Savage in Howard County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

This Survey Point

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, January 12, 2013

1. This Survey Point Marker

Inscription. This survey point, set September 2001, marks the symbolic center of population for the State of Maryland. This point is where an imaginary, flat, Weightless, and rigid map of the state of Maryland would balance perfectly if all its 5, 296,486 residents (based on census 2000) were of identical weight

For survey information, go to the National Geodetic Survey Web Site at www.ngs.noaa.gov

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Places. A significant historical month for this entry is September 2001.

Location. 39° 8.355′ N, 76° 49.705′ W. Marker is in Savage, Maryland, in Howard County. It is on Fair Street. The marker is in Savage Park at the north end of Fair Street in Savage Maryland. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 8401 Fair St, Savage MD 20763, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Maryland.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic.

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: Millworkers House (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); 9051-9053 Baltimore Street (approx. 0.2 miles away); Carroll Baldwin Memorial Hall (approx. 0.2 miles away); Baldwin Common (approx. ¼ mile away); Historic Savage Mill (approx. ¼ mile away); Bollman Iron Truss Bridge (approx. 0.4 miles away); Baltimore Regional Trail (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Savage Mill (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Savage.

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sectionhead>Other markers no longer nearby. Historic Savage Mill (was approx. 0.3 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Savage Mill (was approx. 0.4 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Also see . . . NOAA -- National Geodetic Survey. (Submitted on January 12, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.)

Additional keywords. Geographic Marker

This Survey Point Marker and Survey Disc image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, January 12, 2013

2. This Survey Point Marker and Survey Disc

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, January 12, 2013

3. Survey Disc

Maryland Center of Population, Census 2000

Location of Survey Disc as found image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, January 12, 2013

4. Location of Survey Disc as found

The disc was overgrown with grass before is was dug out.

Savage Park Sign image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, January 12, 2013

5. Savage Park Sign

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on January 12, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. This page has been viewed 783 times since then and 46 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on January 12, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.