Harford County is a rather small county in North-central maryland, inbetween Baltimore and Cecil counties and boarding Lancaster and York counties of PA to the north.
A place that can be defined as two COMPLETELYYYYY different counties as far as life there goes.
Here's a key for you:
North of I95=Harford County
South of I95=Towns that are nothing like the rest of Harford County, more like mini-baltimores, except cleaner and smaller.
Places like Bel Air are examples of the ideal idea of American Suburban life; places like Fallston and Jarrettsville are examples of hick-filled small villages as the ones found in south-central PA; and places like Edgewood Havre de Grace and Aberdeen house all the minority residents of the county, and are part of a completely different world.
Havre de Grace and Aberdeen are two cities that kind of feed off of each other. If you live in one of them, you're going to know people in the other. Havre de Grace is a waterfront community, and has an extremely old-fashioned grid-style downtown, while Aberdeen is more like a rural-community gone Urban, while Edgewood is just a rather notoriously "high-crime" suburb of Bel Air, next to Joppatowne. 99% of the crime in the county happens in these places, as well as events all-together. Fortunately, they are still rather clean places when put next to Baltimore.
North of I95 communities are extremely white, suburban/rural, and ideal to just that. Everywhere outside of Bel Air in the north, in fact, is rural and has no commercial importance whatsoever. That is why people view harford county this way. For some god-forsaken reason, they chose a rather useless small little suburb as the county seat, as opposed to the oldest city in Maryland HdG or Aberdeen. Common sense; who is(are) the retard(s) who did that?
Now while the two 'cities', Aberdeen and Havre de Grace are extroadinarily small as far as cities go, with a combined area containing 40,000 people, they are independent and actualy function rather well. HdG used to be a rather poor antique community, but the council actualy did something and built over 3 new communities, as well as the fact that they actualy replaced entire Section 8 housing communities with new housing, and it has been expanding unbelievably within the last 4 years. Aberdeen has a crapload of shops, and is moreso the commercial stronghold of the county alongside Bel Air, however, while Havre de Grace is probably the Industrial equivelant.
Back to everybody's least favorite aspect of the county, however: North of I95 is, as reputed, EXTREMELY HICKISH!!! For god's sake, the ratio of north harford county is about 100,000 white people, 1,000 black people. Were it not for the South communities, it WOULD most DEFNITELY be 99.99999999999999% white. The KKK reign surpreme in places like Forest Hill and Jarettsville, as they do in Cecil County.
South is pretty cool.
North sucks balls.
You've been warned.
A place that can be defined as two COMPLETELYYYYY different counties as far as life there goes.
Here's a key for you:
North of I95=Harford County
South of I95=Towns that are nothing like the rest of Harford County, more like mini-baltimores, except cleaner and smaller.
Places like Bel Air are examples of the ideal idea of American Suburban life; places like Fallston and Jarrettsville are examples of hick-filled small villages as the ones found in south-central PA; and places like Edgewood Havre de Grace and Aberdeen house all the minority residents of the county, and are part of a completely different world.
Havre de Grace and Aberdeen are two cities that kind of feed off of each other. If you live in one of them, you're going to know people in the other. Havre de Grace is a waterfront community, and has an extremely old-fashioned grid-style downtown, while Aberdeen is more like a rural-community gone Urban, while Edgewood is just a rather notoriously "high-crime" suburb of Bel Air, next to Joppatowne. 99% of the crime in the county happens in these places, as well as events all-together. Fortunately, they are still rather clean places when put next to Baltimore.
North of I95 communities are extremely white, suburban/rural, and ideal to just that. Everywhere outside of Bel Air in the north, in fact, is rural and has no commercial importance whatsoever. That is why people view harford county this way. For some god-forsaken reason, they chose a rather useless small little suburb as the county seat, as opposed to the oldest city in Maryland HdG or Aberdeen. Common sense; who is(are) the retard(s) who did that?
Now while the two 'cities', Aberdeen and Havre de Grace are extroadinarily small as far as cities go, with a combined area containing 40,000 people, they are independent and actualy function rather well. HdG used to be a rather poor antique community, but the council actualy did something and built over 3 new communities, as well as the fact that they actualy replaced entire Section 8 housing communities with new housing, and it has been expanding unbelievably within the last 4 years. Aberdeen has a crapload of shops, and is moreso the commercial stronghold of the county alongside Bel Air, however, while Havre de Grace is probably the Industrial equivelant.
