Dorsey, Maryland Explained

Official Name:Dorsey, Maryland
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Maryland
Pushpin Label:Dorsey
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2: Howard
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1881
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Coordinates:39.1772°N -76.7431°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP
Postal Code:21075
Area Code:410 & 443
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID

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.

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 50acres 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.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Gannett . Henry . Henry Gannett . A Gazetteer Of Maryland . 1904 . . . 29 . August 27, 2022.
  2. Web site: Checklist of Maryland Post Offices . Smithsonian National Postal Museum . July 12, 2007 . July 7, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140518050030/http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/statepostalhistory/Maryland_Post_Offices.pdf . May 18, 2014 .
  3. Web site: MARC Station Information Maryland Transit Administration . 2024-06-02 . www.mta.maryland.gov.
  4. Web site: MARC Parking Details Maryland Transit Administration . 2024-06-02 . www.mta.maryland.gov.