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Highland Beach is a town in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 118. [3] The town was founded late in the 19th century by affluent African Americans from Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, looking for a summer retreat on the Chesapeake Bay. The town's incorporated status gave it a unique standing ...
The community owns a private beach and pier, boat ramp, and boat launch for community use. The Thomas Point Lighthouse is visible and a short boat ride from the Arundel-on-the-Bay community beach. Notable residents include Aris T. Allen, Jr., son of Dr. Aris T. Allen , the first African American chair of the Maryland Republican Party and Kurt ...
The Town of North Beach was originally platted in 1900 and then re-platted in 1908. It was formally incorporated in 1910. [5] It was established as strictly a residential town with ads running in local newspapers proclaiming North Beach as “Washington’s most popular salt water resort.”
Site of the 1664 patent "The Addition," which was issued in December 1662 to George Skipworth; part of the Multiple Property Submission for Quaker Sites in the West River Meeting, Anne Arundel County, Maryland c. 1650-1785.
William H. Murphy Jr. (born April 22, 1943) [1] is an attorney and former judge in Baltimore, Maryland, now working as managing partner of Murphy, Falcon, Murphy law firm. An African-American, Murphy has been particularly associated with advocacy for civil rights ; he has also been prominent in local politics over several decades.
Martin J. O'Malley, former governor of Maryland and 2016 candidate for president of the United States; William Paca, signer of the Declaration of Independence; Nancy Pelosi, former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives; Edgar Allan Poe, Maryland attorney general (1911–1915) John P. Poe Sr., Attorney General of Maryland (1891 ...
Colonel Thomas Brooke Jr. of Brookefield (1660 – 1731) was President of the Council in Maryland and acting 13th Proprietary Governor of the Province of Maryland. He was the son of Major Thomas Brooke Sr. and Esquire and his second wife Eleanor Hatton who later remarried Col. Henry Darnall . [ 1 ]