Little Patuxent River

Little Patuxent River is a stream in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Little Patuxent River is situated nearby to the locality Pigeon House Corner, as well as near the neighborhood Crofton Woods.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Sacred Heart Church and Melford.

Sacred Heart Church

Church

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Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Bowie, Maryland is a Catholic church established in 1729. The church was originally built on part of the Jesuit plantation known as White Marsh Manor.

Melford

Historic house

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Melford is a historic plantation house located on the grounds of the Maryland Science and Technology Center, near the intersection of U.S. Route 301 and U.S. Route 50, at Bowie, Prince George's County, Maryland. Melford is situated 2 miles south of Little Patuxent River.

Linthicum Walks

Historic site

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Linthicum Walks is a historic home and farm complex at Crofton, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, 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. Linthicum Walks is situated 2 miles east of Little Patuxent River.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crofton and Collington.

Crofton

Town

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Crofton is a census-designated place and planned community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States, located 9.8 miles west of the state capital Annapolis, 24 miles south of Baltimore, and 24 miles east-northeast of Washington, D.C. The community was established in 1964 and as of the 2020 census, it had a population of 29,136.

Collington

Neighborhood

Collington was a settlement in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, dating from colonial times. Collington has been subsumed by the city of Bowie. Collington is situated 3½ miles southwest of Little Patuxent River.

Bowie

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Bowie is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, U.S. Per the 2020 census, the population was 58,329. Bowie has grown from a small railroad stop to the largest municipality in Prince George's County; it is also the fifth most populous city and third largest city by area in the U.S. state of Maryland.

Little Patuxent River

Type: Stream
Description: stream in Maryland, United States
Category: body of water
Location: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.99039° or 38° 59′ 25″ north

Longitude

-76.70608° or 76° 42′ 22″ west

Elevation

30 feet (9 metres)

Open location code

87C5X7RV+5H

GeoNames ID

4360865

Wikidata ID

Q35312679

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to German—“Little Patuxent River” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Little Patuxent”
Cebuano: “Little Patuxent River”
French: “Little Patuxent River”
French: “Petite rivière Patuxent”
German: “Little Patuxent River”

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Localities in the Area

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