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Baltimore County (/ ˈ b ɔː l t ɪ m ɔːr / BAWL-tim-or, locally: / b ɔː l d ə ˈ m ɔːr / bawl-da-MOR or / ˈ b ɔː l m ər / BAWL-mər [1]) is the third-most populous county in the U.S. state of Maryland. The county is part of the Central Maryland region of the state. Baltimore County partly surrounds but does not include the ...
The Baltimore County executive is the highest elected official representing the government of Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The office was established with the implementation of the county charter for Baltimore County on November 6, 1956. [ 1 ]
The Baltimore County Police Department was established by the General Assembly of Maryland on April 11, 1874. [3] The Maryland state legislature authorized the Board of County Commissioners for Baltimore County "to appoint such number of policemen as they may deem necessary, for the better protection of persons and property." On June 17, 1874 ...
Plans unveiled Tuesday show Baltimore County could have nearly 290 new housing units on the 18-acre site of the former Hunt Valley Inn. After the Baltimore County Council overturned County ...
From part of Baltimore County: Henry Harford, illegitimate son of Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore: 264,644: 527 sq mi (1,365 km 2) Howard County: 027: Ellicott City: 1851: From parts of Anne Arundel County and Baltimore County: John Eager Howard, an American Revolutionary War officer and governor of Maryland: 336,001: 254 sq mi (658 km 2 ...
Baltimore County Public Schools is the school district in charge of all public schools in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. [2] It is the 25th largest school system in the US as of 2013. [3] The school system is managed by the board of education, headquartered in Towson. Since July 1, 2023, the superintendent is Myriam Rogers. [4]
In the original state constitution, four delegates were elected from each county to one-year terms, and two were elected from each of the major early cities of Baltimore and Annapolis. [1] Reforms in the 1830s, however, led to the apportionment of delegates by population rather than geography, [ 2 ] and by 1922, delegates served four year terms ...
BALTIMORE -- Baltimore County native Benjamin Banneker's contributions to Black history are stories of resilience, activism, and ingenuity. Banneker was born on a farm in 1731 in Oella, Maryland.