Back to everybody's least favorite aspect of the county, however: North of I95 is, as reputed, EXTREMELY HICKISH!!! For god's sake, the ratio of north harford county is about 100,000 white people, 1,000 black people. Were it not for the South communities, it WOULD most DEFNITELY be 99.99999999999999% white. The KKK reign surpreme in places like Forest Hill and Jarettsville, as they do in Cecil County.
South is pretty cool.
North sucks balls.
You've been warned.
by YOUR MOMs FACE November 21, 2007
A small county in Maryland, USA. The population is extremely low, and consists mainly of ugly white Ravens fans. In fact, only 3 people in the county are not Ravens fans, and they are all Asian. The teenagers there go to wealthy schools while their parents commute to Baltimore along I-95, taking about 6 hours to do so. 96.7% of Harford Countians above the age of 9 smoke pot. Almost all drivers in Harford County obey the speed limit religiously.
If you've ever gone from Baltimore to New York and had to pass through a slow, depressing town, where most people live along a major highway and no structure was more than 3 stories tall, you've probably been to Harford County.
If you've ever gone from Baltimore to New York and had to pass through a slow, depressing town, where most people live along a major highway and no structure was more than 3 stories tall, you've probably been to Harford County.
Random guy: Dude I'm in Harford County.
Other dude: Isn't it depressing?
Random guy: Yeah, is that kid smoking a joint?
Other dude: Yeah and driving really slow and farming?
Random guy: Yeah, wow, that's depressing.
Other dude: I feel like I'm in the Midwest or something.
Other dude: Isn't it depressing?
Random guy: Yeah, is that kid smoking a joint?
Other dude: Yeah and driving really slow and farming?
Random guy: Yeah, wow, that's depressing.
Other dude: I feel like I'm in the Midwest or something.
by Dylan H. Rush, Esq. October 24, 2006
History:
Harford County was formed in 1773 from the eastern part of Baltimore County. It contains Tudor Hall, birthplace of Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. Harford County also hosted the signers of the Bush Declaration, a precursor document to the American Revolution.
The county was named for Henry Harford (ca. 1759-1834), illegitimate son of Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore. Harford was the last Proprietary Governor of Maryland, but did not inherit his father's title because of his illegitimacy.
Havre de Grace, an incorporated city in Harford County, was once under consideration to be the capital of the United States rather than Washington, D.C.. It was favored for its strategic location at the top of the Chesapeake Bay; this location would facilitate trade while being secure in time of war. Today, the waterways around Havre de Grace have been silted, one of the primary environmental issues of Harford County.
Geography:
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 527 square miles (1,364 km²), of which, 440 square miles (1,140 km²) of it is land and 86 square miles (224 km²) of it (16.40%) is water.
The terrain rises in elevation and relief from south to north, with flat areas south of U.S. Route 40. The highest elevation, at 805 ft., is located near the Pennsylvania border in the county's northwestern corner. The lowest elevation is sea level along the Chesapeake Bay.
It pretty much sucks.
Harford County was formed in 1773 from the eastern part of Baltimore County. It contains Tudor Hall, birthplace of Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. Harford County also hosted the signers of the Bush Declaration, a precursor document to the American Revolution.
The county was named for Henry Harford (ca. 1759-1834), illegitimate son of Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore. Harford was the last Proprietary Governor of Maryland, but did not inherit his father's title because of his illegitimacy.
Havre de Grace, an incorporated city in Harford County, was once under consideration to be the capital of the United States rather than Washington, D.C.. It was favored for its strategic location at the top of the Chesapeake Bay; this location would facilitate trade while being secure in time of war. Today, the waterways around Havre de Grace have been silted, one of the primary environmental issues of Harford County.
Geography:
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 527 square miles (1,364 km²), of which, 440 square miles (1,140 km²) of it is land and 86 square miles (224 km²) of it (16.40%) is water.
The terrain rises in elevation and relief from south to north, with flat areas south of U.S. Route 40. The highest elevation, at 805 ft., is located near the Pennsylvania border in the county's northwestern corner. The lowest elevation is sea level along the Chesapeake Bay.
