Editing Crofton, Maryland (section)

== Landmarks ==
* [[Katcef Archeological Site]] – [[archaeological site]] with native camp sites ranging from the [[Paleo-Indian]] [[Clovis culture|Clovis period]] to the late [[Woodland period]].<ref>{{cite web|url={{MHT url|id=1092}} |title=Katcef Archeological Site |publisher=Maryland Historical Trust |access-date=March 24, 2019}}</ref> It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1991.<ref name="nris"/>
* [[Linthicum Walks]] – a home built over 200 years ago by Thomas Linthicum III, a member of an influential family in Anne Arundel County. The original grant for the land was to Evan Davis in 1672 and obtained in 1699 by [[Linthicum family in Maryland|Thomas Linthicum]], a [[Wales|Welsh]] immigrant. It was part of a medium-sized tobacco farm. [[George Washington]] stayed here during his travels to and from [[Annapolis, Maryland|Annapolis]] and [[Philadelphia]] and his home at [[Mount Vernon]], [[Virginia]]. Located next to Crofton Middle School and the new Crofton High School, Linthicum Walks is owned by Anne Arundel County, run by the Department of Recreation and Parks and maintained by the Friends of Linthicum Walks.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Community Gardens {{!}} Historic Linthicum Walks {{!}} Crofton |url=https://www.historiclinthicumwalks.org/ |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=My Site |language=en}}</ref> It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref>
* [[White's Hall]] – birthplace of [[Johns Hopkins]], [[entrepreneur]] and [[philanthropist]] whose greatest legacy is the funding of [[Johns Hopkins University]]. Gerrard Hopkins came to America from England, settling in Crofton in 1660. The Hopkins family was in the Crofton area for 270 years and accumulated more than {{convert|1000|acre|abbr=on}} of land. The historic house – built in the late 1700s – still exists near the corner of Riedel Road and Johns Hopkins Road.<ref>{{citation | url = http://dev.aacounty.org/departments/planning-and-zoning/forms-and-publications/AACoInventoryHistoricProperties.pdf | title = Anne Arundel County's Inventory of Historic Properties | publisher = Office of Planning and Zoning, Anne Arundel County | access-date = February 13, 2017}}</ref> It is privately owned but empty.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/ph-ac-cn-hopkins-house-update-0415-20160414-story.html | title = Hopkins birthplace in Gambrills up for sale to preservation-minded buyer | first = Amanda | last = Yeager | date = April 14, 2016 | work = [[The Capital]] | publisher = Baltimore Sun Media Group | access-date = February 13, 2017}}</ref>