Linthicum, Maryland Linthicum, Maryland A street in Historic Linthicum Heights A street in Historic Linthicum Heights Location of Linthicum, Maryland Location of Linthicum, Maryland Linthicum is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated improve in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States.
Designated as "Linthicum Heights" and zip code 21090 by the US Postal Service, Linthicum has been traditionally divided into two distinct communities each with its own improve association and identity.
These two communities, split by the Baltimore Beltway in 1957, are Linthicum and North Linthicum (or, alternatively, Linthicum-Shipley and North Linthicum.) Both communities advanced as a result of their locations adjoining to the Baltimore and Annapolis Short Line barns which brought commuters to the initial truck farming community.
As a advanced community, Linthicum began with the 1908 beginning of the "Linthicum Heights Company", though a "Linthicum" or "Linthicum's" station on the 1887 Annapolis and Baltimore Short Line barns existed at least as early as 1889.
The Linthicum Heights Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. 5 North Linthicum Linthicum is positioned at 39 12 14 N 76 39 38 W (39.203876, -76.660506) in northern Anne Arundel County.
It extends from the Patapsco River in the north (the Baltimore County line) to Maryland Route 170 (Aviation Boulevard) in the south, and from Interstate 195 in the west to Maryland Route 648 (Baltimore Annapolis Boulevard) in the east.
It is bordered by the CDPs of Baltimore Highlands to the north (in Baltimore County), Brooklyn Park to the east, and Ferndale to the southeast, and by the Baltimore Washington International Airport to the south.
The BWI Business District West Nursery region is positioned in Linthicum along the West Nursery Road corridor.
The Baltimore Beltway (Interstate 695) runs northwest-southeast through Linthicum and intersects with the Baltimore Washington Parkway (Maryland Route 295), which runs northeast-southwest.
By the parkway it is 6 miles (10 km) northeast to downtown Baltimore and 32 miles (51 km) southwest to Washington, D.C.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the CDP has a total region of 5.5 square miles (14.3 km2), of which 5.4 square miles (14.1 km2) is territory and 0.039 square miles (0.1 km2), or 0.81%, is water. The former Linthicum Heights, Maryland (U.S.), station of the defunct Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad and its predecessor Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway, adjoining to the current tracks of the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) Light Rail Linthicum is served by buses and three stops on the Baltimore Light Rail: North Linthicum, 450 N.
Camp Meade Road, Linthicum Heights Camp Meade Road, Linthicum Heights From 1887 to February 1950, Linthicum was served by the now-defunct Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad's line between Baltimore and Annapolis, Maryland.
The improve of North Linthicum is defined by the North Linthicum Improvement Association as the region bounded by the Patapsco River from the Baltimore Beltway (I-695) to Old Annapolis Road (MD 648), Old Annapolis Road from the Patapsco River to the Baltimore Beltway, the Baltimore Beltway from Old Annapolis Road to the Baltimore Washington Parkway, the Baltimore Washington Parkway from the Baltimore Beltway to Hammonds Ferry Road, and Hammonds Ferry Road from the Baltimore Washington Parkway to the Patapsco River.
The Performing Arts Association of Linthicum John Charles Linthicum (1867 1932), U.S.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Linthicum CDP, Maryland".
The Train Passes Through It: A Collective History of Linthicum Heights.
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