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Unincorporated community in Maryland, United States
Monkton is an unincorporated community in northern Baltimore County , Maryland , United States. It has a population of approximately 4,856 people. The community is 35 square miles (91 km 2 2 [1] ZIP code (21111) includes a portion of adjacent Harford County .
The community was named after Moncton , New Brunswick by Robert Cummings, a Pennsylvanian . Cummings initially named it Monckton Mills in honor of Rosanna Trites, a former love who was among the Pennsylvania Germans who had moved to Moncton in 1765. Cummings had also gone to Moncton, but returned in 1773 and settled at his uncle's estate in this community.[2]
East of Monkton is an area named "My Lady's Manor ", known for its horse farms, sprawling countryside, and old, stately homes set back from the country roads. In 1713, Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore , decreed 10,000 acres (40 km 2 National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[3] Corbett Historic District and St. James Church .[3]
Notable people
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Peter Angelos , attorney and owner of the Baltimore Orioles
Major League Baseball pitcher A. J. Burnett
Anthony Casalena , founder, Squarespace [4]
Harriet S. Iglehart , equestrian, philanthropist, writer
Dennis Jones (born 1958), American blues rock musician
Foxhall P. Keene , a thoroughbred owner/breeder and Gold Medallist in Polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Harvey S. Ladew (1887–1976), American fox hunting and topiary enthusiast
Former Baltimore Orioles outfielder Nick Markakis
Jim McKay , longtime host of ABC television's Wide World of Sports
Wine critic Robert Parker
Thoroughbred horse racing trainer Helen Pitts , who was born and raised here
In popular culture
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Filmmaker Erik Kristopher Myers shot the 2013 thriller Roulette Mt. Carmel Road , including the GBMC , the NCR Trails ,[5] The Milton Inn .[6]
Experimental rock band Animal Collective recorded their 2003 album Campfire Songs [7]
Transportation
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Monkton is three miles east of Interstate 83 , exit #27. State roads in the area are Maryland Routes 45 (York Road) , 138 (Monkton Road) , and 562 .
Monkton station
The community was formerly served by the Northern Central Railway division of the Pennsylvania Railroad from the mid-19th century until the line's abandonment in 1972 and conversion to a hiking trail, the Northern Central Railroad Trail . The original Monkton station still remains.
Points of interest
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References
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^ Kenny, Hamill (1984). The Placenames of Maryland : their origin and meaning . Baltimore, Md.: Maryland Historical Society. p. 160. ISBN 0-938420-28-3
^ a b "National Register Information System" . National Register of Historic Places National Park Service . April 15, 2008.
^ "Maryland's 11 billionaires ranked by net worth, according to Forbes" . Bizjournals.com . Retrieved August 16, 2023 .
^ "About the NCR Trail" . Ncrtrailsnails.com . Retrieved February 27, 2023 .
^ "Home" . The Milton Inn . Retrieved February 27, 2023 .
^ Allison Taich (October 7, 2009). "Pop Matters: Animal Collective re-issue Campfire Songs in 2010" . PopMatters .
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