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Florence is an unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland, United States.^[1] A postal stop^{[clarification needed]} operated in Florence between June 17, 1868 and March 31, 1906.^[2] Governor Edwin Warfield taught in the neighborhood one room schoolhouse.

The town was named by Gassaway Watkins Warfield before his death in Camp Chase while serving in the Confederate Army. The town was located at the crossroads of Florence and Jennings Chapel roads. Jennings Chapel was named for Dr. Samuel Kennedy Jennings after the congregation relocated from the Crapster schoolhouse.^[3]

By 1870, the population increased to 16 and 25 by 1880.^[4]

Picketts general store for the town was destroyed by fire in 1909.^[5]

References

^ Maryland. Agricultural College; College Park; Calvin Grant Church. Alumni Record of the Maryland Agricultural College: 1914. p. 148.
^ "Checklist of Maryland Post Offices" (PDF). Smithsonian National Postal Museum. 12 July 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
^ Howard's Roads to the Past. Howard County Sesquicentennial Celebration Committee, 2001. 2001. p. 20.
^ Howard's Roads to the Past. Howard County Sesquicentennial Celebration Committee, 2001. 2001. p. 11.
^ Maryland. Court of Appeals. Maryland Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Court of Appeals of Maryland, Volume 117. p. 639.

39°18′37″N 77°06′31″W / 39.31028°N 77.10861°W / 39.31028; -77.10861

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[1] Maryland. Agricultural College; College Park; Calvin Grant Church. Alumni Record of the Maryland Agricultural College: 1914. p. 148.

[2] "Checklist of Maryland Post Offices" (PDF). Smithsonian National Postal Museum. 12 July 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.

[3] Howard's Roads to the Past. Howard County Sesquicentennial Celebration Committee, 2001. 2001. p. 20.

[4] Howard's Roads to the Past. Howard County Sesquicentennial Celebration Committee, 2001. 2001. p. 11.

[5] Maryland. Court of Appeals. Maryland Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Court of Appeals of Maryland, Volume 117. p. 639.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Howard County, Maryland, United States
County seat: Ellicott City
CDPs	Columbia Elkridge Ellicott City Fulton Highland Ilchester Jessup‡ Lisbon North Laurel Savage Scaggsville
Villages	Columbia Town Center Dorsey's Search East Columbia Harper's Choice Hickory Ridge Kings Contrivance Long Reach Oakland Mills Owen Brown River Hill Wilde Lake
Unincorporated communities	Alberton Alpha Annapolis Junction‡ Atholton Benson Botterill Centre Village Clarkson Clarksville Cooksville Daisy Dayton Dorsey‡ Dorseyville Elioak Elysville Florence Gary Glenelg Glenwood Gordon Guilford Hanover‡ Henryton Heights High Ridge Hilton Hopewell Inwood Isaacsville Ivory Jonestown Linwood Marriottsville‡ Paternal Gift Farm Pfeiffers Corner Poplar Springs Simpsonville Snelltown Turf Valley Waterloo West Friendship Woodbine‡ Woodstock‡
Ghost town	Daniels‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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