Towson, Maryland
Towson (/ˈtaʊsən/)[2] is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The population was 55,197 as of the 2010 census. It is the county seat[3] of Baltimore County and the second-most populous unincorporated county seat in the United States (after Ellicott City, the seat of nearby Howard County, southwest of Baltimore).[4]
"Towson" redirects here. For other uses, see Towson (disambiguation).
Towson, Maryland
United States
14.29 sq mi (37.01 km2)
14.15 sq mi (36.66 km2)
0.14 sq mi (0.35 km2)
463 ft (141 m)
59,553
4,207.80/sq mi (1,624.62/km2)
UTC−4 (EDT)
24-78425
0591420
Government[edit]
Both the Baltimore County Public Schools,[37] and the Baltimore County Police Department possess headquarters that are located in Towson.[38]
Education[edit]
Colleges and universities[edit]
Towson University is a public school in southern Towson. Its student population is greater than 20,000, making it the second largest institution in the University System of Maryland. TU is home to the largest business school in the state, with 2,500 students. It was founded in 1866 as the Maryland State Normal School for the training of teachers. Originally the school was located at several sites in the city. It underwent several name changes before moving in 1915 to an expansive campus just south of Towson on the west side of York Road. The administration and classroom structure, later named Stephens Hall, has a cupola in red brick with limestone trim in English Tudor/Elizabethan/Jacobethan architecture style, and was by several other similar campus buildings to the northeast in similar style.
Also located in Towson is Goucher College, a small private liberal arts school that was founded in 1885.[49] Goucher was a women's college until it went coeducational in 1986. It was established as the Women's College of Baltimore, and its founders, pastors John Goucher, who would later become its namesake, and John B. Van Meter were closely affiliated with Methodist Episcopal Church. The school was originally based in Baltimore city and moved to its current campus in Towson in 1953.[50] The old campus in Baltimore, which the school no longer owns or occupies, is now known as Old Goucher and is a registered historic district. The current 287-acre campus of the school in Towson was also notably registered as a historic district and in 2007 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places for its unique and innovative architecture.[51]