Towson
| Towson | |||
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 The County Courthouse |
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| Location in Maryland | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1750 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Maryland | ||
| County : | Baltimore County | ||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 24 ′ N , 76 ° 37 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 51,793 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 1,422.9 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 36.8 km 2 (approx. 14 mi 2 ) of which 36.4 km 2 (approx. 14 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 141 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 21200-21299 | ||
| Area code : | +1 410 | ||
| FIPS : | 24-78425 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0591420 | ||
| Website : | www.towson.com | ||
Towson is a civil parish , a census-designated place and the county seat of Baltimore County in the US state of Maryland . Towson has 51,973 inhabitants on an area of 36.8 km².
history
Towson was founded around 1750 by the brothers William and Thomas Towson. The local garden designer Wolfgang Oehme planted numerous green areas in the city in his unmistakable style.
Universities
Web links
Commons : Towson - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Stefan Leppert: Ornamental Grasses. Wolfgang Oehme and the New American Garden. Francis Lincoln, London 2009.
- ↑ German: Between garden grasses. Wolfgang Oehme and his grandiose gardens in the New World . Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-421-03640-7 .