Oakland Mills, Columbia, Maryland
Encyclopedia
Oakland Mills is one of the 10 villages in Columbia, Maryland
. It is located immediately east of Town Center, across US Route 29.
Neighborhoods in the village of Oakland Mills include Steven's Forest, Talbott Springs, and Thunder Hill.
Steven's Forest is named for a land grant of a similar name, Stevens's Forest,
patented to Charles Stevens in 1709. Streets in Steven's Forest are named for works of John Dos Passos
, F. Scott Fitzgerald
, and Ernest Hemingway
.
Talbott Springs comes from the name of the land grant,
Talbott's Resolution Manor, which bordered the area. Street names are taken from the works of Carl Sandburg
, and Ralph Waldo Emerson
.
Thunder Hill derives from the name of the area farm of landowner
Goldsmith. The street names are from Andrew Wyeth
.
grocery store and other retail establishments. "The Meeting House", located at the village center, is an interfaith center.
The community center is in The Other Barn, which was once part of the Owings Dorsey Dairy Farm.
Each neighborhood has an outdoor pool.
The Columbia Ice Rink is also part of the Oakland Mills Village Center complex, administered by the Columbia Association.
is located in the village; students from both Oakland Mills and Owen Brown
attend. There are three elementary schools, Stevens Forest Elementary School, Thunder Hill Elementary School, and Talbott Springs Elementary School, and one middle school, Oakland Mills Middle School, within the village.
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...
. It is located immediately east of Town Center, across US Route 29.
Neighborhoods in the village of Oakland Mills include Steven's Forest, Talbott Springs, and Thunder Hill.
Names
The name Oakland Mills comes from an old mill in the local area.Steven's Forest is named for a land grant of a similar name, Stevens's Forest,
patented to Charles Stevens in 1709. Streets in Steven's Forest are named for works of John Dos Passos
John Dos Passos
John Roderigo Dos Passos was an American novelist and artist.-Early life:Born in Chicago, Illinois, Dos Passos was the illegitimate son of John Randolph Dos Passos , a distinguished lawyer of Madeiran Portuguese descent, and Lucy Addison Sprigg Madison of Petersburg, Virginia. The elder Dos Passos...
, F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigm writings of the Jazz Age, a term he coined himself. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost...
, and Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American author and journalist. His economic and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the...
.
Talbott Springs comes from the name of the land grant,
Talbott's Resolution Manor, which bordered the area. Street names are taken from the works of Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg was an American writer and editor, best known for his poetry. He won three Pulitzer Prizes, two for his poetry and another for a biography of Abraham Lincoln. H. L. Mencken called Carl Sandburg "indubitably an American in every pulse-beat."-Biography:Sandburg was born in Galesburg,...
, and Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century...
.
Thunder Hill derives from the name of the area farm of landowner
Goldsmith. The street names are from Andrew Wyeth
Andrew Wyeth
Andrew Newell Wyeth was a visual artist, primarily a realist painter, working predominantly in a regionalist style. He was one of the best-known U.S. artists of the middle 20th century....
.
Services
The village center contains a Food LionFood Lion
Food Lion LLC is an American grocery store company headquartered in Salisbury, North Carolina that operates approximately 1,300 supermarkets in 11 Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states as well as Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia under the Food Lion, Harveys Supermarket, Bloom, Bottom Dollar...
grocery store and other retail establishments. "The Meeting House", located at the village center, is an interfaith center.
The community center is in The Other Barn, which was once part of the Owings Dorsey Dairy Farm.
Each neighborhood has an outdoor pool.
The Columbia Ice Rink is also part of the Oakland Mills Village Center complex, administered by the Columbia Association.
Education
Oakland Mills High SchoolOakland Mills High School
Oakland Mills High School was established in 1973 as one of the first high schools to service the Columbia, Maryland area. It is part of the Howard County Public School System.The building had its first renovation in 1991, then again in 1998...
is located in the village; students from both Oakland Mills and Owen Brown
Owen Brown, Columbia, Maryland
Owen Brown is one of the 10 villages in Columbia, Maryland, USA, incorporated in 1972. Neighborhoods in the village include Dasher Green, Elkhorn, and Hopewell...
attend. There are three elementary schools, Stevens Forest Elementary School, Thunder Hill Elementary School, and Talbott Springs Elementary School, and one middle school, Oakland Mills Middle School, within the village.