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Encyclopedia > Boring, Maryland

Boring is an unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland, at the intersection of Old Hanover Road and Pleasant Grove Road, about 5 miles north of Reisterstown. An important stop on the Western Maryland Railroad, it is very small, consisting of about 40 houses, the Boring Methodist Church, Boring Volunteer Fire Company organized in 1907, and the Boring Post Office but still has a postal code: 21020. It is known for its unusual name, which wasn't named for the pace of life, but for postmaster David Boring. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with unincorporated. ... For other uses of Baltimore, see Baltimore (disambiguation). ... Reisterstown is a census-designated place located in Baltimore County, Maryland. ... The Western Maryland Railway (AAR reporting mark WM) was an American Class I railroad which operated in Maryland, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. ... David Boring is a graphic novel by Daniel Clowes starring an ordinary twenty-something named Boring, his lesbian best friend/roommate Dot, and their sometimes fantastic and othertimes mundane adventures in and out of big city life. ...


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