Columbia Homes

Columbia is the population center of Howard County and Maryland's largest planned community. Since its beginning in 1963 Columbia has grown into a major city divided into ten villages. Just outside of Columbia you'll find several other communities, including Maple Lawn, a new mixed-used "Traditional Neighborhood Development".

The villages of Columbia include: Town Center, the geographical, retail and cultural center of Columbia, with several distinct residential neighborhoods. Hickory Ridge lies south of the Town Center along Route 29, includes the neighborhoods Hawthorn, Clemens Crossing and Clary's Forest. River Hill is the westernmost of Columbia's villages, near the intersection of Routes 32 and 108. Includes 900 acres of the Middle Patuxent Environment Area. Harper's Choice is also west of Route 29, includes the Longfellow, Swansfield and Hobbit's Glen neighborhoods. Dorsey's Search is the most northern of the villages, where Route 29 meets Route 108. Neighborhoods include Dorsey Hall and Fairway Hills.

Long Reach is the farthest east Columbia village, along Route 108 east of Route 29, comprising the Jeffers Hill, Kendall Ridge, Locust Park and Phelps Luck neighborhoods. Owen Brown is off of Broken Land Parkway near Lake Elkhorn. Kings Contrivance is east of Route 29 just north of Route 32. Oakland Mills is kind of a mirror to the Town Center, directly opposite on the eastern side of Route 29. Oakland Mills neighborhoods are Steven's Forest, Talbott Springs and Thunder Hill.