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Howard County, Maryland

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42historic places

—earliest paper

1851formed

332,317pop. 2020

26cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 42 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1968; 3 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Ellicott City, Savage, Columbia.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Maryland is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Howard titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

16 of 42 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

42 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Barney, Commodore Joshua, House	Savage	Building	1978
Bollman Suspension and Trussed Bridge NHL	Savage	Structure	1972
Brick House on the Pike	Ellicott City	Building	1996
Burleigh	Ellicott City	Building	1982
Carrollton Hall	Ellicott City	Building	2014
Cherry Grove, HO-1	Woodbine	Building	2007
Christ Church Guilford	Guilford	Building	1978
Curtis-Shipley Farmstead	Ellicott City	Building	2006
Daniels Mill	Daniels	District	1973
Dorsey Hall	Columbia	Building	2001
Doughoregan Manor NHL	Ellicott City	Building	1971
Elkridge Furnace Complex	Elkridge	Building	1990
Ellicott City Historic District	Ellicott City	District	1978
Ellicott City Station NHL	Ellicott City	Building	1968
Elmonte	Ellicott City	Building	1978
Enniscorthy	Ellicott City	Building	1986
Forest View	Marriottsville	Building	2017
Glenelg Manor	Glenelg	Building	1983
Granite Park	Columbia	Building	2025
Guilford Quarry Pratt Through Truss Bridge	Guilford	Structure	2021
Hobson's Choice	Woodbine	Building	1984
Howard Lodge	Sykesville	Building	2012
Lawn, The	Elkridge	Building	1984
Lawyers Hill Historic District	Elkridge	District	1993
Linnwood	Ellicott City	Building	2006
MacAlpine	Ellicott City	Building	2004
Montrose	Clarksville	Building	2000
Oakdale	Woodbine	Building	2014
Oakland Mills Blacksmith House and Shop	Columbia	Building	2011
Richland Farm	Clarksville	Building	2008
Roberts Inn	Cooksville	Building	2006
Round About Hills	Glenwood	Building	2008
Savage Mill	Savage	Building	1974
Savage Mill Historic District	Savage	District	1975
Sykesville Bypass Bridge	Sykesville	Structure	2024
Temora	Ellicott City	Building	1976
Trinity Church	Elkridge	Building	1974
Troy	Dorsey	Building	1979
Union Chapel	Glenwood	Building	1975
Waverley	Marriottsville	Building	1974
White Hall	Ellicott City	Building	1977
Woodlawn	Columbia	Building	1983

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Howard was formed in 1851 (1851-07-04) from Howard District of ANNE ARUNDEL.

HOWARD created from Howard District of ANNE ARUNDEL.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Howard County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
13,338	16,140	16,715	15,826	17,175	23,119	36,152	118,572	247,842	332,317

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

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine	National Monument	29.6 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

26 cemeteries and 8 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 26 of 26 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Blackstone Cemetery	39.1875	-76.77535
Cavey Cemetery	39.2476	-76.77525
Crestlawn Memorial Gardens	39.31191	-76.93377
Dorsey - Owings - Waters Cemetery	39.19223	-76.81413
First Baptist Church of Guilford Cemetery	39.1701	-76.83136
Gardner Cemetery	39.15226	-76.77832
Good Shepherd Cemetery	39.29565	-76.81025
Grace Cemetery	39.13973	-76.81992
Grace Cemetery	39.21422	-76.71006
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Cemetery	39.21725	-76.7349
Hopkins United Methodist Church Cemetery	39.19105	-76.97298
Linthicum Chapel Cemetery	39.21571	-76.9322
Meadow Ridge Memorial Park Cemetery	39.18887	-76.7642
Mountain View Cemetery	39.31476	-76.93666
Roberts / Burkett / Dorsey / Hall Family Cemetery	39.18186	-76.99482
Rosa Bonheur Pet Cemetery	39.18455	-76.75997
Saint Johns Cemetery	39.27399	-76.8272
Saint Johns Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery	39.20569	-76.79772
Saint Louis Cemetery	39.2078	-76.95946
Saint Mark's Cemetery	39.1727	-76.95343
Saint Mary's Cemetery	39.24454	-76.76636
Saint Stephens Cemetery	39.19649	-76.77969
Trinity Cemetery	39.18427	-76.77441
Trinity Chapel Cemetery	39.20537	-76.79718
White Cemetery (historical)	39.16261	-76.80497
Zion Cemetery	39.18912	-76.75364

Historical populated places — 8 of 8

Name	Lat	Lon
Alberton	39.31761	-76.81359
Davis	39.31955	-76.85581
Dorseys Run	39.31316	-76.83109
Hilton	39.25566	-76.81997
Magnolia	39.14427	-76.80942
Orange Grove	39.24288	-76.75081
Rover	39.30149	-76.99803
Triadelphia	39.23372	-77.04053

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

Historical markers

HMdb link

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