Johnnycake Town, also called Journeycake Town, is a settlement settled in the 18th century. Currently unnamed, it is located in what is now

Catonsville, Maryland Catonsville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The population was 41,567 at the 2010 census. The community lies to the west of Baltimore along the city's border. Catonsville contains the majority of th ...

. The village was settled by

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and was named after its tavern, popular for baking and selling

johnnycake Johnnycake, also known as journey cake, johnny bread, hoecake, shawnee cake or spider cornbread, is a cornmeal flatbread, a type of batter bread. An early American staple food, it is prepared on the Atlantic coast from Newfoundland to Jamaica. ...

s to travelers every morning. It was known for being a stopping place for travelers, where they would rest their horses. In ''Real stories from Baltimore County history'', Isobel Davidson states: Although Johnnycake Town is currently unnamed and does not appear on maps, its main road, Johnnycake Road, still exists.

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