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COMMUNITIES & HOUSING
The gated community of Stone Lake sits on 137-acres in North Laurel. PHOTO BY JERRY JACKSON
NORTH LAUREL & FULTON
AT A GLANCE
FULTON
Typical home value: $886,864
Population: 4,050
Founded: 1882
Source: datausa.io, Zillow
NORTH LAUREL
Typical home value: $438,843
Population: 24,856
Founded: around 1860
Source: datausa.io, Zillow
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Centers of major development,
Fulton and North Laurel are
home to police and fire stations,
shops, schools and churches.
North Laurel, separated from the
city of Laurel in Prince George’s
County by the Patuxent River, is
close to shops, antique stores and
restaurants, as well as golf courses
and the Rocky Gorge Reservoir.
The area is home to at least
three planned communities
(Maple Lawn in Fulton and Emerson and Stone Lake in North
Laurel) that combine housing,
businesses and green space. They
are governed by community associations and function almost as
independent towns within larger
municipalities.
But the peaceful coexistence
between the past and present
wasn’t easily achieved.
For the previous 400 years, the
area had been home to Native
American hunters, tobacco plantations and country estates such
as Overlook Farm in North Laurel.
Even today, residents revel in
natural beauty while kayaking in
Scott’s Cove or hiking the Wincopin
trail loop.