Severna Park is an evaluation assigned spot (CDP) in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. Severna Park is important for the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area, and is found roughly 8 miles (13 km) north of Annapolis, 17 miles (27 km) south of Baltimore and 39 miles (63 km) east of Washington. Severna Park’s populace was 37,634 at the 2010 census.
The name Severna Park is supposed to start from a 1906 challenge held by Oscar Hatton while the cutting edge network was first getting set up. The champ would get a part of land yet debate emerged in light of the fact that the victor was an African-American lady, who was rather compensated $500. However, broad examination by nearby student of history Nelson Molter found no verifying proof for this story, recommending the naming challenge is simply a neighborhood myth.
Robinson House was recorded on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. Severna Park was initially named “Boone,” and was a stop along the Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad, which was changed over to the B&A Rail Trail in 1990. Severna Park is additionally home to the Severn School, a private secondary school set up in 1914 by Rolland Teel as a feeder school to the United States Naval Academy, just as a few other old homes and structures.
In numerous Slavic dialects, Severna signifies “northern”.