Essex
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- Type: Town with 39,400 residents
- Description: census-designated place in Maryland, United States
- Also known as: “Essex, Maryland” and “Essex, MD”
- Postal code: 21221
Places of Interest
Highlights include North Point State Battlefield and Kenwood High School.
North Point State Battlefield
Park
North Point State Battlefield is a publicly owned historic preserve in Dundalk, Baltimore County, Maryland, that commemorates a portion of the site where the Battle of North Point was fought during the War of 1812. North Point State Battlefield is situated 2 miles south of Essex.
Kenwood High School
School
Photo: Wallstreethotrod, Public domain.
Kenwood High School is a Baltimore County public high school located in Essex, Maryland, United States.
Eastpoint Mall Shopping Center
Commercial area
Eastpoint Mall is a one-level regional enclosed shopping center located in Baltimore County. Eastpoint Mall was one of Baltimore’s first shopping centers and has been serving the community since 1956. Eastpoint Mall Shopping Center is situated 2 miles southwest of Essex.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rosedale and Rossville.
Rosedale
Town
Photo: Vermont1997, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rosedale is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The population was 19,961 at the 2020 United States census. Rosedale is situated 2 miles northwest of Essex.
Rossville
Town
Rossville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The population was 15,147 at the 2010 census. Rossville is situated 2½ miles north of Essex.
Middle River
Town
Photo: kenlund, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Middle River is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The population was 33,203 at the 2020 census. Middle River is situated 3 miles northeast of Essex.
Essex
Latitude
39.30751° or 39° 18′ 27″ northLongitude
-76.47904° or 76° 28′ 45″ westPopulation
39,400Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)United Nations Location Code
US ESEOpen location code
87F58G5C+29OpenStreetMap ID
node 158588128OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“Essex” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إسكس”
- Basque: “Essex”
- Catalan: “Essex”
- Cebuano: “Essex”
- Chinese: “Essex”
- Chinese: “埃塞克斯”
- Chinese: “艾塞克斯”
- Dutch: “Essex”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اسكس”
- French: “Essex, Maryland”
- French: “Essex”
- German: “Essex”
- Gilaki: “اسکس (مريلند)”
- Gilaki: “اسکس”
- Irish: “Essex”
- Italian: “Essex”
- Kazakh: “Ésséks”
- Kazakh: “Эссэкс”
- Kazakh: “ەسسەكس”
- Kirghiz: “Эссэкс”
- Ladin: “Essex”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Essex”
- Persian: “اسکس”
- Persian: “اسیکس، مریلند”
- Polish: “Essex”
- Portuguese: “Essex”
- Russian: “Эссекс”
- Scots: “Essex”
- Serbian: “Есекс”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Essex, Maryland”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Essex”
- South Azerbaijani: “زسکس، مریلند”
- Spanish: “Essex (Maryland)”
- Spanish: “Essex”
- Tatar: “Ессекс (Мэриленд)”
- Tatar: “Ессекс”
- Ukrainian: “Ессекс”
- Urdu: “ایسیکس، میری لینڈ”
- Uzbek: “Essex”
- Uzbek: “Ессех”
- Volapük: “Essex”
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