Hickory Ridge, Columbia, Maryland
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Hickory Ridge is one of the 10 villages in Columbia, Maryland
, located to the west of the Town Center. It was first occupied in 1974. Neighborhoods in the village are Hawthorn, Clary's Forest, and Clemens Crossing. The name Hickory Ridge comes from the original name of the tract of land it occupies.
Clary's Forest is named after the original land owner John Clary (1734). Streets in Clary's Forest are based on the work of William Carlos Williams
. Hawthorn is the name of an Amy Lowell
poem. The street names come from her work. Clemens Crossing is named after American author Mark Twain
, otherwise known as Samuel Clemens, and the street names come from Clemens' work.
The land surrounding Sierra Villas Condominiums and Barnside Condominiums in Clary's Forest originally belonged to the Kahler family farm. The farm's silo remains in the condominium property.
grocery store, bank, restaurants, a gas station, and other establishments.
Howard County General Hospital
is located in Hickory Ridge, at the intersection of Little Patuxent Parkway
and Cedar Lane.
Howard Community College
is also located in Hickory Ridge.
Columbia, Maryland
Columbia is a planned community that consists of ten self-contained villages, located in Howard County, Maryland, United States. It began with the idea that a city could enhance its residents' quality of life. Creator and developer James W. Rouse saw the new community in terms of human values, not...
, located to the west of the Town Center. It was first occupied in 1974. Neighborhoods in the village are Hawthorn, Clary's Forest, and Clemens Crossing. The name Hickory Ridge comes from the original name of the tract of land it occupies.
Clary's Forest is named after the original land owner John Clary (1734). Streets in Clary's Forest are based on the work of William Carlos Williams
William Carlos Williams
William Carlos Williams was an American poet closely associated with modernism and Imagism. He was also a pediatrician and general practitioner of medicine, having graduated from the University of Pennsylvania...
. Hawthorn is the name of an Amy Lowell
Amy Lowell
Amy Lawrence Lowell was an American poet of the imagist school from Brookline, Massachusetts who posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926.- Personal life:...
poem. The street names come from her work. Clemens Crossing is named after American author Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens , better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist...
, otherwise known as Samuel Clemens, and the street names come from Clemens' work.
The land surrounding Sierra Villas Condominiums and Barnside Condominiums in Clary's Forest originally belonged to the Kahler family farm. The farm's silo remains in the condominium property.
Services
The Village Center, opened in 1992, has a Giant FoodGiant Food of Landover, Maryland
Giant Food LLC is a supermarket chain with 202 stores in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.. It is headquartered in unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland, near Landover. Giant often is known as Giant-Landover to avoid confusion with sibling company Giant-Carlisle...
grocery store, bank, restaurants, a gas station, and other establishments.
Howard County General Hospital
Howard County General Hospital
Howard County General Hospital is a 227-bed, not-for-profit health care provider located in Columbia, Maryland. The hospital was opened in 1973...
is located in Hickory Ridge, at the intersection of Little Patuxent Parkway
Maryland Route 175
-Annapolis Road:MD 175 begins at MD 3, just south of the latter's northern terminus at Interstate 97, known as Annapolis Road. It runs west as a two-lane suburban highway, passing through local neighborhoods and south of Arundel High School before widening into a four-lane suburban arterial south...
and Cedar Lane.
Howard Community College
Howard Community College
Howard Community College is a community college in Columbia, Howard County, Maryland. HCC, in partnership with Prince George's Community College and 5 four year colleges, also has a campus in Laurel that is known as Laurel College Center...
is also located in Hickory Ridge.