Bristol, Maryland Explained

Bristol, Maryland
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:USA Maryland#USA
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within the U.S. state of Maryland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2: Anne Arundel
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2000
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Coordinates:38.7917°N -76.6722°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP codes
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID

Bristol is an unincorporated community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States.[1] Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary (a stop on the Patuxent Water Trail)[2] and the colonial town of Pig Point (alternately referred to as Bristol Landing and Leon at times) are on the Patuxent River waterfront portion of Bristol. Pig Point saw War of 1812 action[3] and was the county's largest steamboat port on the Patuxent in the mid-19th century.[4] Pig Point is a very significant Native American Early Archaic Period archaeological site.[5] [6] The Chesapeake Beach Railway was completed in 1899 through the southern part of Bristol or "Pindell"; ruins of the Pindell Station and its general store remain.[7] [8] The James Owens Farm, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the southern terminus of the Stephanie Roper Highway portion of Maryland Route 4 are also located in Bristol.

In the mid-twentieth century, the segregated Bristol Elementary School was located in the northern part of town, three-quarter mile southeast of Waysons Corner and a half mile south of the crossroad village of Drury. The school in 1953 published a history of Bristol (largely reprinting a 1927 Bristol town history from the Annapolis Capital newspaper).[9] The following year it was enlarged and renovated, growing to 200 students (and four teachers and a heating and rodent problem) by 1969[10] after the county was ordered to desegregate schools in 1966.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Geographic Names Information System. 2009-01-29. Bristol (Populated Place). U.S. Geological Survey.
  2. Web site: Patuxent Water Trail. 2013-02-20. Patuxent Riverkeeper. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120923131135/http://www.patuxentwatertrail.org/resources.php. 2012-09-23.
  3. Web site: Star-Spangled History. 2013-02-20. National Park Service Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail. https://web.archive.org/web/20130630141754/http://starspangledtrail.net/things-to-do/a-guide-to-public-archeology-on-the-patuxent-river/pig-point/#. 2013-06-30. dead.
  4. Web site: South County Draft Small Area Plan. 2015-02-26. Anne Arundel County. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131110035415/http://www.aacounty.org/PlanZone/SAP/Resources/SouthCountySAP_Final.pdf. 2013-11-10.
  5. Web site: Pig Point. Al Luckenbach. 2013-02-20. Anne Arundel County. etal. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131008102525/http://losttownsproject.org/projects/Pig%20Point/overview.html. 2013-10-08.
  6. Archaic Period Triangular Points from Pig Point. Al Luckenbach. 2013-02-20. Journal of Middle Atlantic Archaeology . 26 . 2010. etal.
  7. Web site: Nomination Form for National Register of Historic Places. 2013-02-20. Maryland Historic Trust.
  8. Web site: Maryland and Delaware (map showing towns of Bristol and Pindell and the rail line). 2015-02-26. 1908. C.S. Hammond and Co., NY.
  9. Web site: Discovering Our School Community. 1953. Fifth Grade class. 2015-02-26. Anne Arundel County Board of Education.
  10. Grand Jury Inspection of Schools. The Archivist's Bulldog . 10 . 21. 12 November 1996. Pat Melville. 2015-02-26. Maryland Archives.
  11. Web site: Philip L. Brown has the long view of Anne Arundel's schools and racial integration. 12 February 1995. Carol L. Bowers. 2015-02-26. The Baltimore Sun.