Joppa
Joppa is a former colonial town and current planning region of Harford County, Maryland, United States. Joppa was founded as a British settlement on the Gunpowder River in 1707 and designated as the third county seat of Baltimore County in 1712.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: unincorporated community in Harford County, Maryland, United States
- Also known as: “Gunpowder Town”, “Joppa Crossroads”, “Joppa Town”, “Joppa, Maryland”, and “Joppa, MD”
- Postal code: 21085
Places of Interest
Highlights include McComas Institute and Joppatowne High School.
McComas Institute
Historic building
Photo: Eminonuk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
McComas Institute is a historic school located at Joppa, Harford County, Maryland, United States. The school was built in 1867, and is a one-story frame structure with a gable roof, five bays long and three bays wide, and resting on a stone foundation. McComas Institute is situated 2½ miles north of Joppa.
Joppatowne High School
School
Joppatowne High School is a high school in Joppatowne, Harford County, Maryland, United States.
Jericho Covered Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.
The Jericho Covered Bridge is a Burr arch through truss wooden covered bridge near Jerusalem, Harford County and Kingsville, Baltimore County, in Maryland, United States and near historic Jerusalem Mill Village. Jericho Covered Bridge is situated 2½ miles northwest of Joppa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clayton and Joppatowne.
Clayton
Hamlet
Clayton is an unincorporated community in Harford County, Maryland, United States. Clayton is located on Maryland Route 152, 4 miles northwest of Edgewood.
Joppatowne
Town
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Joppatowne is a census-designated place in southwestern Harford County, Maryland, United States. Serving as a bedroom community for nearby Baltimore, it was established in 1961 as a planned unit development.
Bradshaw
Hamlet
Bradshaw is an unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States, located southeast of Kingsville.
Joppa
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Harford County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.43372° or 39° 26′ 1″ northLongitude
-76.35774° or 76° 21′ 28″ westElevation
148 feet (45 metres)United Nations Location Code
US JOPOpen location code
87F5CJMR+FWOpenStreetMap ID
node 157639055OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
4359605Wikidata ID
Q6276196
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