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Anne Arundel County

Crofton

Crofton is a census-designated place and planned community in , United States, located 9.8 miles west of the state capital , 24 miles south of , and 24 miles east-northeast of The community was established in 1964 and as of the 2020 census, it had a population of 29,136.
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  • Type: Town with 27,300 residents
  • Description: census place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
  • Also known as: “Crofton, Maryland” and “Crofton, MD”
  • Postal code: 21114

Places of Interest

Highlights include Linthicum Walks and Crofton High School.

Historic site
Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.
is a historic home and farm complex at Crofton, , USA. It consists of a 19th-century frame dwelling, a mid-19th century meathouse, a frame pre-1815 tobacco barn and a family cemetery dating to the mid 19th century.

School
is a high school located in the suburban community of , , a suburb of Washington DC and Baltimore located within .

Church
Photo: Quarterczar, Public domain.
Sacred Heart Catholic Church in , is a Catholic church established in 1729. The church was originally built on part of the Jesuit plantation known as White Marsh Manor. is situated 2 miles southwest of Crofton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Collington and Millersville.

Neighborhood
was a settlement in , , United States, dating from colonial times. has been subsumed by the city of . is situated 4½ miles southwest of Crofton.

Hamlet
Photo: thisisbossi, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. Population was 20,965 in 2015 based on American Community Survey data. is situated 4½ miles northeast of Crofton.

Suburb
is an unincorporated community within the Washington DC suburb of , , United States. began as a Planned Unit Development, and was a project of the Constellation Real Estate Group, Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Constellation Energy Group, which itself, is now owned by Exelon. is situated 4½ miles north of Crofton.

Crofton

Latitude
39.00178° or 39° 0′ 6″ north
Longitude
-76.68747° or 76° 41′ 15″ west
Population
27,300
Elevation
98 feet (30 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US ZCN
Open location code
87F52827+P2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158303080
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4352539
Wiki­data ID
Q755950
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“Crofton” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كروفتون”
  • Basque: “Crofton”
  • Catalan: “Crofton”
  • Cebuano: “Crofton”
  • Chinese: “Crofton”
  • Chinese: “克罗夫顿”
  • Chinese: “克羅夫頓”
  • Czech: “Crofton”
  • Danish: “Crofton”
  • Dutch: “Crofton”
  • French: “Crofton”
  • German: “Crofton”
  • Gilaki: “کروفتن (مريلند)”
  • Gilaki: “کروفتن”
  • Irish: “Crofton”
  • Italian: “Crofton”
  • Japanese: “クロフトン (メリーランド州)”
  • Japanese: “クロフトン”
  • Kazakh: “Krofton”
  • Kazakh: “Крофтон”
  • Kazakh: “كروفتون”
  • Kirghiz: “Крофтон”
  • Ladin: “Crofton”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Crofton”
  • Persian: “کرافتون”
  • Persian: “کروفتون، مریلند”
  • Polish: “Crofton”
  • Portuguese: “Crofton”
  • Russian: “Крофтона”
  • Serbian: “Крофтон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Crofton, Maryland”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Crofton”
  • Slovak: “Crofton”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کروفتون، مریلند”
  • Spanish: “Crofton (Maryland)”
  • Spanish: “Crofton”
  • Swedish: “Crofton, Maryland”
  • Swedish: “Crofton”
  • Tatar: “Крофтон (Мэриленд)”
  • Tatar: “Крофтон”
  • Ukrainian: “Крофтон”
  • Urdu: “کروفٹن، میری لینڈ”
  • Uzbek: “Crofton”
  • Uzbek: “Cрофтон”
  • Volapük: “Crofton”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Barbara & Thomas Swann Park Playground and Crofton Natural Area.

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