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Ellicott City is an unincorporated
community and census-designated place in Howard County,
Maryland, United States. The population was 56,397 at
the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Howard County.
Founded in 1772, the town features the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Station Museum, built in 1830, a downtown
historic district ,which is a very popular destination
among antiques shoppers, with restaurants, eclectic
boutique shops, coffee shops, a tea room and many
historic sites. As of the 2000 Census, Ellicott City
surpassed Towson, Maryland, as the largest
unincorporated county seat in the country.
In July 2005, Ellicott City was ranked the 20th Best
Place to Live in the United States by CNN/Money and
Money magazine.
In July 2006, Ellicott City/Columbia was ranked 4th by
CNN/Money and Money magazine on its list of the 100 Best
Places to Live in the United States.
Ellicott City is listed amongst America's most affluent
communities and is located in Howard County, the third
wealthiest county in the United States according the
U.S. Census Bureau.
The downtown area is often called "Historic Ellicott
City" or "Old Ellicott City", to distinguish it from the
unincorporated area that extends north to the Baltimore
County line, south to Columbia, and west to West
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Columbia is a census-designated
place and planned community in Howard County, Maryland,
United States. It is a suburb of Baltimore and, to a
lesser degree, Washington, DC. It began with the idea
that a city could enhance its residents' quality of
life. Creator and developer James W. Rouse saw the new
community in terms of human values, not just in terms of
economics and engineering. Opened in 1967, Columbia was
designed to not only eliminate the inconveniences of
then-current subdivision design, but also eliminate
racial, religious, and income segregation.
Today, Columbia has a population of about 94,600 (making
it the largest unincorporated community in Maryland). By
the early 2000s, the town had acquired many of the
characteristics of other contemporary U.S. suburbs, such
as increasingly large private homes on large parcels and
"big-box" retail stores accessible mostly by automobile.
Nevertheless, Rouse's ethos remains a strong influence
upon the physical and political development of Columbia. |
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