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Encyclopedia > Hunt Valley, Maryland

Hunt Valley is an unincorporated community located in Baltimore County, Maryland just north of the Baltimore, Maryland metro area, on Highway 145 off I-83, by Loch Raven Reservoir. Located at a latitude of 39.5° North and longitude 76.7° West. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with unincorporated. ... Baltimore County is a suburban county located in the northern portion of the State of Maryland. ... Nickname: Monument City, Charm City, Mob Town[1][2] Motto: The Greatest City in America[3], Get in on it. ... Interstate 83 is an interstate highway in the eastern United States. ... Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter phi, , gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the equator. ... Compass rose with north highlighted and at top Look up North in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Longitude, sometimes denoted by the Greek letter λ (lambda),[1][2] describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. ... A compass rose with west highlighted This article refers to the cardinal direction; for other uses see West (disambiguation). ...


Hunt Valley is the home of Firaxis Games, BreakAway Games, Sinclair Broadcast Group, McCormick & Company, AAI Corporation, Dumbar TESSCO Technologies, and KCI Technologies, Inc. It was the former home of Noxell Corporation, makers of Noxzema, before Noxell was acquired by Procter and Gamble in the early 1990s.It was also the former home of PHH,which now resides in Sparks, Maryland which is a few miles to the north of Hunt Valley. Firaxis Games is a computer game developer. ... BreakAway Games is a game developer based in Hunt Valley, Maryland established in 1998. ... The Sinclair Broadcast Group (SBG) NASDAQ: SBGI is the operator of the largest number of local television stations in the United States with a total of 59 stations across the country in 38 (mostly) small and medium markets. ... McCormick & Company products McCormick & Company (NYSE: MKC) is a food company that sells the entire range of spices, herbs and flavorings for the retail, commercial, and industrial markets. ... AAI Corporation (Aircraft Armaments Incorporated) is an aerospace and defense manufacturing firm in Hunt Valley, Maryland. ... Noxzema is a skin cleanser marketed by Proctor and Gamble. ... Procter & Gamble Co. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Sparks, Maryland is an unincorporated community in northern Baltimore County, Maryland. ...


The Hunt Valley Inn is the most popular hotel in Maryland for Science fiction conventions and hosts Balticon, Shore Leave, Farpoint, Horrorfind and other theme-related conventions.[citation needed] Science fiction conventions are gatherings of the community of fans (called science fiction fandom) of various forms of science fiction and fantasy. ... Balticon is the Maryland Regional Science fiction convention in the same way that the Worldcon is the World Science Fiction Convention. ...


Hunt Valley is served by the Cockeysville, Maryland post office, and also is home to a satellite campus of the Community College of Baltimore County. Cockeysville is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place located in Baltimore County, Maryland. ... The Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) is an accredited community college located in Baltimore County, Maryland in the United States with three main campuses and two extension centers. ...


Many Baltimore County residents declaim that Hunt Valley doesn't actually exist—it is often grumbled that "Hunt Valley" is a fanciful name cooked up by real estate developers during the development of the area in the '70s and '80s; that is, "Hunt Valley" is more of a name brand than an actual place. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ...


Hunt Valley is the northern terminus of the Baltimore Light Rail. Light rail at BWI station The Baltimore Light Rail is a small light rail network serving Baltimore, Maryland and the surrounding suburbs. ...


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Hunt Valley, Maryland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (121 words)
Hunt Valley is an unincorporated community located in Baltimore County, Maryland just north of the Baltimore, Maryland metro area, on Highway 145 off I-83, by Loch Raven Reservoir.
Hunt Valley is the home of Firaxis Games and Sinclair Broadcast Group.
The Hunt Valley Inn is the most popular hotel in Maryland for Science fiction conventions and hosts Balticon, Shore Leave, Farpoint, Horrorfind and other theme related conventions.
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