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Statistics & Facts

Location

History & History-related items

Government

Chamber of Commerce.

Libraries.

Schools.

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Statistics & Facts

The Maryland state capital is Annapolis.
The population of Savage-Guilford is approximately 9,669 (1990).
The approximate number of families is 3,943 (1990).
The amount of land area in Savage-Guilford is 12.825 sq. kilometers.
The amount of surface water is 0.039 sq kilometers.
The distance from Savage-Guilford to Washington DC is 19 miles.
The distance to the Maryland state capital is 22 miles. (as the crow flies)
Savage-Guilford is positioned 39.14 degrees north of the equator and 76.82 degrees west of the prime meridian.

Location

south of Columbia, in the area between Baltimore and Washington, D. C.
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History & History Related Items

Savage was named for John Savage. He was a Philadelphia merchant who had interest in the mill on the Patuxent River. He established the Savage Manufacturing Company here in 1822, making sails and other duck products. The textile industry was important in savage. Mills along the Little and Middle Patuxent Rivers drew their power from the falls. Cotton was shipped here from the Southern ports and then taken first by mule and oxen and later by rail to savage. In 1887, a spur line was laid out to the factory and the Bollman Truss railroad bridge was moved to its site here. Both the mill and the bridge are on the National register of Historic Places. The iron bridge is the only one of its type in the world. The savage Mill also had an iron foundry and was expanded in 1880 when steam power was added. Though not operating today as a mill or foundry, a renovation project has revitalized the Savage Mill as a marketplace with art, crafts, antique and much more.
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Savage-Guilford City Government

Howard County website

Savage-Guilford Chamber

Howard County Chamber of Commerce
Phone: 410-730-4111
FAX: 410-730-4584

Savage-Guilford Organizations

Howard County Chamber of Commerce
Phone: 410-730-4111
FAX: 410-730-4584

Savage-Guilford Libraries

Howard County Library
Central Library
10375 Little Patuxent Parkway
(Little Patuxent Parkway & South Entrance Road)
Columbia, MD 21044
Phone: 410-313-7800

Savage-Guilford Schools

Howard County Public Schools
10910 Route 108
Ellicott City, MD 21042
Phone: 410-313-6600