Ellicott City

unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland, United States
Place census_designated_place_in_the_united_states Q730938
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Ellicott City

Summary

Ellicott City is a census-designated place in the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 0.5% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (546 views/month, #48 of 9,562).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ellicott City is located in Howard County[3].
  • Ellicott City is in the country of United States[4].
  • Ellicott City's image is recorded as Centennial Lake aerial Ellicott City Maryland.jpg[5].
  • Ellicott City's instance of is recorded as census-designated place in the United States[6].
  • Ellicott City's instance of is recorded as unincorporated community[7].
  • Ellicott City's shares border with is recorded as Randallstown[8].
  • Ellicott City's shares border with is recorded as Columbia[9].
  • Ellicott City's founder is recorded as John Ellicott[10].
  • Ellicott City's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 158092553[11].
  • Ellicott City's GND ID is recorded as 4699283-2[12].
  • Ellicott City's locator map image is recorded as Howard County Maryland Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Ellicott City Highlighted.svg[13].
  • Ellicott City's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81091890[14].
  • Ellicott City's IdRef ID is recorded as 229711979[15].
  • Ellicott City's postal code is recorded as 21041[16].
  • Ellicott City's postal code is recorded as 21042[17].
  • Ellicott City's postal code is recorded as 21043[18].
  • Ellicott City's Commons category is recorded as Ellicott City, Maryland[19].
  • Ellicott City's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 11078364[20].
  • Ellicott City's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone[21].
  • +1772-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ellicott City[22].
  • Ellicott City's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 584282[23].
  • Ellicott City's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2389035[24].
  • Ellicott City's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 39.268055555556, 'lon': -76.798888888889}[25].
  • Ellicott City's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0tvy2[26].
  • Ellicott City's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 24-26000[27].

Body

Geography

Ellicott City is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in Howard County[3].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+77.902076'}[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+77.917674'}[29]. Ellicott City's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+55'}[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+65834'}[31] and {'amount': '+75947'}[32].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include census-designated place in the United States[6] and unincorporated community[7].

History and Context

+1772-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ellicott City[22].

Why It Matters

Ellicott City ranks in the top 0.5% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (546 views/month, #48 of 9,562).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . Maryland Manual. Retrieved . msa.maryland.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [3] . Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [31] . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [32] . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [29] . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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