Dorsey, Maryland, is an
unincorporated community
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along the border of eastern
Howard County and northwestern
Anne Arundel County
Anne Arundel County (; ), also notated as AA or A.A. County, is located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was 588,261, an increase of just under 10% since 2010. Its county seat is Annapolis, whi ...
in
Maryland
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, United States. It is located south of
Elkridge, north of
Savage
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, and close to
Baltimore-Washington International Airport
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(BWI). It is in the southern part of the
Baltimore metropolitan area
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.
Dorsey is perhaps listed as a former postal stop that operated from December 1881 on the B&O railroad and is
now a MARC commuter rail system stop, which carries commuters into downtown Baltimore and
Washington, D.C.
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Dorsey is a stop on MARC's
Camden line
The Camden Line is a MARC commuter rail line that runs for between Union Station, Washington, D.C., and Camden Station, Baltimore, Maryland, over the CSX Capital Subdivision, and Baltimore Terminal Subdivision. It is one of the oldest commuter ...
and contains a large parking lot off
Maryland State Highway 100. Dorsey station mainly serves commuters from Elkridge and
Ellicott City
Ellicott City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in, and the county seat of, Howard County, Maryland, United States. Part of the Baltimore metropolitan area, its population was 65,834 at the 2010 census, making it the mo ...
, as well as the northern parts of
Columbia.
Howard Transit
Howard Transit was the primary public transit system in Howard County, Maryland, which grew from the former ''ColumBus'' bus system in Columbia, Maryland. First Transit replaced Veolia Transport as the operating company in July 2007.
Howard T ...
buses connect Dorsey station with various locations around Howard County as well as with the nearby
Arundel Mills
Arundel Mills is a shopping mall located in unincorporated Anne Arundel County, Maryland (with a Hanover mailing address). It is 59.3% owned by Simon Property Group, who manages the mall. With its GLA, it is the largest mall in the state o ...
mall.
Businesses in the area include hotels, warehouses, and satellite campuses for both
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hem ...
and the
University of Maryland University College
The University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC, formerly University of Maryland University College) is a public university in Adelphi, Maryland. It is the largest of the University System of Maryland campuses. Established in 1947, UMGC focuses on ...
(both of which are located within the Dorsey Business Center).
The Dorsey Business Center is a business park developed between 1984 and 1989 by Douglas Legum Development Inc. It was the first large-scale development project in this part of the Baltimore region. The Dorsey Business Center sits on the site of the former Dorsey Speedway, a stock car track, and now contains over two million square feet of office and retail space.
Howard Transit
Howard Transit was the primary public transit system in Howard County, Maryland, which grew from the former ''ColumBus'' bus system in Columbia, Maryland. First Transit replaced Veolia Transport as the operating company in July 2007.
Howard T ...
buses connect the business park to the Dorsey MARC station.
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Unincorporated communities in Maryland
Unincorporated communities in Howard County, Maryland