, Maryland

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—newspaper titles
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110historic places
—earliest paper
1650formed
588,261pop. 2020
70cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 110 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 12 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Annapolis, Harwood, Davidsonville.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

48 of 110 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

110 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Abington FarmMillersvilleBuilding1984
Aisquith Farm E Archeological SiteRivaSite1991
All Hallows' ChurchDavidsonvilleBuilding1969
Annapolis National CemeteryAnnapolisSite1996
Anne Arundel County Free SchoolGambrillsBuilding1983
Artisan's HouseAnnapolisBuilding1972
Arundel Cove Archaeological SiteBaltimoreSite1983
Avery, Capt. Salem, HouseShady SideBuilding2005
Baltimore Light StationGibson IslandStructure2002
Bates, Wiley H., High SchoolAnnapolisBuilding1994
Beck Northeast Site (18AN65)DavidsonvilleSite1986
BelvoirCrownsvilleBuilding1971
Benson-Hammond HouseLinthicum HeightsBuilding1990
Brice House NHLAnnapolisBuilding1970
Bunker HillMillersvilleBuilding1984
Burle's Town LandAnnapolisSite2011
Burrages EndLothianBuilding1973
CHESAPEAKE BAY BROGAN MUSTANGAnnapolisStructure1980
Callahan, John, HouseAnnapolisBuilding1973
Cedar ParkGalesvilleBuilding1969
Chance BoatyardAnnapolisBuilding1999
Chase-Lloyd House NHLAnnapolisBuilding1970
Childs ResidenceMillersvilleBuilding1986
Christ ChurchOwensvilleBuilding1973
Citizens State BankOdentonBuilding2013
Colonial Annapolis Historic District NHLAnnapolisDistrict1966
Colonial Annapolis Historic District (Boundary Increase)AnnapolisDistrict1984
Columbia BeachShady SideDistrict2026
Creagh, Patrick, HouseAnnapolisBuilding1973
Cross Roads ChurchMillersvilleBuilding1983
Davidsonville Historic DistrictDavidsonvilleDistrict1992
Douglass Summer HouseHighland BeachBuilding1992
Elkridge SiteElkridgeSite1978
Epiphany Chapel and Church HouseOdentonBuilding2001
EtowahHarwoodBuilding2022
EvergreenOwensvilleBuilding1969
First Avenue SchoolGlen BurnieBuilding2007
Fort NonsenseAnnapolisSite1984
Freetown Rosenwald SchoolGlen BurnieBuilding2007
GrasslandAnnapolis JunctionBuilding1984
GreshamEdgewaterBuilding1984
HELIANTHUS III (yacht)AnnapolisStructure1984
Hammond-Harwood House NHLAnnapolisBuilding1966
Hancock's ResolutionPasadenaBuilding1975
Harundale Presbyterian ChurchGlen BurnieBuilding2024
Holly HillFriendshipBuilding1971
House by the "Town Gates"AnnapolisBuilding1973
Howard's InheritanceAnnapolisBuilding1998
IglehartIglehartBuilding1973
Indian RangeDavidsonvilleBuilding1986
Katcef Archeological SiteCroftonSite1991
Larkin's Hill FarmHarwoodBuilding1969
Larkin's HundredHarwoodBuilding1969
Linthicum Heights Historic DistrictLinthicumDistrict2006
Linthicum WalksCroftonBuilding1984
London Town Publik House NHLWoodland BeachBuilding1970
MD 214 over Patuxent River BridgeDavidsonvilleStructure2025
Magothy Quartzite Quarry Archeological SitePasadenaSite1991
Marley Neck Rosenwald SchoolGlen BurnieBuilding2005
Martins Pond SiteAnnapolisSite1975
Mary's MountHarwoodBuilding1969
Maryland Statehouse NHLAnnapolisBuilding1966
Mount AiryDavidsonvilleBuilding1973
Mt. Moriah African Methodist Episcopal ChurchAnnapolisBuilding1973
Mt. Tabor Good Samaritan Lodge #59CrownsvilleBuilding2001
Mt. Tabor Methodist Episcopal ChurchCrownsvilleBuilding2001
Norman's RetreatGalesvilleBuilding1984
OLIVER'S GIFT (log canoe)DavidsonvilleStructure1985
OakwoodHarwoodBuilding2001
ObligationHarwoodBuilding1969
Odenton Masonic Lodge No. 209OdentonBuilding2022
Old City Hall and Engine HouseAnnapolisBuilding1973
Old Colony Cove SiteRose HavenSite1978
Owens, James, FarmBristolBuilding1987
Owensville Historic DistrictOwensvilleDistrict2003
Paca House and Garden NHLAnnapolisBuilding1971
ParkhurstHarwoodBuilding2001
Peggy Stewart House NHLAnnapolisBuilding1973
Pinkney-Callahan HouseAnnapolisBuilding1971
Portland ManorLothianBuilding1996
Primrose HillAnnapolisBuilding2000
Quarter PlaceLothianBuilding2009
Queenstown Rosenwald SchoolSevernBuilding2009
RichlandHarwoodBuilding2007
Rising Sun InnMillersvilleBuilding1985
Robinson HouseSeverna ParkBuilding2009
RosehillGambrillsBuilding1987
Sands, John, HouseAnnapolisBuilding2021
Sandy Point FarmhouseSandy PointBuilding1972
Sandy Point Shoal Light StationSkidmoreStructure2002
Scott, Lula G., Community CenterShady SideBuilding2009
Scott, Upton, HouseAnnapolisBuilding1975
Skipworth's AdditionHarwoodSite2008
South River ClubSouth RiverBuilding1969
St. James ChurchBristolBuilding1972
St. Paul's ChapelCrownsvilleBuilding1973
Stanton CenterAnnapolisBuilding1983
SudleyDealeBuilding1973
Summer HillDavidsonvilleBuilding1974
SunnyfieldsLinthicum HeightsBuilding1983
Thomas Point Shoals Light Station NHLAnnapolisStructure1975
Tracy's Landing Tobacco House No. 2Tracy's LandingBuilding1982
Tulip Hill NHLGalesvilleBuilding1970
Turkey HillLinthicum HeightsBuilding1979
Twin OaksLinthicum HeightsBuilding1986
U.S. Coast Guard Yard Curtis BayBaltimoreDistrict1983
U.S. Naval Academy NHLAnnapolisDistrict1966
Universal Lodge No. 14AnnapolisBuilding2008
Whitehall NHLAnnapolisBuilding1966
WoodwardvilleWoodwardvilleDistrict2003

