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COMMUNITIES & HOUSING
A community park is ringed by homes in the North Laurel neighborhood of Haddon Hall.
PHOTOS BY JERRY JACKSON
North Laurel and 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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enters 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.