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2011 Map of Clarksville

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Clarksville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

The Patuxent River and its tributaries carve through this Howard County landscape, defining the boundaries of established suburban enclaves and rural holdouts. Central to the map is Clarksville Post Office, a hub surrounded by a dense network of residential developments such as Heritage Heights and Foxhall Villas. This area reflects the modern growth patterns of the Baltimore-Washington corridor, where large-scale institutional presence like the Hopkins Applied Physics Lab and Montpelier Research Park exists alongside older community markers.

Genealogists can find several points of interest in the scattered burial grounds, including Saint Louis Cemetery and the Dorsey Cemetery. The transition from agrarian history to modern development is visible in the mix of named estates like Cissel Farm and newer clusters such as Linden Chapel Woods. The northern reaches are punctuated by the Middle Patuxent River and Johns Hopkins Pond, while the southern border features the Rocky Gorge Meadows near the river's edge.