Talk:Howard County, Maryland

message: The following was added to the list of census designated places:
#Baltimore (a majority is located in Baltimore City, also, some parts are in Baltimore County and Anne Arundel County.)
As far as I know, there's no such census-designated place as Baltimore; either you're in Baltimore city, or you aren't.  It's possible that the anonymous editor was referring to the fact that portions of Howard County have Baltimore postal addresses -- I know that parts of Baltimore and A.A. County do, so it could be true in Howard County as well, although it's a little far from the city.  However, the post office and census bureau are different agencies, and postal addresses do not define census-designated places. --Jfruh (talk) 20:41, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Baltimore CDP?

message: “This county is a part of the Washington Metropolitan Area and the Baltimore Metropolitan Area, both of which comprise the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area.”
As a matter of technicality, Howard County is not in the Washington Metropolitan Area.  It is officially designated as being part of the Baltimore-Towson Metropolitan Statistical Area; and yes, these two metropolitan areas compose the Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV Combined Statistical Area.  Also, as we all know, yes, Howard County shares exceptionally strong economic and cultural ties to D.C., in some parts stronger so than its economic and cultural ties to Baltimore.  But until this potential cultural and economic shift is reflected in the designations by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, the quotation above is quite distinctly incorrect and depending heavily on a biased POV.
Whenever possible, it is important that Wikipedia reflects verifiable facts and official designations, not opinions.  Might I suggest that this section be revised to state that Howard County is in the southwestern corner of the Baltimore-Towson Metropolitan Statistical Area, with strong economic and cultural ties to D.C., the nation’s Capital?  Or perhaps, the article should simply state that Howard County is within the Baltimore-Washington Area, as does the article on Anne Arundel County, a county that similarly straddles the two metropolitan areas? 
--Dukiebiddle 17:38, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Which Metropolitan Area?

message: As a Maryland resident I have heard this before, but it is not technically true.  The Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay lies within the state's boundaries.  Anne Arundel, Calvert, and Talbot counties also do not touch a state line; nor does Baltimore City. EikwaR 18:09, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: "Maryland locked"

message: Shouldn't there be an image of the Howard County flag in the article? 208.179.66.68 (talk) 07:07, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Aye, there should, but for some reason there's not.  Wonder if any can upload it.Liu Tao (talk) 23:58, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Flag

message: The description is pretty much spot on. The low elevation areas east of and around 95 in Howard County are humid subtropical. The further west you go in the county, the more it becomes continental.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.244.4.3 (talk) 23:40, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Climate

message: I think we should provide a chance for discussion before this removal. I wasn't familiar with [WP:Trivia]. WP:Trivia does advise against trivia sections, but it also includes this:
:Trivia sections should not simply be removed from articles in all cases. It may be possible to integrate some items into the article text. Some facts may belong in existing sections, while others may warrant a new section. Integrate trivia items into the body of the article if appropriate. Otherwise, see if there are sources for a particular aspect of the material in such a section, consider using the items as a basis for an article that discusses that effect. Items that duplicate material already contained elsewhere in the article, cannot be supported by reliable sources, or are not of significant importance to the subject matter can be removed in most cases.
Let's talk. -- Jo3sampl (talk) 16:02, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Moved ChCivility to retitled 'Education and public library' section; removed the rest of Trivia. Jo3sampl (talk) 23:39, 23 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removal of Trivia section 

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message: : Since there are no incorporated municipalities, there is no incorporated county seat either. Therefore, its county seat is the unincorporated community of Ellicott City.
This doesn't follow. For starters, at least one Maryland county, Calvert, has incorporated municipalities but has an unincorporated place, Prince Frederick, for its seat, and in other states, counties without incorporated places may have their seat outside the county. Secondly, the county lacking towns and cities may mean its seat has to be an unincorporated community, but doesn't in any way imply that it had to be Ellicott City. Infinitebuffalo (talk) 22:00, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Therefore? 

message: Howard County announced a flag redesign should we mention that? PharaohCrab (talk) 15:10, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  flag redesign