Editing North Laurel, Maryland (section)

==Geography==
North Laurel is located in the southern corner of Howard County at {{coord|39|8|4|N|76|51|46|W|type:city}} (39.134343, &minus;76.862690).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is bordered to the north by [[Savage, Maryland|Savage]] and [[Columbia, Maryland|Columbia]], to the west by [[Scaggsville, Maryland|Scaggsville]], to the south in [[Prince George's County, Maryland|Prince George's County]] by the city of [[Laurel, Maryland|Laurel]], and to the southeast in [[Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel County]] by [[Maryland City, Maryland|Maryland City]]. The southern boundary of the CDP is defined by the [[Patuxent River]], which is also the Howard County/Prince George's County line.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the North Laurel CDP has a total area of {{convert|16.4|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|16.3|km2|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.1|km2|disp=flip}}, or 0.6%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/> (these area measurements differ from those initially published by the Census Bureau.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.census.gov/geo/reference/pdfs/Geography_Notes.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=www.census.gov |access-date=19 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403011911/http://www.census.gov/geo/reference/pdfs/Geography_Notes.pdf |archive-date=3 April 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>