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Anne Arundel was formed in 1650 (1650-04-29) from St.

ANNE ARUNDEL created from ST. MARYS. The county was centered on the settlement of Providence, but territorial limits were not otherwise specified.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Anne Arundel County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

588k305k23k179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
22,59822,62327,16529,53223,90028,52639,62043,40868,375117,392206,634370,775489,656588,261

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

70 cemeteries and 10 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 70 of 70 listed
NameLatLon
All Hallows Cemetery38.91067-76.5808
Andover Gardens39.19705-76.67358
Annapolis Hebrew Cemetery38.98539-76.54885
Annapolis National Cemetery38.97717-76.50519
Arnold Churchyard Cemetery39.03428-76.50163
Benton-Shipley Cemetery39.20094-76.64906
Bethel Cemetery39.08955-76.72719
Boyer Burial Ground39.14816-76.71774
Brewer Hill Cemetery38.97731-76.50661
Cedar Bluff Cemetery38.98095-76.49802
Cedar Hill Cemetery39.21316-76.61274
Cedarwood Cove Cemetery39.11735-76.46216
Chews Memorial United Methodist Church Cemetery38.85647-76.57272
Disney Cemetery39.11502-76.71206
Downs Cemetery39.10678-76.75136
Epiphany Episcopal Church Cemetery39.0827-76.75744
Franklin Cemetery38.78789-76.53996
Friendship Cemetery39.17053-76.67361
Glen Haven Memorial Park39.17307-76.61462
Griffith Family Cemetery39.13491-76.68424
Hall United Methodist Church Cemetery39.16261-76.56524
Hammond Cemetery39.0569-76.68194
Hancock Cemetery39.13504-76.44767
Harman Cemetery39.1737-76.71494
Hillcrest Memorial Gardens Cemetery38.97511-76.52913
Holy Cross Cemetery39.20978-76.61745
Hope Memorial Saint Mark UMC Cemetery38.90759-76.55492
Hope Methodist Episcopal Chapel Cemetery38.91535-76.54589
Hospital Chapel Cemetery39.124-76.74275
Jackson Cemetery39.10773-76.70406
John Wesley Annapolis Neck Cemetery38.95233-76.50135
John Wesley United Methodist Church Cemetery39.18474-76.61374
Lakemont Memorial Gardens38.92036-76.63536
Macedonia Cemetery39.07823-76.68311
Magothy Cemetery39.12391-76.52607
Maryland Veterans Cemetery39.06538-76.59413
Mayo United Methodist Church Cemetery38.90064-76.51372
Mount Calvary Cemetery39.21177-76.60441
Mount Carmel Cemetery39.10761-76.46302
Mount Pilgrim Cemetery39.16091-76.71654
Mount Zion Cemetery39.12011-76.52163
Mount Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery39.10593-76.81747
Naval Academy Cemetery38.98761-76.48996
Old Bethel Cemetery39.09039-76.70664
Old Cromwell Cemetery39.18816-76.65191
Our Lady of the Field Cemetery39.05119-76.65143
Pet Cemetery39.12344-76.67802
Piney Grove Methodist Church Cemetery39.08169-76.58468
Post Cemetery39.08955-76.72608
Redemptorist Cemetery38.97439-76.4868
Ring-Caples Cemetery39.19615-76.67557
Riviera Beach Cemetery39.16648-76.5163
Saint Andrews Cemetery38.89462-76.51133
Saint Annes Cemetery38.9815-76.49691
Saint Lawrence Martyr Catholic Church Cemetery39.1407-76.75795
Saint Margarets Episcopal Church Cemetery39.02062-76.46172
Saint Mark's Chapel of Saint James' Parish Cemetery38.77653-76.56847
Saint Marys Cemetery38.97586-76.50705
Saint Pauls Cemetery39.02554-76.59983
Saint's Rest Cemetery39.17328-76.71222
Shipley Cemetery39.16232-76.71052
Snowden Family Cemetery39.07516-76.82523
Solleys Cemetery39.17626-76.56335
Stinchcomb-Tydings Cemetery39.04428-76.43468
Sulpher Springs Cemetery39.11576-76.7275
Tank Cemetery39.11594-76.72803
Training School Cemetery39.10466-76.78762
Watt Cemetery (historical)39.11205-76.72358
Waugh Cemetery39.05198-76.69611
Woodward Cemetery39.05189-76.73632
Historical populated places — 10 of 10
NameLatLon
Admiral39.09011-76.73441
Asberry39.02706-76.50524
Bridewell39.14566-76.78136
Bristol Landing38.79234-76.70441
Cromwell39.17483-76.63497
Londontowne38.93345-76.54941
Omar39.06317-76.59552
Portland Station39.09372-76.76525
Providence38.999-76.46052
Wellham Crossroads39.17927-76.66663

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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