Highland Beach
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town in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Maryland
- County
- Anne Arundel
- Mayor
- Crystal Chissell
- Total
- 0.077 sq mi (0.20 km )
- Land
- 0.069 sq mi (0.18 km )
- Water
- 0.0077 sq mi (0.02 km ) 14.29%
- Elevation
- 20 ft (6 m)
- Density
- 1,723.8/sq mi (665.58/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (Eastern)
- Fips code
- 24-38500
- Gnis feature id
- 0590467
- Website
- www .highlandbeachmd .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Highland Beach is a town in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 118. The town was founded late in the 19th century by affluent African Americans from Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, looking for a summer retreat on the Chesapeake Bay. The town's incorporated status gave it a unique standing in empowering it to maintain its own police force. Celebrities with homes there have included historian and author Alex Haley, actor and comedian Bill Cosby, and tennis champion Arthur Ashe. Street names in the town include Crummell, Dunbar, Henson, Augusta, Douglass, Langston, and Washington, which were chosen to honor leading African Americans.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Highland Beach” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.