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Baltimore County

Baltimore County surrounds the , in . It is a very populous county, filled with independent suburbs of Baltimore, whose populations surged during the white flight of the 1960s from the city in the face of desegregation and the riots of 1968.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Towson and Pikesville.

is an unincorporated city in . It is located directly north of and is the county seat of Baltimore County.

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is a census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. is just northwest of the city limits. It is the northwestern suburb closest to Baltimore.

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is an unincorporated community of over 35,000 residents in Baltimore County, Maryland. is home to around a dozen major shopping centers and numerous office buildings.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as White Marsh and Cockeysville.

is a community of 9,500 people in . is mostly known to outsiders for its shopping. The main shopping attraction is Mall. Nearby is The Avenue, an outdoor shopping plaza.

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is a city in . This article will also cover Hunt Valley.

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is a census-designated place in Baltimore County, , United States. As of the 2020 census, it has a population of 10,458. Prior to 2010 the area was part of the CDP.

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Sparks is an unincorporated community that is located in Baltimore County, , United States. It is situated approximately 20 miles north of and is considered to be a suburb of the City of Baltimore.

Baltimore County

Latitude of center
39.4445° or 39° 26′ 40″ north
Longitude of center
-76.6483° or 76° 38′ 54″ west
Population
855,000
Elevation
361 feet (110 metres)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3227055637
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4347790
Wiki­data ID
Q488668
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Baltimore County” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Baltimore County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة بالتيمور”
  • Armenian: “Բալթիմոր շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Baltimore”
  • Basque: “Baltimore konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Baltimore County, Maryland”
  • Bavarian: “Baltimore County”
  • Belarusian: “Балтымар”
  • Bishnupriya: “বাল্টিমোর কাউন্টি, মেরিল্যান্ড”
  • Bishnupriya: “বাল্টিমোর কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Балтимор”
  • Catalan: “Comtat de Baltimore”
  • Cebuano: “Baltimore County”
  • Chechen: “Балтимор (гуо, Мэриленд)”
  • Chechen: “Балтимор”
  • Chinese: “Baltimore Kūn”
  • Chinese: “巴尔的摩县”
  • Chinese: “巴爾的摩縣”
  • Chinese: “巴爾的摩郡”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Baltimore, Tir Maria”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Baltimore”
  • Danish: “Baltimore County”
  • Dutch: “Baltimore County”
  • Esperanto: “Baltimore County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Baltimoro”
  • Estonian: “Baltimore’i maakond”
  • Estonian: “Baltimorei maakond”
  • Finnish: “Baltimoren piirikunta”
  • French: “Baltimore County”
  • French: “Comte de Baltimore”
  • French: “comté de Baltimore”
  • French: “Comté de Baltimore”
  • Georgian: “ბალტიმორის ოლქი”
  • German: “Baltimore County”
  • Gilaki: “بالتیمور ٚ شأرستان (مريلند)”
  • Gilaki: “بالتیمور ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Βαλτιμόρης”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז בולטימור”
  • Hungarian: “Baltimore megye”
  • Indonesian: “Baltimore County”
  • Indonesian: “County Baltimore, Maryland”
  • Irish: “Contae Baltimore”
  • Italian: “Baltimore County”
  • Italian: “contea di Baltimora”
  • Italian: “Contea di Baltimora”
  • Japanese: “ボルチモア郡”
  • Japanese: “ボルティモア郡”
  • Korean: “볼티모어군”
  • Latvian: “Baltimoras grāfiste”
  • Low German: “Baltimore County”
  • Marathi: “बाल्टिमोर काउंटी, मेरीलँड”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Baltimore Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Baltimore Kūn”
  • Northern Frisian: “Baltimore County”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Baltimore County”
  • Norwegian: “Baltimore County”
  • Ossetian: “Балтимор (зылд)”
  • Ossetian: “Балтимор”
  • Persian: “شهرستان بالتیمور، مریلند”
  • Persian: “شهرستان بالتیمور”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Baltimore”
  • Portuguese: “Baltimore County”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Baltimore”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Baltimore”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Baltimore, Maryland”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Baltimore”
  • Russian: “Балтимор”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Baltimora”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Baltimore County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Балтимор”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Baltimore County, Maryland”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Baltimore County”
  • Slovenian: “Baltimore County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Balimore”
  • Spanish: “Baltimore County”
  • Spanish: “condado de Baltimore”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Baltimore”
  • Swedish: “Baltimore County”
  • Tagalog: “Baltimore County”
  • Tagalog: “Baltimore”
  • Tatar: “Балтимор (округ, Мэриленд)”
  • Tatar: “Балтимор”
  • Turkish: “Baltimore County, Maryland”
  • Turkish: “Baltimore County, Md.”
  • Turkish: “Baltimore County, MD”
  • Turkish: “Baltimore County”
  • Turkish: “Baltimore ilçesi, Maryland”
  • Turkish: “Baltimore ilçesi, Md.”
  • Turkish: “Baltimore ilçesi, MD”
  • Turkish: “Baltimore ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Балтимор”
  • Ukrainian: “Балтімор”
  • Urdu: “بالٹیمور کاؤنٹی، میری لینڈ”
  • Venetian: “contea de Baltimora”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Baltimore, Maryland”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Baltimore”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Baltimore, Maryland”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Baltimore”
  • Welsh: “Baltimore County, Maryland”
  • Welsh: “Baltimore County”
  • Western Panjabi: “بالٹیمور کاؤنٹی”

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