Dorsey, Maryland

Dorsey, Maryland
Dorsey, Maryland
Unincorporated community
	Dorsey
	Coordinates: 39°10′38″N 76°44′35″W / 39.17722°N 76.74306°W
Country	United States
State	Maryland
County	Howard
Founded	1881
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP	21075
Area code(s)	410 & 443

Dorsey, Maryland, is an unincorporated community along the border of eastern Howard County and northwestern Anne Arundel County in Maryland, United States. It is located south of Elkridge, north of Savage, and close to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI). It is in the southern part of the Baltimore metropolitan area.

Dorsey is perhaps listed as a former postal stop that operated from December 1881 on the B&O railroad^{[improper synthesis?]} and is now a MARC commuter rail system stop, which carries commuters into downtown Baltimore and Washington, D.C.^[1]^[2] Dorsey is a stop on MARC's Camden line and contains a large parking lot off Maryland State Highway 100.^[3]^[4] Dorsey station mainly serves commuters from Elkridge and Ellicott City, as well as the northern parts of Columbia. Howard Transit buses connect Dorsey station with various locations around Howard County as well as with the nearby Arundel Mills mall.

Businesses in the area include hotels, warehouses, and satellite campuses for both Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland University College (both of which are located within the Dorsey Business Center).

The Dorsey Business Center is a 50-acre (200,000 m²) business park developed between 1984 and 1989 by Douglas Legum Development Inc. It was the first large-scale development project in this part of the Baltimore region. The Dorsey Business Center sits on the site of the former Dorsey Speedway, a stock car track, and now contains over two million square feet of office and retail space. Howard Transit buses connect the business park to the Dorsey MARC station.

References

^ Gannett, Henry (1904). A Gazetteer Of Maryland (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. p. 29. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
^ "Checklist of Maryland Post Offices" (PDF). Smithsonian National Postal Museum. July 12, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 18, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
^ "MARC Station Information | Maryland Transit Administration". www.mta.maryland.gov. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
^ "MARC Parking Details | Maryland Transit Administration". www.mta.maryland.gov. Retrieved June 2, 2024.

[1] Gannett, Henry (1904). A Gazetteer Of Maryland (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. p. 29. Retrieved August 27, 2022.

[2] "Checklist of Maryland Post Offices" (PDF). Smithsonian National Postal Museum. July 12, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 18, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.

[3] "MARC Station Information | Maryland Transit Administration". www.mta.maryland.gov. Retrieved June 2, 2024.

[4] "MARC Parking Details | Maryland Transit Administration". www.mta.maryland.gov. Retrieved June 2, 2024.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Howard County, Maryland, United States
County seat: Ellicott City
CDPs	Columbia Elkridge Ellicott City Fulton Highland Ilchester Jessup‡ Lisbon North Laurel Savage Scaggsville
Villages	Columbia Town Center Dorsey's Search East Columbia Harper's Choice Hickory Ridge Kings Contrivance Long Reach Oakland Mills Owen Brown River Hill Wilde Lake
Ghost town	Daniels‡
Other communities	Alberton Alpha Annapolis Junction‡ Atholton Benson Botterill Centre Village Clarkson Clarksville Cooksville Daisy Dayton Dorsey‡ Dorseyville Elioak Elysville Florence Gary Glenelg Glenwood Gordon Guilford Hanover‡ Henryton Heights High Ridge Hilton Hopewell Inwood Isaacsville Ivory Jonestown Linwood Marriottsville‡ Paternal Gift Farm Pfeiffers Corner Poplar Springs Simpsonville Snelltown Turf Valley Waterloo West Friendship Woodbine‡ Woodstock‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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