Harwood is a crossroads in

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, wh ...

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, United States, south of

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( Solomons Island Road).

Education

Southern High School is nearby. A small portion of high school students in Harwood also attend South River High School in nearby Edgewater as well.

Historic structures

Obligation An obligation is a course of action which someone is required to take, be it a legal obligation or a moral obligation. Obligations are constraints; they limit freedom. People who are under obligations may choose to freely act under obligations. ...

Larkin's Hill Farm Larkin's Hill Farm is a historic home at Harwood, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. It is a -story gambrel-roofed brick house with a 20th-century wing. In 1683 the estate served as a temporary capital of Maryland. John Larkin, an e ...

* Larkin's Hundred *

Tulip Hill Tulip Hill is a plantation house located about one mile from Galesville in Anne Arundel County in the Province of Maryland. Built between 1755 and 1756, it is a particularly fine example of an early Georgian mansion, and was designated a Nat ...

Notable people

LeRoy Battle LeRoy Battle (December 31, 1921 – March 28, 2015) was a World War II pilot, teacher, and jazz musician. He was a Tuskegee Airman and one of the African American officers involved in the Freeman Field Mutiny. Early life Family Battle was ...

(1921–2015), music teacher and Tuskegee Airman * Molly Schuyler (1980), American competitive eater; nine time Z-Burger Champ *

Pete Stark Fortney Hillman "Pete" Stark Jr. (November 11, 1931 – January 24, 2020) was an American businessman and politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 2013. A Democrat from California, Stark's district ...

(1931–2020), retired congressman *

Stan Stearns Stanley Frank "Stan" Stearns (May 11, 1935 – March 2, 2012) was an American photographer who captured the iconic image of a three-year-old John F. Kennedy Jr. saluting the coffin of his father, US President John F. Kennedy, at State funeral ...

(1935–2012), photographer * Thomas Noble Stockett (1747–1802), surgeon and Revolutionary War veteran *

Joseph Noble Stockett Joseph Noble Stockett (1779-1853) was a Maryland landowner during the early 19th century. Career Stockett was a staunch Federalist who studied medicine but never practiced. He was a member of the Whig Party. He inherited the family home known ...

(1779–1854), 18th/19th century landowner *

George Washington George Washington (, 1799) was a Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father and the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. As commander of the Continental Army, Washington led Patriot (American Revoluti ...

(1732–1799), dined at Rawlings' Tavern.

References

External links

Harwood, MD Community Profile
*Historic places (National Register Listings)

{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Anne Arundel County, Maryland Unincorporated communities in Maryland