Timonium is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

(CDP) in

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, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 9,926. Prior to 2010 the area was part of the Lutherville-Timonium CDP. The

Maryland State Fair The Maryland State Fair is the annual state fair for the state of Maryland. It is held at the Maryland State Fairgrounds located near the intersection of York and Timonium roads in Timonium. As of 2006, the fair is an 11-day event, customaril ...

is held in Timonium each year near

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on the grounds of the former Timonium Race Course, which is an important site along with

Pimlico Race Course Pimlico Race Course is a thoroughbred horse racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland, most famous for hosting the Preakness Stakes. Its name is derived from the 1660s when English settlers named the area where the facility currently stands in honor of Ol ...

in northwest

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and Laurel Park in

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, along with other former tracks at Bowie and Rosecroft in Maryland thoroughbred horse racing traditions.

Etymology

Timonium takes its name from the Timonium Mansion, the home of Mrs. Archibald Buchanan, who, in melancholia due to the loss of eyesight and the death of a close friend, felt her life was like that of

Mark Antony Marcus Antonius (14 January 1 August 30 BC), commonly known in English as Mark Antony, was a Roman politician and general who played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic from a constitutional republic into the autoc ...

after the

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. The original Timonium was an incomplete palace Mark Antony built on the island of

Antirhodos Antirhodos (sometimes Antirrhodos or Anti Rhodes) was an island in the eastern harbor of Alexandria, Egypt, on which a Ptolemaic Egyptian palace was sited. The island was occupied until the reigns of Septimius Severus and Caracalla and it prob ...

in the harbor of

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, Egypt. Antony died by suicide at the palace after receiving a false report that

Cleopatra Cleopatra VII Philopator ( grc-gre, Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ}, "Cleopatra the father-beloved"; 69 BC10 August 30 BC) was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and its last active ruler.She was also a ...

had died by suicide.

Geography

Timonium is at (39.4441, −76.6076). According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , all land. The town is north of

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along York Road (Maryland Route 45). It is bordered on the north by

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, on the south by Lutherville, on the east by Loch Raven Reservoir, and on the west by Falls Road (Maryland Route 25), with the Greenspring and Worthington Valleys beyond. Ridgely Road forms the boundary between Timonium and Lutherville, while Padonia Road separates Timonium from Cockeysville. Timonium is in the

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region of the United States, and is in the transition zone between the

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zone to the south and the

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...

to the north, with hot and humid summers leading into winters that are cold but not extreme by American standards. The average annual snowfall is and average annual rainfall is .

Demographics

Transportation

Timonium Fairgrounds station, August 2014

B&S historical marker, Timonium station, February 2013

Roads

Major roads in the Timonium area include: * Deereco Road/Greenspring Drive * Dulaney Valley Road (MD-146) * Pot Spring Road * Timonium Road * York Road (MD-45) *

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*Ridgely Road *Mays Chapel Road *Eastridge Road

Public transportation

The

Maryland Transit Administration The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) is a state-operated mass transit administration in Maryland, and is part of the Maryland Department of Transportation. The MTA operates a comprehensive transit system throughout the Baltimore-Washingt ...

's light rail line has two stops in the Timonium area: Timonium Business Park and Timonium. In addition, bus routes 8 and 9 provide regular service along the York Road corridor.

Notable people

Spiro T. Agnew Spiro Theodore Agnew (November 9, 1918 – September 17, 1996) was the 39th vice president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1973. He is the second vice president to resign the position, the other being John ...

, former U.S. Vice President and

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(plus

Executive), buried in Timonium *

Mark Belanger Mark Henry Belanger (June 8, 1944 – October 6, 1998), nicknamed "The Blade," was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball as a shortstop from through , most notably as a member of the Bal ...

(1944-1998), Baltimore Orioles shortstop * Helen Bentley, politician * William C. Bilo,

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and deputy director of the

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Grafton Marsh Bosley Grafton Marsh Bosley (March 8, 1825 – January 25, 1901DR. G. M. BOSLEY DEAD: Widely Known Physician Of Baltimore County, The Sun (1837–1995); January 26, 1901; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Baltimore Sun pg. 7) was a physician, philant ...

(1825–1901), physician, philanthropist, planner, politician, and co-founder of the Maryland State Fair. *

Beth Botsford Beth Anne Botsford (born May 21, 1981) is an American former competition swimming (sport), swimmer and backstroke specialist who won two gold medals as a fifteen-year-old at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She did so in the individu ...

, swimmer *

Robert Ehrlich Robert Leroy Ehrlich Jr. (born November 25, 1957) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 60th Governor of Maryland from 2003 to 2007. A Republican, Ehrlich represented Maryland's United States House of Representatives, Maryland ...

, 60th

. He was a resident of Timonium while serving in Congress as a Representative in the House of Representatives (although raised in

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which he often cited). *

Jim Gentile James Edward Gentile (born June 3, 1934), also nicknamed "Diamond Jim", is an American former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City At ...

, former

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first baseman. *

Rob Hiaasen Rob Hiaasen (February 9, 1959 – June 28, 2018) was an American journalist and assistant editor at ''The Capital'', a newspaper published in Annapolis, Maryland. He also taught at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalis ...

, journalist and editor who was killed in the

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. *

Pam Shriver Pamela Howard Shriver (born July 4, 1962) is an American former professional tennis player and current tennis broadcaster and pundit. During the 1980s and 1990s, Shriver won 133 titles, including 21 singles titles, 111 women's doubles titles, an ...

, tennis player. * Don Shula, former Baltimore Colts player and coach in the 1960s, later famous coach of the

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, undefeated champions in 1972 in the

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, member of the

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. *

Dick Szymanski Richard Frank Szymanski aka “Dick" Szymanski(October 7, 1932 – October 28, 2021) was an American professional American football, football player who was a Center (American football), center for thirteen seasons with the History of the Indian ...

, former Baltimore Colts player. *

Gus Triandos Gus Triandos (July 30, 1930 – March 28, 2013) was a Greek American professional baseball player and scout. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher and a first baseman for the New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, and the Detroit Tigers o ...

(1930-2013),

catcher in the 1950s; Triandos Drive is named in honor of him. *

Johnny Unitas John Constantine Unitas (; May 7, 1933 – September 11, 2002) was an American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 18 seasons, primarily with the Baltimore Colts. Following a career that spanned from 1956 ...

, former Baltimore Colt quarterback and

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in the

; buried at

Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum is a cemetery and mausoleum in Timonium, Maryland, a Baltimore County suburban community. It is located at 200 E. Padonia Rd, about two miles (3 km) east from the Padonia Road exit off Interstat ...

. * Cheryl Wheeler, folk singer.

Education

;Public schools * Pinewood Elementary School * Pot Spring Elementary School * Timonium Elementary School *

Ridgely Middle School Ridgely Middle School is a Blue Ribbon-award-winning middle school that serves students in sixth through eighth grades as part of the Baltimore County Public Schools. This school serves students coming from elementary schools in Lutherville, Ti ...

(in Lutherville) *

Dulaney High School Dulaney High School is a secondary school in Timonium, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The school serves a generally upper-middle class suburban community, with students from Timonium and surrounding areas in Baltimore County. Dul ...

References

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