Cities and Towns
Anne Arundel County contains only two incorporated municipalities: the city of Annapolis, incorporated in 1708, and the town of Highland Beach, incorporated 1922.
Unincorporated areas are also considered as towns by many people and listed in many collections of towns, but they lack local government. Various organizations, such as the United States Census Bureau, the United States Postal Service, and local chambers of commerce, define the communities they wish to recognize differently, and since they are not incorporated, their boundaries have no official status outside the organizations in question. The Census Bureau recognizes the following census-designated places in the county:
- Arden-on-the-Severn
- Arnold
- Brooklyn Park
- Cape Saint Claire
- Crofton
- Crownsville
- Deale
- Edgewater
- Ferndale
- Fort Meade
- Glen Burnie
- Green Haven
- Hanover
- Herald Harbor
- Hillsmere Shores
- Jessup (This CDP is shared between Howard and Anne Arundel counties.)
- Lake Shore
- Linthicum
- Londontowne
- Maryland City
- Mayo
- Odenton
- Parole
- Pasadena
- Pumphrey
- Riva
- Riviera Beach
- Selby-on-the-Bay
- Severn
- Severna Park
- Shady Side
- South Gate
Other unincorporated places not listed as Census-Designated Places but known in the area include:
- Annapolis Junction
- Beverly Beach
- Bristol
- Churchton
- Davidsonville
- Fairhaven
- Friendship
- Gambrills
- Galesville
- Germantown
- Gibson Island
- Hanover (a portion is also in Howard County)
- Harmans
- Harundale
- Harwood
- Jacobsville
- Lothian
- Millersville
- Orchard Beach
- Owensville
- Riverdale
- Russett
- Sherwood Forest
- Sudley
- Tracys Landing
- Waysons Corner
- West River
- Winchester-on-the-Severn
- Woodland Beach
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