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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.
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.
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.
HO-362, Ida Holzweig's Double Stone House #2 (State Farm & Antiques Etc.), 8345 Main Street (MD 144), Ellicott City HO-363, Charles Ringly House #2 3817 Old Columbia Pike, Ellicott City HO-364, Earlougher's Tavern (Essie Hammond House, Joseph & Ave Young House), 8777 Frederick Road (formerly 8777 Main Street), Ellicott City
Fairchild-Hiller Corporation bought the land for about $4,000 per acre in 1964, and it built an industrial park on the land four years later. [24] Harry Unglesee and his family sold their farm near Hoyles Mill Road for less than $1,000 per acre in 1959. [24] Other farmers soon sold their land to developers and speculators as well. [24]
In 1839, Heinrich Iager purchased 108 acres (44 ha) of farmland expanding to 185 acres (75 ha) forming Maple Lawn Farms. In 1938, the farm began its current free-range turkey operations under the "Sho-Nuf" brand name. [2] In 1970, the farm owned by C. Ellsworth Iager and Sons won the Progressive Breeders Dairy Award. [3]
[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 ...