Woodlawn, Cecil County, Maryland

Woodlawn is an unincorporated community of Cecil County, Maryland,[1] situated 3.1 miles (5.0 km) northeast of Port Deposit.[2]

Geography

Woodlawn is situated in the Piedmont Plateau at 456 feet (139 m) above sea level, about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of the Susquehanna River and 8 miles (13 km) north of the Chesapeake Bay. The land is rich with deposits of clay, sand and gravel.[3]

History

Cecil County purchased a 37-acre sand and gravel quarry to serve as a county landfill in 1965. The Woodlawn County Landfill operated until 1981 and was added to the National Priorities List by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in July 1987 after it was discovered that industrial waste was contaminating the local groundwater.[4] A focused feasibility study was authorized in August 1998.[5]

Soil sampling at the Woodlawn Landfill site in March 1997 revealed an adjacent site, subsequently named Woodlawn II and nicknamed Son of Woodlawn, to be polluting a tributary of nearby Basin Run. The 55-acre site has since been remediated and named Woodlawn Wildlife Area. The site is owned and operated by Bridgestone America Holdings.[6][7]

Woodlawn is not to be confused with the 305-acre farm known as the Woodlawn estate of William Ward of Cecil County. Part of the tract, located in Earleville, Maryland, was given for the construction of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church.[8]

See also

References
  1. "Woodlawn". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  2. MD Hometown Locator, Woodlawn, Cecil County, Maryland
  3. Reports on County Resources: Cecil County, Maryland Geological Survey, 1902, pp 27, 150, Google Books
  4. Woodlawn Landfill Superfund Site, November 1991
  5. Focused Feasibility Study: Final Cover System, Woodlawn Landfill, Cecil County, Maryland, August 1998
  6. Cecil Birding Club
  7. Facts About Woodlawn II Site, Maryland Department of the Environment, February 2015
  8. Woodlawn Historical Marker, Historical Marker Database

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