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About one half of the county's farm land was converted to non-farm ownership by the 1960s. [2]: 12 The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission noted a loss of 18,768 acres (75.95 km 2) acres of farm land over an 8-year period in the 1970s, an average of 2,346 acres/year. [2]: 14
Farmland Reserve Inc. is a nonprofit organization owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that serves as both an agricultural investment arm and a resource for the church's food program.
[11] [24] The post office was closed down in 1983 (postal services were then provided out of Monrovia, MD). [18] Without a post office, railroad depot, or other businesses in town, there was nothing to attract new farmers to the area. As the older farm owners died and their children moved closer to city centers, more and more land was put up ...
The Hereford Zone is an area in Northern Baltimore County, Maryland, United States, constituting 20% of all of the land in Baltimore County. It includes Hereford, Parkton, Monkton, Freeland, Sparks, White Hall, Jacksonville, Upperco, Manchester, Phoenix, and Glyndon. It is by far the most sparsely populated area in Baltimore County.
Maryland counties. There are more than 1,500 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the U.S. State of Maryland.Each of the state's 23 counties and its one county-equivalent (the independent city of Baltimore) has at least 20 listings on the National Register.
Dierssen Wildlife Management Area in Montgomery County, Maryland. This is a list of Maryland wildlife management areas. As of 2016, the state of Maryland owned and managed sixty-one wildlife management areas (WMAs) covering 123,530 acres (499.9 km 2) of land. [1]
Sites settled prior to 1650 would have been part of St Mary's County in the Province of Maryland which was settled in 1632 by Europeans. Maryland Historical Trust properties in Howard County [2] HO-1 Cherry Grove circa 1766. HO-1, Cherry Grove, 2937 Jennings Chapel Road, Woodbine; HO-2, Oakdale, 16449 Edwin Warfield Road, Woodbine
Rockland Farm is a historic home and farm complex located at Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland, United States. The complex consists of a brick house, the stone foundation of an 18th-century springhouse , as well as a large frame barn and a corn crib, both dating to the late 19th century.