Finksburg, Maryland
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Finksburg is an unincorporated community in Carroll County
, Maryland
, United States
. It is the location of the National Security Agency
's EKMS
Central Facility. Finksburg is located at the intersection of Maryland Route 91
and Maryland Route 140
, on the border of Carroll and Baltimore counties. It is an unincorporated area about one mile northwest of the Liberty Reservoir
and six miles southeast of Westminster, Maryland
.
Finksburg is named after Adam Fink, owner of a local tavern and toll road in the early 19th century.
The Greater Baltimore Hindu-Jain Temple is located in Finksburg.
Actor Fred Gwynne
is interred here at the Sandymount United Methodist Church's graveyard, but his grave is unmarked.
The Finksburg community is protected by it's own residents who volunteer their time at the Reese & Community Volunteer Fire Company. Incorporated April 7, 1948, life member Berlin F. "Jake" Caple is the last living charter member. The fire company is a 100% volunteer operation on the fire suppression side. The EMS services are manned 24/7 by paid full-time and part-time Paramedics and EMTs.
Timeline information taken from, unless otherwise noted:
Warner, Nancy, Ralph Levering and Margaret Taylor Woltz. Carroll County Maryland: A History 1837-1976. Carroll County Bicentennial Committee, 1976.
Cold Saturday
was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 2008. Taylor-Manning-Leppo House
was listed in 2009.
Carroll County, Maryland
Carroll County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. In 2010, its population was 167,134. It was named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton , signer of the American Declaration of Independence. Its county seat is Westminster....
, Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is the location of the National Security Agency
National Security Agency
The National Security Agency/Central Security Service is a cryptologic intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the collection and analysis of foreign communications and foreign signals intelligence, as well as protecting U.S...
's EKMS
EKMS
The Electronic Key Management System system is a United States National Security Agency led program responsible for Communications Security key management, accounting and distribution...
Central Facility. Finksburg is located at the intersection of Maryland Route 91
Maryland Route 91
Maryland Route 91 is a short highway that runs through central Maryland. It is one of only four routes still surviving in the route cluster assigned to Carroll County in the 1933 route numbering plan.-Counties traversed:*Carroll County*Baltimore County...
and Maryland Route 140
Maryland Route 140
Maryland Route 140 is a local long route in northern Maryland, United States.-Route description:MD 140 is known by various names depending on location; south of Reisterstown it is known as Reisterstown Road. Though Reisterstown itself is named after John Reister, the road is named after Jacob...
, on the border of Carroll and Baltimore counties. It is an unincorporated area about one mile northwest of the Liberty Reservoir
Liberty Reservoir
The Liberty Reservoir is a reservoir in the suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland. It is owned by the City of Baltimore Department of Public Works, but is located outside of the city, and it divides Baltimore and Carroll Counties.-History:...
and six miles southeast of Westminster, Maryland
Westminster, Maryland
Westminster is a city in northern Maryland, United States. It is the seat of Carroll County. The city's population was 18,590 at the 2010 census. Westminster is an outlying community within the Baltimore-Towson, MD MSA, which is part of a greater Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV...
.
Finksburg is named after Adam Fink, owner of a local tavern and toll road in the early 19th century.
The Greater Baltimore Hindu-Jain Temple is located in Finksburg.
Actor Fred Gwynne
Fred Gwynne
Frederick Hubbard "Fred" Gwynne was an American actor. Gwynne was best known for his roles in the 1960s sitcoms Car 54, Where Are You? and The Munsters, as well as his later roles: Pet Sematary and My Cousin Vinny...
is interred here at the Sandymount United Methodist Church's graveyard, but his grave is unmarked.
Modern Day
The town is host to Finksburg Plaza, a local shopping center, as well as a few restaurants and gas stations. A library was recently opened. The town is home to Roaring Run Park, home of the Finksburg Baseball Program.The Finksburg community is protected by it's own residents who volunteer their time at the Reese & Community Volunteer Fire Company. Incorporated April 7, 1948, life member Berlin F. "Jake" Caple is the last living charter member. The fire company is a 100% volunteer operation on the fire suppression side. The EMS services are manned 24/7 by paid full-time and part-time Paramedics and EMTs.
History
- 1849 - Edward Remington and the Patapsco Mining Company opened cobaltCobaltCobalt is a chemical element with symbol Co and atomic number 27. It is found naturally only in chemically combined form. The free element, produced by reductive smelting, is a hard, lustrous, silver-gray metal....
mines near Finksburg - 1855 - Western Maryland Railroad reached Finksburg
- 1856 - A. L. Hoover was postmasterPostmasterA postmaster is the head of an individual post office. Postmistress is not used anymore in the United States, as the "master" component of the word refers to a person of authority and has no gender quality...
of Finksburg, earning $63.60 for the year - 1858 - Cobalt mining was unprofitable and mines were closed for financial reasons
- 1866 - BaseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
was the most popular sport, the "Star" of Finksburg was the local club (team) - 1873 - The Alpha Farmers' Club of Carroll County was established
- 1881 - The Finksburg Literary Society organized lecturers for Friday night meetings at the Mechanics' Hall. Admission was 5 cents.
- 1888 - L. A. J. Lamotte operated a business for canningCanningCanning is a method of preserving food in which the food contents are processed and sealed in an airtight container. Canning provides a typical shelf life ranging from one to five years, although under specific circumstances a freeze-dried canned product, such as canned, dried lentils, can last as...
corn - 1935 - Sandymount Elementary School began as a three-room stone building consolidating the smaller one room schools of Reese, Bethel, and Sandymount. http://www.carrollk12.org/ses/general/default.asp
Timeline information taken from, unless otherwise noted:
Warner, Nancy, Ralph Levering and Margaret Taylor Woltz. Carroll County Maryland: A History 1837-1976. Carroll County Bicentennial Committee, 1976.
Cold Saturday
Cold Saturday
Cold Saturday, or Cold Saturday Farm, is a historic home and farm complex located near Finksburg, Carroll County, Maryland.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.-External links:* at Maryland Historical Trust*...
was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 2008. Taylor-Manning-Leppo House
Taylor-Manning-Leppo House
Taylor-Manning-Leppo House is a historic home located near Finksburg, Carroll County, Maryland.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009....
was listed in 2009.