Elkridge
Elkridge, an unincorporated community and census‑designated place, is the oldest settlement in Howard County, founded in the early 18th century.
Neighborhoods
- Lawyers Hill Historic District
- Belmont Station
- Brightfield
- Capitol Mobile Park
- Carters Crossing
- Cascade Overlook
- Courtyards at Timbers
- Deep Run
- Dubin
- Duckeys Run
- Elkridge Crossing
- Elkridge Heights
- Elkridge Mobile Park
- Elkridge Town Center
- Gables at Lawyers Hill
- Gateway Overlook
- Gatherings at Lyndwood
- Goshen Estates
- Greens Estates
- Hanovers Grant
- Harwood Park
- Hearthstone at Timbers
- Hunt Club
- Hunt Club Estates
- Hunters Ridge
- Lennox Park
- Lyndwood Manor
- Maplecrest
- Marble Hill
- Markham Woods
- Marshalee Estates
- Marshalee Woods
- Mayfield
- Mayfield Manor
- Meadowland
- Melbourne Estates
- Metcalf
- Montgomery Woods
- Mount Augustine
- New Colony Village
- Nottingham Village
- Old Elkridge
- Overlook at Timbers
- Park Forest
- Quail Ridge
- Rockburn Commons
- Rockburn View
- Shadow Brook Farm
- Shady Oaks
- The Clusters of Beechfield
- The Gatherings at Lyndwood
- The Sanctuary
- Village Towns
- Washington Manor Park
- Waters Edge
- Wesley Woods
- Williams Knoll
- Willowood
- Windsor at Pine Ridge
Elkridge as described in 1938 [1]
Elkridge is a residential and trading center for farmers. As colonial Elk Ridge Landing, the towns shipped large quantities of tobacco, grain and timber. Agents were stationed here to assess the tobacco and to carry on other port functions. In 1765 the inhabitants hanged in effigy Zachariah Hood, Stamp Act agent for Maryland. Although tobacco trade decreased considerably during the Revolutionary War, forges and furnaces were busy here producing arms for the Continental Army. In 1781 Lafayette's troops camped at the landing for two days on their way to engage Cornwallis in Virginia in the final campaign of the War.
- Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Program, U.S. One: Maine to Florida, Modern Age Books, 1938, U. S. No. 1 Highway Association, Inc.
Nearby Towns: Catonsville •
City of Baltimore •
Ellicott City •
Glen Burnie •