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Boring was once known as Fairview, and
the name was coined by David Boring, the postmaster in the 1830s. Of
course this begs the question.
Boring is a small hamlet located
around the intersection of Old Hanover Road , Pleasant Grove Road, and the
CSX Railroad (formerly the Western Maryland Railroad) in the northwestern
part of Baltimore County, and consists of about 40 houses or so centered
around its "downtown", the Boring Volunteer Fire Company and the
Boring Post Office. It is located about 5 miles north of Reisterstown,
Maryland. It is on a section of the old road to Hanover, Pennsylvania
which was bypassed in the 1930s to the 1950s by Hanover Pike.
Boring used to be a stop for the
Western Maryland Railroad as late as the 1940's, and the general store
provided a market for the surrounding farms which dot the rolling
countryside.
The general store housed the Post
Office and sold household goods and things like sodas and candy as late as
the early 1990's, but the store closed in 1994 when the elderly owner
passed away. Today only the Post Office remains.
The Boring Volunteer Fire Company
provides modern fire protection to the area, thanks to subsidies by the
county, hosting a cellular telephone tower, and by hosting Bingo six
nights a week. Once a year, they host the Boring Antique Gas Engine Show
on the grounds of the Fire Department.
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