Guilford is a community located in Howard County

Howard County, Maryland

-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*62.2% White*17.5% Black*0.3% Native American*14.4% Asian*0.0% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*3.6% Two or more races*2.0% Other races*5.8% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...

 in the state

U.S. state

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 of Maryland

Maryland

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 in the United States of America. Formerly a small railroad stop, it now lies within the boundaries of Columbia

Columbia, Maryland

Columbia is a planned community that consists of ten self-contained villages, located in Howard County, Maryland, United States. It began with the idea that a city could enhance its residents' quality of life. Creator and developer James W. Rouse saw the new community in terms of human values, not...

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For United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

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 statistics, it is included within the Census-designated place

Census-designated place

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 of Savage-Guilford, Maryland

Savage-Guilford, Maryland

Savage-Guilford is a census-designated place in Howard County, Maryland, United States. The population was 12,918 at the 2000 census. It consists of unincorporated communities of Savage, Maryland, and Guilford, Maryland.-Geography:...

. See also: Savage, Maryland

Savage, Maryland

Savage is a historic town located in Howard County, Maryland, about south of Baltimore and north of Washington, D.C. It is situated close to the city of Laurel and to the planned community of Columbia.A rich vein of American industrial history lies in Savage...

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Guilford was the location of granite

Granite

Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...

 quarries

Quarry

A quarry is a type of open-pit mine from which rock or minerals are extracted. Quarries are generally used for extracting building materials, such as dimension stone, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, and gravel. They are often collocated with concrete and asphalt plants due to the requirement...

 active from the mid-19th century to the early 20th century. Guilford granite was used for buildings and streets in Baltimore and other Maryland towns.

Christ Church Guilford

Christ Church Guilford

The Christ Church Guilford, also known as "Old Brick," is an historic Episcopal church located at Guilford, now part of Columbia, in Howard County, Maryland. It is a Georgian style church completed in 1809, and constructed of handmade brick laid in common bond with unmarked joints. It served as...

 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1978.