It pretty much sucks.
by Mr Appel October 26, 2008
Harford Community College is a rural Community College that is nested near the intersection of Thomas Run Road, Shucks Road, and Rt. 22. The college is made up of a large sampling of the population. It is safe to say that nearly every ethnicity is covered. The students pour in from all over the United States, but the majority of the students come from the local high schools such as; C. Miltion Wright, Aberdeen High, Edgewood High, Joppatown, Bel Air High, and many others. There is even a trickling of students for local private schools such as John Carrol.
The professors are usually great, with some strict execptions. The college is pretty laid back, with a lot of activities avaible to the students. Every semester the college(also known as HCC) plans a huge gathering for the students such as free food every week outdoor rock climbing, inflateable games ect...
The epicenter for student life on campus is the "Student Center," the Student Center is where you can hear live music on Mondays along with free massages. Or you can listen to DJ tunes with Tuesday tunes with DJ Will. It is there where students can find the book store, and the Globe Cafe, where students can buy decent hot food CHICKEN TENDERS!!!!!
It is in the Susquehanna Hall where students can view HCC's sports. As a member of NJCAA ( National Junior College Athletics Association) the four most popular sports that the college takes the most pride in are; Lacrosse, Soccer, Vollyball, and Baseball. With Soccer bringing in the most national titles. GO FIGHTING OWLS!!!
For most students it was the cheap, and easy next step till they can figure out what's next for them in life. Due to the fact that students come in packs form different high schools, HCC has been referred to as the 13th, and 14th grade. Students, jokingly, call HCC by other school's abbreviations: USC (University of Shucks Corner), UCLA(Upper Churchville Lower Aberdeen). Dispite the "Community College" stigma Harford Community College is a great school with a lot to offer.
The professors are usually great, with some strict execptions. The college is pretty laid back, with a lot of activities avaible to the students. Every semester the college(also known as HCC) plans a huge gathering for the students such as free food every week outdoor rock climbing, inflateable games ect...
The epicenter for student life on campus is the "Student Center," the Student Center is where you can hear live music on Mondays along with free massages. Or you can listen to DJ tunes with Tuesday tunes with DJ Will. It is there where students can find the book store, and the Globe Cafe, where students can buy decent hot food CHICKEN TENDERS!!!!!
It is in the Susquehanna Hall where students can view HCC's sports. As a member of NJCAA ( National Junior College Athletics Association) the four most popular sports that the college takes the most pride in are; Lacrosse, Soccer, Vollyball, and Baseball. With Soccer bringing in the most national titles. GO FIGHTING OWLS!!!
For most students it was the cheap, and easy next step till they can figure out what's next for them in life. Due to the fact that students come in packs form different high schools, HCC has been referred to as the 13th, and 14th grade. Students, jokingly, call HCC by other school's abbreviations: USC (University of Shucks Corner), UCLA(Upper Churchville Lower Aberdeen). Dispite the "Community College" stigma Harford Community College is a great school with a lot to offer.
by bmg0419 May 23, 2008
The school located in Northern Harford County near the Baltimore County and Pennsylvania lines. Yes, we have an extensive Agriculture Department, an on-campus barn with livestock, and a "Drive Your Tractor To School" Day. But that's ok. We are awesome kids who throw the best damn field parties ever and we'd rather be labeled as "hicks" than be a Fallston heroin addict. We always say "hello" and are genuinely the nicest and most sincere people you will ever meet. The parking lot consists of BIG trucks and...more trucks. We drink beer, listen to country music, and wear Carhartts all year long. We hang out in barns, fields, or anywhere the 4-wheel drive can take us. Our sports teams are awesome...fear the hawk. We have the usual cliques - preps, jocks, freaks, geeks and plain Janes but we all share one common pride, "Once a duckfarmer, always a duckfarmer."
by DuckFarmer March 26, 2005
I thought NH sucked in high school, but thats b/c it was high school. I would give anything to be able to see another tracker driven to school with such pride as our AG boys did or to sit with my best friends at lunch (eating the best cookies:))talking about what parties we were going to and what field they were in!High school sucks but I am proud to be a duck farmer so keep quacking at us Fallston! Im glad I went to NH and wouldnt trade in any memory there- good or bad!!!
Get 'er Done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by strawberries85 April 12, 2005
by Ugly Slipper April 1, 2005