| Ruxton, Baltimore
County
Zip Code(s): 21204
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Brief History
Ruxton was once the location of the country estates of
Baltimore's wealthy landed gentry. Though the area became suburbanized
during the course of the twentieth century, Ruxton is still considered
one of the premier neighborhoods in the Baltimore area, along with
Roland Park, Homeland, Guilford, and the Falls Road corridor. Many of
the original estates still remain, though there have been many new homes
built between them.
In 1994, the movie Serial Mom
was filmed in Ruxton at the Church of the Good Shepherd, on Boyce
Avenue.
In 2005, Australian actress Nicole
Kidman moved into Ruxton, renting a house in the Four Winds
neighborhood, on the highly desired Circle Road, as she filmed her movie
The Invasion in downtown Baltimore opposite Daniel Craig.
With
the Jones Falls Expressway just minutes away and good connections to the
northbound and southbound portions of Route 95 and the Beltway. Location
Ruxton and Riderwood are unincorporated areas in
Baltimore County, Maryland. They are sometimes considered a part of
Towson and are part of Towson's census area.
The boundaries of Ruxton have been
established largely by local custom. Both the eastern boundary, Charles
Street, and the western, Falls Road, are generally agreed upon. The
northern and southern boundaries are somewhat imprecise. To the
northeast, Ruxton and neighboring Riderwood are bounded by the Baltimore
Beltway (I-695); to the northwest, affiliation with Ruxton follows West
Joppa Road, the Old Court Road extension alongside the
Baltimore-Harrisburg Expressway (I-83), and finally Ruxton Road to the
intersection with Falls. A southern boundary can be discerned by drawing
a crude line from the southerly intersection of Bellona Avenue and
Charles to the intersection of West Lake Avenue and Falls.
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