Dorsey, Maryland
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Dorsey, Maryland, is a locality in eastern Howard County, Maryland, south of Elkridge, north of Savage, and close to the Anne Arundel County border and Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI). It is in the southern part of the Baltimore metropolitan area.
Dorsey is perhaps best known as a stop on the MARC commuter rail system, which carries commuters into downtown Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Dorsey is a stop on MARC's Camden line and contains a large parking lot off of Maryland State Highway 100. Dorsey station mainly serves commuters from Elkridge and Ellicott City, as well as the northern parts of Columbia.
Businesses in the area include hotels, warehouses and a mini-campus of Johns Hopkins University. Also in the area is the Dorsey Station Center of the University of Maryland University College. Howard Transit buses connect Dorsey station with various locations around Howard County as well as with the nearby Arundel Mills mall.
