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We've included a brief history of Howard County, MD, for your perusal.

A Brief History of Howard County, Maryland

Howard County is a successful melding of old and new, urban and rural, where the rolling green hills of the Piedmont meet the rocky fall line of the glaciers. It is home to over 168,000 people, a setting
where one of the most modern cities in the world sits side by side with a city older than the republic itself.

Ellicott City celebrated its bicentennial in 1972, four years before the United States; while Columbia, the metropolitan center, was carved out of rolling Howard County farmland only thirty years ago.

Although the first settlers of Maryland inhabited the low lands near the Chesapeake Bay, Thomas Brown, known as the Patuxent Ranger, had traveled as far as Clarksville in Howard County by 1699. Around 1700 the Piedmont area and Howard County were being surveyed and settled. In 1707, a large land grant, Doughoregan Manor, was deeded to Charles Carroll, grandfather of the signer of the Declaration of Independence, Charles Carroll III.

Farming was the way of life for the early settlers here, with tobacco the basis of the economy. However, commerce and industry were also significant early on, with the availability of water power along the rivers and the port at Elk Ridge Landing. Local iron ore and tobacco were shipped from the Landing along a navigable channel on the Patapsco River to the Chesapeake Bay.

Originally part of Anne Arundel County, the area was designated the Howard District in 1839, in honor of John Eager Howard, statesman, soldier, and fifth governor of Maryland. Howard County became the 21st of Maryland's 23 counties in 1851, with the county seat at Ellicott Mills.

Many distinguished statesmen and leaders, including four Maryland governors have called Howard County home. George Howard was the 22nd governor and the son of John Eager Howard, the County's namesake. T. Watkins Ligon was the 30th governor and is interred at St. Johns Episcopal Cemetery in Howard County. John Lee Carroll was the 37th governor. Edwin Warfield, Maryland's 45th governor, is the only native-born Howard County state executive.

At the time of the American Revolution, Charles Carroll III wrote many articles denouncing the Stamp Act and defending the position of the colonists. Carroll was sent to Philadelphia as a delegate to the Second Continental Congress and while there signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.

The County's growth both past and present is closely associated with its location along major travel routes. The Patapsco River, old post roads and turnpikes, the B & O Railroad, major north-south and east-west highways have brought both settlers and commerce to the County

In 1975 the Bureau of Citizen Services was established as the human service focus of Howard County Government, consisting of the Division of Human Relations, Human Relations Commission, Community Development Committee and the Division of Human Services, Office of Consumer Affairs and the Commission on Aging. The Bureau of Citizen Services focused on services for the elderly, employment, housing and human rights.

In 1980, Citizen Services was elevated to a department, expanding its focus to include program development, implementation and coordination of human services. The new Department of Citizen Services included Child and Youth Services and the Divisions of Aging, Consumer Affairs, Community Development, Housing and Employment and Training. Disabilities Services was added in 1984.

Today, Citizen Services' staff use local, state, federal and private resources to meet the growing human service needs of the Howard County residents. To better serve our residents, ten senior centers, the Children's Resource Center, and the Child Advocacy Center called The Listening Place are located throughout the county.

During the past 25 years, Howard County has seen phenomenal growth in businesses, population, diversity and the need for all types of services. The Department of Citizen Services' vision and focus has been to improve the quality of life for our residents. To accomplish this goal, many community partnerships with other government agencies, community groups and the non-profit community were built.

Through these partnerships, a broader spectrum of services was developed that filled unmet human service needs. Citizen Services is very proud of its role in the development of the human service program in Howard County and of what has been accomplished through these partnerships. Collaboration has been the key to the success in the delivery of the finest human service programs in the State of Maryland.

The Department of Citizen Services has met the challenge of the changing demographics by staying on the cutting edge to ensure that services are meeting the needs of Howard County residents. The dedicated Citizen Services staff will continue to provide the highest quality services and programs in the twenty-first century .

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