Your Guide to Buying a Home in Edgewood, MD

Buying a Home in Edgewood, Maryland

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Edgewood is located in Harford County

Population: 23,903 The community of Edgewood is located in Harford County’s "Bay Corridor", which contains the County’s earliest settlements along Philadelphia Road (MD Route 7) and Pulaski Highway (U.S. Route 40), and is bordered on the southeast by the Chesapeake Bay. The Edgewood planning area is bounded by I-95 to the north; Route 152 to the west; the Edgewood area of Aberdeen Proving Ground to the south; and the Ha Ha Branch of the Otter Point Creek and the Bush River to the east.

The community of Edgewood encompasses approximately 6,118 acres. It is part of two distinct geologic provinces: the Piedmont Plateau, and the Coastal Plain. The northern 15% (925 acres) of the community is located in the Piedmont, with the remaining 85% (5,193 acres) in the Coastal Plain along the Bush River.

Edgewood is drained principally (5,224 acres) by Winters Run and its tributaries and to a lesser extent (894 acres) by tributaries of the Little Gunpowder River. The major surface water of this community is Winters Run and its estuarine portion, Otter Point Creek.

Although Edgewood is a predominantly urban community, it contains an extensive wetland system and woodlands (1,738 acres or 28% of the area). Most of these woodlands are concentrated in the floodplain and wetlands of Winters Run and Otter Point Creek. The most common type of woodland is a wetland type composed of red maple, sweet gum, river birch, and willow.

The land area within 1,000 feet of tidal waters is designated Chesapeake Bay Critical Area. Twenty percent or 1,235 acres of Edgewood is so designated. This area is divided into three Land Management Areas depending upon the level of development intensity in 1985, when the State Critical Area Law was enacted. These land management areas are defined as Resource Conservation (RCA), Limited Development (LDA), and Intensely Developed Areas (IDA).

The area is served by four elementary schools (Edgewood, Deerfield, Old Post, and Magnolia), two middle schools (Edgewood and Magnolia) and two high schools (Edgewood and Joppatowne). After-school programs are available at the local schools, the Edgewood Boys and Girls Club on Cedar Drive, and the Recreation/Police Activities League (PAL) Center in Edgewater Village Shopping Center.

The County maintains six parks (Edgewood Park, Edgewater Park, Flying Point Park, Winters Run Park, Willoughby Beach Landing, and Tydings Park) in the area. Fire and emergency medical services are provided through a volunteer program at Joppa-Magnolia and Abingdon Fire Companies. Community and health services are available at centers in Edgewater Village Shopping Center and on Trimble Road. The Harford County Sheriff’s Office operates a police sub-station on Gateway Drive and coordinates with the Maryland State Police on crime and safety strategies for the community.

Several regional facilities are also located in Edgewood, including the Flying Point Marina on Otter Point Creek, the Edgewood Senior Center on Gateway Drive and the Edgewood Library Branch on MD 755. The Edgewood Library is currently undergoing a major expansion, which will include Harford Community College (HCC) classrooms. HCC also offers coursework at the Aberdeen Proving Ground and the Edgewater Village Shopping Center.