Hickory Ridge is one of the 10 villages in Columbia,

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, United States, located to the west of the Town Center with a 2014 population of 13,000 in 4,659 housing units. The village overlays the former postal community of Elioak. It was first occupied in 1974."History"
hickoryridgecommunityassociation.org, accessed May 29, 2009 Neighborhoods in the village are Hawthorn, Clary's Forest, and Clemens Crossing. The name Hickory Ridge is derived from the 1749 estate " Hickory Ridge" in nearby

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, which later became the family home of the nephew of hospital and university founder

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. Clary's Forest is named after John Clary's 100-acre original land grant patented on 10 June 1734. Streets in Clary's Forest are based on the work of

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. Hawthorn is the name of an

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poem. The street names come from her work. Clemens Crossing is named after American author

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, otherwise known as

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, and the street names come from Clemens' work. Historic Kahler family farm silo

The land surrounding Sierra Villas Condominiums and Barnside Condominiums in Clary's Forest originally belonged to the Kahler family farm. The farm's silo remains in the condominium property. The Kahler farm was one of three large tracts originally purchased by Robert Moxley that started the Columbia project in 1963. Hickory Plaza was built on the site of Midway Farm, the last piece of a farm owned by the Bassler family before the creation of the Rouse development.

Services

The Village Center, opened in 1992, has a Giant Food grocery store, bank, restaurants, a gas station, and other establishments. It is the first village center in Columbia built without a collocated community center, which resides in the Hawthorn neighborhood. Howard County General Hospital is located in Hickory Ridge, at the intersection of Little Patuxent Parkway and Cedar Lane. The Howard County public schools Clemens Crossing Elementary School and

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are located in Hickory Ridge.

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is also located in Hickory Ridge.

Notable residents

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, lived in Hickory Ridge during the

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