Kings Contrivance
Kings Contrivance is a village in the planned community of Columbia, Maryland, United States and is home to approximately 11,000 residents. It is Columbia's southernmost village, and was the eighth of Columbia's ten villages to be developed.- Type: Suburb
- Description: village in Columbia, Maryland, United States
- Also known as: “Kings Contrivance, Columbia, Maryland”, “Kings Contrivance, Maryland”, “Kings Contrivance, MD”, and “Village of Kings Contrivance”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hammond High School and Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.
Hammond High School
School
Hammond High School, established in 1977, is a public secondary school located in Columbia, Maryland, United States. It is part of the Howard County Public School System.
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
University
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC is a not-for-profit, United States Navy-sponsored, university-affiliated research center in Howard County, Maryland, United States. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory is situated 1½ miles west of Kings Contrivance.
Locust United Methodist Church
Church
The Locust United Methodist Church is a historic African-American church in Columbia, Maryland. The building was constructed in a predominantly African-American community known as Freetown.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Simpsonville and Owen Brown.
Simpsonville
Hamlet
Simpsonville is an unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland, United States. Simpsonville is situated 1½ miles northwest of Kings Contrivance.
Owen Brown
Suburb
Owen Brown is one of the ten villages in Columbia, Maryland, United States, established in 1972. Neighborhoods in the village include Dasher Green, Elkhorn and Hopewell. Owen Brown lies south and east of the town center. The village contains the 37-acre park. Owen Brown is situated 1½ miles northeast of Kings Contrivance.
Guilford
Hamlet
Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.
Guilford is an unincorporated community located in Howard County in the state of Maryland. The location is named after the Guilford Mill. Guilford is near Kings Contrivance, one of the nine "villages" of Columbia. Guilford is situated 1½ miles east of Kings Contrivance.
Kings Contrivance
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Howard, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.1694° or 39° 10′ 10″ northLongitude
-76.86301° or 76° 51′ 47″ westOpen location code
87F5549P+QQOpenStreetMap ID
node 1593052787OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q6412883
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Kings Contrivance” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Kings Contrivance”
- Urdu: “کنگز کنٹرائونس، کولمبیا، میری لینڈ”
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