Parkton is a rural area in the northern part of Baltimore County, Maryland

Baltimore County, Maryland

Baltimore County is a county located in the northern part of the US state of Maryland. In 2010, its population was 805,029. It is part of the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Towson. The name of the county was derived from the barony of the Proprietor of the Maryland...

, USA

United States

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. It borders southern York County, PA, and this border forms part of The Mason-Dixon Line. The area is mostly agricultural in nature with corn, soy beans and other industrial use crops being the major plants grown.

About 6,600 people live within ZIP code

ZIP Code

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 21120.

Notable events

It was the location for the filming of the movie Guarding Tess

Guarding Tess

Guarding Tess is a 1994 film starring Shirley MacLaine and Nicolas Cage, directed by Hugh Wilson.MacLaine plays the part of a fictional former First Lady protected by an entourage of Secret Service bodyguards led by a reluctant Doug Chesnic ....

(1994).

Maryland State Police

Maryland State Police

The Maryland State Police is the official state police force of the state of Maryland. The Maryland State Police is headquartered at 1201 Reisterstown Road in the Pikesville CDP in unincorporated Baltimore County.-Organizational structure:...

 weigh and inspection facility located in Parkton (off I-83 southbound).

The current hike and bike trail used to be a railroad track that Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

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 once traveled to Baltimore

Baltimore

Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...

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Schools

• Hereford High School
  Hereford High School, Parkton
  Hereford High School is a four-year public high school located in the rural northern Baltimore County town of Parkton, Maryland, USA, as part of the Baltimore County Public Schools. The school was established in 1954....
  
  
• Our Lady of Grace School
• Seventh District Elementary School