Catonsville in Baltimore County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

6-Mile Marker on the National Road

1787

Photographed by Christopher Busta-Peck, January 1, 2003

1. 6-Mile Marker on the National Road Marker

Inscription. This 6-miles-to-Baltimore marker was welcomed by thousands on horseback, in stagecoaches and wagons, who traveled this Frederick Turnpike. Some headed west to settle in the Ohio Valley, along with merchants selling their wares, while millers with their products, and farmers, driving animals on foot to market, traveled east through Catonsville to the port city of Baltimore.

Erected 1987 by Catonsville Historical Society.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Roads & Vehicles. In addition, it is included in the The Historic National Road series list.

Location. 39° 16.382′ N, 76° 43.614′ W. Marker is in Catonsville, Maryland, in Baltimore County. It is on Frederick Road (Maryland Route 144), on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Catonsville MD 21228, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Maryland.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic

and in the Chesapeake Bay Region.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Catonsville Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Catonsville Short Line Railroad (approx. 0.4 miles away); Catonsville (approx. 0.4 miles away); History of the Catonsville Short Line (CSL) Railroad (approx. 0.4 miles away); A Civil Rights Milestone

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(approx. 0.4 miles away); Paradise Train Station (approx. half a mile away); Castle Thunder (approx. 0.7 miles away); Catonsville Nine (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Catonsville.

Detail of Milestone image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Christopher Busta-Peck, January 1, 2003

2. Detail of Milestone

Marker and milestone 6 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Christopher Busta-Peck

3. Marker and milestone 6

Rear of marker and milestone image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Christopher Busta-Peck, January 1, 2003

4. Rear of marker and milestone

Credits. This page was last revised on August 6, 2021. It was originally submitted on January 24, 2008, by Christopher Busta-Peck of Shaker Heights, Ohio. This page has been viewed 3,628 times since then and 27 times this year. Last updated on December 29, 2010, by Roger Franklin Richardson of Catonsville, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 24, 2008, by Christopher Busta-Peck of Shaker Heights, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.