Dorsey’s Search
Dorsey's Search is a parcel of land patented by John Dorsey of Hockley-in-the-hole in Baltimore County. The 479-acre property adjacent to the north branch of the Patuxent river was surveyed by Richard Beard in December 1684, and granted to Dorsey in March 1696.- Type: Suburb
- Description: village in Columbia, Maryland, United States
- Also known as: “Dorsey’s Search, Columbia, Maryland”, “Dorsey’s Search, Maryland”, “Dorsey’s Search, MD”, and “Village of Dorsey’s Search”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Centennial Park and The Mall in Columbia.
Centennial Park
Park
Photo: Dicklyon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Centennial Park is a Howard County Department of Recreation & Parks' public park located in Ellicott City, Maryland. It surrounds Centennial Lake, covering an area of 337 acres.
The Mall in Columbia
Shopping center
The Mall in Columbia, also known as the Columbia Mall, is the central shopping mall for the planned community of Columbia, Maryland, United States. It has over 200 specialty stores and the anchor stores are AMC Theatres, Lidl, Main Event Entertainment, Barnes & Noble, JCPenney, Macy's, and Nordstrom. The Mall in Columbia is situated 2½ miles southwest of Dorsey’s Search.
Wilde Lake
Reservoir
Wilde Lake is a reservoir, which is situated 2 miles southwest of Dorsey’s Search.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gray Rock and Columbia.
Gray Rock
Suburb
Photo: FlugKerl2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gray Rock is a historic plantation home located in Ellicott City, Maryland. Gray Rock is situated 1½ miles north of Dorsey’s Search.
Columbia
Photo: Preservation Maryland, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Columbia is a planned city in Howard County, Central Maryland. It differs strongly from most notions of what constitutes a "city," as the planner divided the densely populated, but decidedly suburban in character, city into ten "villages," each of which are divided into several neighborhoods, leaving the city with a less obvious center.
Oakland Mills
Suburb
Oakland Mills is one of the 10 villages in Columbia, Maryland, United States. It is located immediately east of Town Center, across U.S. Route 29. Neighborhoods in the village of Oakland Mills include Steven's Forest, Talbott Springs, and Thunder Hill. Oakland Mills is situated 2½ miles south of Dorsey’s Search.
Dorsey’s Search
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Howard, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.24434° or 39° 14′ 40″ northLongitude
-76.83984° or 76° 50′ 23″ westElevation
331 feet (101 metres)Open location code
87F565V6+P3OpenStreetMap ID
node 158378999OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q5298885
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In Other Languages
“Dorsey’s Search” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Dorsey’s Search”
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