Monkton, Maryland

• Peter Angelos, attorney and owner of the Baltimore Orioles • A. J. Burnett, Major League Baseball pitcher • Anthony Casalena, founder, Squarespace • Harriet S. Iglehart, equestrian, philanthropist, writer • Dennis Jones (born 1958), American blues rock musician • Foxhall P. Keene, a thoroughbred owner/breeder and Gold Medallist in Polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics • Harvey S. Ladew (1887–1976), American fox hunting and topiary enthusiast • Nick Markakis, former Baltimore Orioles outfielder • Jim McKay, longtime host of ABC television's Wide World of Sports and Olympic commentator • Robert Parker, wine critic • Helen Pitts, a Thoroughbred horse racing trainer was born and raised there ==In popular culture==

Filmmaker Erik Kristopher Myers shot the 2013 thriller Roulette at various public and private locations on York Road and Mt. Carmel Road, including the GBMC, NCR Trail, and The Milton Inn. Experimental rock band Animal Collective recorded their 2003 album Campfire Songs on a screened-in porch in Monkton. ==Transportation==

Monkton is three miles east of Interstate 83, exit #27. State roads in the area are Maryland Routes 45 (York Road), 138 (Monkton Road), and 562. The community was formerly served by the Northern Central Railway division of the Pennsylvania Railroad from the mid-19th century until the line's abandonment in 1972 and conversion to a hiking trail, the Northern Central Railroad Trail. The original Monkton station still remains. ==Points of interest==

• Gunpowder Falls State Park • Ladew Topiary Gardens • Corbett Historic District ==References==