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History Lakeland The community of Lakeland is one of the oldest in Baltimore City. As early as 1675, settlers established small farms in the area. Wealthy landowner Charles Carroll of Carrollton purchased these plots in 1732 and consolidated them into his 2,600-acre “Georgia Plantation,” which covered the present-day neighborhoods of Westport, Mount Winans, Morrell Park, and Violetville. The following year, Carroll deeded the Westport tracts over to the Baltimore Iron Works Company, ushering in a familiar 19th Century South Baltimore mix of industrial development, scattered farms and homes, and resorts. With its large furnace near the mouth of the Gwynns Falls, the Baltimore Iron Works smelted and forged iron ore dug from pits along the old Annapolis Road and the Westport waterfront, where ships received the excavated loads. A small community of two-story brick homes grew up near the pits on old Annapolis Road to house the workers employed there and their families. The community was dubbed “Minersville” (in the area now known as Lakeland). In 1836, Harmon’s Three-Cent Bridge, a two hundred foot wooden span, carried Annapolis Road across the Gwynns Falls towards the center City. Shortly aftewards, a number of shoreline resorts opened on the southern bank.

Area: 0.714 square miles

Population: 4,346

Population density: Lakeland: 	 6,087 people per square mile Baltimore: 	 8,058 people per square mile

Limited-access highways (interstate or state) in this neighborhood: State Hwy 295 (Baltimore Washington Pkwy)

Length: 1.14 miles Direction: SW-NE

Highways in this neighborhood: State Hwy 173 (W Patapsco Ave)

[http://www.lakelandcoalition.com Community Organization verified from Baltimore City Government Neighborhoods