Finksburg, Maryland
Finksburg is an unincorporated community in Carroll County, Maryland, United States. It is the location of the National Security Agency's EKMS Central Facility. Finksburg is located at the intersection of Maryland Route 91 and Maryland Route 140, on the border of Carroll and Baltimore counties. It is an unincorporated area about one mile northwest of the Liberty Reservoir and six miles southeast of Westminster, Maryland.
Finksburg is named after Adam Fink, owner of a local tavern and toll road in the early 19th century.
The Greater Baltimore Hindu-Jain Temple is located in Finksburg.
Actor Fred Gwynne is interred at the Sandymount United Methodist Church's graveyard, but his grave is unmarked.
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[edit] Modern Day
The town is host to Finksburg Plaza, a local shopping center, as well as a few restaurants and gas stations. A library was recently opened. The town is home to Roaring Run Park, home of the Finksburg Baseball Program.
The Finksburg community is protected by its own residents who volunteer their time at the Reese & Community Volunteer Fire Company. Incorporated April 7, 1948, life member Berlin F. "Jake" Caple is the last living charter member. The fire company is a 100% volunteer operation on the fire suppression side. The EMS services are manned 24/7 by paid full-time and part-time Paramedics and EMTs. Also, firefighters from the nearby small town of Gamber sometimes come to assist in the event of a fire.
[edit] History
- 1849 - Edward Remington and the Patapsco Mining Company opened cobalt mines near Finksburg
- 1855 - Western Maryland Railroad reached Finksburg
- 1856 - A. L. Hoover was postmaster of Finksburg, earning $63.60 for the year
- 1858 - Cobalt mining was unprofitable and mines were closed for financial reasons
- 1866 - Baseball was the most popular sport, the "Star" of Finksburg was the local club (team)
- 1873 - The Alpha Farmers' Club of Carroll County was established
- 1881 - The Finksburg Literary Society organized lecturers for Friday night meetings at the Mechanics' Hall. Admission was 5 cents.
- 1888 - L. A. J. Lamotte operated a business for canning corn
- 1935 - Sandymount Elementary School began as a three-room stone building consolidating the smaller one room schools of Reese, Bethel, and Sandymount. [1]
Timeline information taken from, unless otherwise noted: Warner, Nancy, Ralph Levering and Margaret Taylor Woltz. Carroll County Maryland: A History 1837-1976. Carroll County Bicentennial Committee, 1976.
Cold Saturday was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1] Taylor-Manning-Leppo House was listed in 2009.[1]
Coordinates: 39°29′34″N 76°53′22″W / 39.49278°N 76.88944°W
[edit] References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
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