Ivory is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
located at the northwest tip of
Howard County,
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...
, United States. It is located between modern
Glenelg and
West Friendship.
History
The area is home to the estate of Enoch Selby who lived on the "Chapel of Ease" founded in 1750.
The Ivory post office opened for the community on 4 July 1886. The post office was operated by postmaster William V. Sheppard until 1918.
Sections of Ivory road remain, but most have been overlapped by Route 32. The path through town is now a segment of the Maryland Broadband Network awaiting lease.
See also
*
Isaacville, Maryland
References
{{authority control
Unincorporated communities in Maryland
Unincorporated communities in Howard County, Maryland