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Dorsey, Maryland

Unincorporated community in Maryland, United States

Summary

Unincorporated community in Maryland, United States

Field	Value
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_name	United States
subdivision_name1	Maryland
subdivision_name2	Flag of Howard County, MD.svg Howard
established_title	Founded
established_date	1881
timezone	Eastern (EST)
utc_offset	-5
timezone_DST	EDT
utc_offset_DST	-4
coordinates
postal_code_type	ZIP Code
postal_code	21075
area_codes	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. Dorsey is a stop on MARC's Camden line and contains a large parking lot off Maryland State Highway 100. 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 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

(1904). "A Gazetteer Of Maryland". [[United States Government Publishing Office.
(July 12, 2007). "Checklist of Maryland Post Offices". Smithsonian National Postal Museum.
"MARC Station Information {{!}} Maryland Transit Administration".
"MARC Parking Details {{!}} Maryland Transit Administration".

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