page_title: Ellicott City, Maryland
section_title: Government
hierarchical_section_title: Ellicott City, Maryland / Government
caption_attribution_description: English: Looking north at the Howard County Courthouse from the stairwell from Main Street in Ellicott City, MD.
context_page_description: Ellicott City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in, and the county seat of, Howard County, Maryland, United States. Part of the Baltimore metropolitan area, its population was 65,834 at the 2010 census, qualifying it as the largest unincorporated county seat in the country.
  Ellicott City's historic downtown – the Ellicott City Historic District – lies in the valleys of the Tiber and Patapsco rivers. The historic district includes the Ellicott City Station, which is the oldest surviving train station in the United States, having been built in 1830 as the first terminus of the original B&O Railroad line. The historic district is often called "Historic Ellicott City" or "Old Ellicott City" to distinguish it from the surrounding suburbs that extend south to Columbia and west to West Friendship.
caption: Howard County Courthouse viewed from the Main Street stairwell
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