Maryland Gazetteer
Bread and Cheese Creek is a physical feature (stream) in Baltimore County. The primary coordinates for Bread and Cheese Creek places it within the MD 21221 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Bread and Cheese Creek |
| Category: | Maryland physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | Heads just north of Oaklawn Cemetery, flows southeast 2.4 km (1.5 mi), then northeast to Back River, between Greenmarsh Point and Wetherby Point on Patapsco River Neck, 11.3 km (7 mi) east of downtown Baltimore. |
| History: | Although reportedly named in one source at the time of the Battle of North Point during the War of 1812 as soldiers sat on the banks of this stream eating their rations of bread and cheese, the name appears in Provincial Court Land Records, 1770-1774, and so the origin of the name is not established. |
| County: | Baltimore County |
| Latitude: | 39.2923299 |
| Longitude: | -76.479962 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Bread and Cheese Creek: Bread and Cheese Creek.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Bread and Cheese Creek does not include property ownership information.
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Essex, MD
(1.4 miles NNE) Rosedale, MD (2.7 miles NW) Rossville, MD (3.1 miles N) Dundalk, MD (3.6 miles SW) Middle River, MD (3.6 miles NE) |
Edgemere, MD
(3.9 miles SSE) Overlea, MD (5.3 miles NNW) Bowleys Quarters, MD (5.6 miles ENE) Parkville, MD (6.7 miles NNW) White Marsh, MD (6.8 miles NNE) |
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Back River, MD
(< 0.1 mile) Battle Grove, MD (1.4 miles S) Gray Haven, MD (1.4 miles SSW) Gray Manor, MD (1.4 miles SW) North Point, MD (1.4 miles S) |
Back River Highlands, MD
(1.4 miles N) Charlesmont, MD (1.4 miles S) Eastern Terrace, MD (1.4 miles NNW) Fox Ridge Manor, MD (1.4 miles ENE) Silver Manor, MD (1.4 miles NE) |
