Editing Catonsville, Maryland (section)

==Geography==
Catonsville is located at {{Coord|39|16|26|N|76|44|17|W|type:city}} (39.273756, &minus;76.738012).<ref name="GR1">{{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html |title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990 |date=2011-02-12 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2011-04-23}}</ref> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|14.0|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

Catonsville lies above the [[Atlantic Seaboard Fall Line|Fall Line]] within the [[Piedmont (United States)|Piedmont]] Region of Maryland, a region characterized by broad, rolling hills punctuated by streams and rivers. Catonsville overlooks the [[Tidewater (region)|coastal plain]] and [[Chesapeake Bay]] to the East. The [[Appalachian Mountains]] lie approximately 40 miles west of the town.

Catonsville is centered along Frederick Road ([[Maryland Route 144]]), once the main road from Baltimore leading to points west replacing what is now called Old Frederick Road. Johnnycake Road and Academy Road form the northern and northeastern boundaries of Catonsville, the Patapsco River provides the western and southern boundaries, Gun Road, Shelbourne Road Linden Avenue, Circle Drive and Wilkens Avenue form the southeastern boundaries while Baltimore City forms the eastern boundary. Catonsville is bordered by [[Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Maryland|Woodlawn]] to the north, [[Baltimore]] to the east, by [[Arbutus, Maryland|Arbutus]] to the southeast, by [[Ilchester, Maryland|Ilchester]] to the southwest, and by [[Ellicott City, Maryland|Ellicott City]] to the west.

In addition to Frederick Road (Exit 13), [[Interstate 695 (Maryland)|Interstate 695]] (the Baltimore Beltway) services Wilkens Avenue ([[Maryland Route 372]]), Edmondson Avenue and the Baltimore National Pike ([[U.S. Route 40 in Maryland|U.S. Route 40]]) via Exits 12, 14 and 15, respectively, with the latter two thoroughfares later converging in Baltimore City to the east. The main north–south roads in the area are Rolling Road (which is also [[Maryland Route 166]] south of Frederick Road), Ingleside Avenue and Bloomsbury Avenue.

Catonsville is a terminus of the [[Trolley Line Number 9 Trail]] and the [[Short Line Railroad Trail]].