[HISTORY: Adopted by the Harford County Council
as Ch. 8 of the 1978 Code; amended in its entirety by Bill No. 83-44.
Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
Harford County is hereby divided into six (6)
election districts, according to their bounds and limits as herein
provided, and elections for public offices shall be held in each of
said districts and in such places as established by law.
The physical boundaries of the six (6) election
districts for Harford County are as follows:
A.
First District. The First or Abingdon Election District
consists of that part of Harford County within the following bounds:
Beginning at the intersection of the middle of Little Gunpowder Falls
and the center line of Jerusalem Road in the boundary line between
Baltimore and Harford Counties, thence in a northeasterly direction
binding the center line of Jerusalem Road until it intersects the
center line of Old Joppa Road, thence in a northerly direction binding
the center line of Old Joppa Road until it intersects the center line
of Old Mountain Road, thence in a southeasterly direction binding
the center line of Old Mountain Road until it intersects the center
line of Mountain Road, thence continuing in a southeasterly direction
binding the center line of Mountain Road until it intersects the center
line of Stockton Road, thence in a generally northeasterly direction
binding the center line of Stockton Road to its closest point to the
waters of Atkisson Reservoir, thence by a straight line in a northerly
direction until it intersects the center line of Somerville Road at
its end, thence in a northwesterly direction binding the center line
of Somerville Road until it intersects the projection of the center
line of Plumtree Road, thence in a northeasterly direction binding
the projected center line and center line of Plumtree Road until it
intersects the center line of Emmorton Road, thence in a northerly
direction binding the center line of Emmorton Road until it intersects
the projected center line of Patterson Mill Road, thence in a northeasterly
direction binding the center line of Patterson Mill Road until it
intersects the projected center line of an old road at that point
where Patterson Mill Road begins to turn into a southeasterly direction,
thence by a straight line to a point in the center line of MacPhail
Road about 1,000 feet southeast of the entrance to the Maryland Country
Club where the projected center line of the original road intersects
said center line and thence in a southeasterly direction binding the
center line and projected center line of MacPhail Road until it intersects
the center line of Wheel Road, thence in a northeasterly direction
binding the center line and projected center line of Wheel Road until
it intersects the center line of Shucks Road, thence in a southeasterly
direction binding the center line and projected center line of Shucks
Road until it intersects the center line of Calvary Road, thence in
a southerly direction, binding the center line of Calvary Road to
a point about 1,000 feet north of its intersection with the projected
center line of South Fountain Green Road, thence in an easterly direction
by a straight line which would extend to the intersection of Tower
Road and Nova Scotia Road, thence continuing the straight line to
the intersection of the center line of Interstate Highway No. 95 with
the center line of Stepney Road, then returning to the point where
the straight line intersects the center of Gray's Run, thence following
the meanderings of the center of Gray's Run downstream in a southerly
direction until it empties into Church Creek, thence following the
meanderings of the center of Church Creek downstream until it empties
into Bush River, thence following the middle of Bush River downstream
to the mouth thereof, thence by a straight line in a southeasterly
direction to the boundary line between Harford and Kent Counties in
the middle of the Chesapeake Bay and, following that boundary, passing
to the southeast of Pooles Island, to the boundary between Baltimore
and Harford Counties and, binding thereon in the Bay, to the west
of Spry Island and up the Gunpowder River to the mouth of Little Gunpowder
Falls and thence up the Little Gunpowder Falls to the beginning point.
B.
Second District. The Second or Hall's Crossroads Election
District consists of that part of Harford County within the following
bounds: Beginning at the northeast corner of the boundary line of
the First Election District in the middle of Gray's Run, thence downstream
in a southerly direction with the boundary of the First Election District
in Gray's Run, Church Creek and Bush River to the Kent County line
in the middle of Chesapeake Bay, thence, binding the boundaries of
Harford County with Kent and Cecil Counties, up the Chesapeake Bay
to a point in the Cecil County boundary due northeast from a point
at the center of the mouth of Swan Creek, thence due southwest by
a straight line to said point at the center of the mouth of Swan Creek,
thence following the meanderings of the middle of Swan Creek upstream
until it intersects the center line of the Pulaski Highway, thence
in a northeasterly direction binding the center line of Pulaski Highway
until it intersects the projected center line of Robin Hood Road,
thence binding the projected center line and center line of Robin
Hood Road in a northerly direction until it intersects the center
line of Interstate Highway No. 95, thence in a northeasterly direction
binding the center line of Interstate Highway No. 95 until it intersects
the boundary of Cecil and Harford Counties in the middle of the Susquehanna
River, thence in a northwesterly direction binding the county boundary
line to a point due east of the middle of the mouth of Deer Creek,
thence by a straight line due west to the middle of the mouth of Deer
Creek, thence in a westerly direction upstream following the meanderings
of the middle of Deer Creek to a point due north of the middle of
the mouth of Mill Brook, thence by a straight line due south to the
middle of the mouth of Mill Brook, thence in a southerly direction
following the meanderings of the middle of Mill Brook until it intersects
the center line of Level Road, thence by a straight line due southeast
until it intersects the center line of Aldino Road, thence in a southwesterly
direction binding the center line of Aldino Road to its intersection
with the projected center line of Mahan Road, thence in a southeasterly
direction binding the projected center line and center line of Mahan
Road its entire length until it intersects the center line of Carsins
Run Road, thence in a southwesterly direction binding the center line
of Carsins Run Road until it intersects the center line of Stepney
Road, thence in a southeasterly direction binding the center line
of Stepney Road until it intersects the center line of Interstate
Highway No. 95 and thence by a straight line due west to the beginning.
C.
Third District. The Third or Bel Air Election District
consists of that part of Harford County within the following bounds:
Beginning at the intersection of the middle of Little Gunpowder Falls
and the center line of Jerusalem Road in the boundary line between
Baltimore and Harford Counties, being also the beginning of the First
Election District, thence following the line of the First Election
District in a generally easterly direction to the beginning of the
Second Election District in the middle of Gray's Run, thence following
the lines of the Second Election District, first due east, then in
a generally northerly direction, to the middle of Deer Creek, thence
in a generally westerly direction upstream following the meanderings
of the middle of Deer Creek to a point where it intersects the projected
center line of Sharon Road and thence, binding the projected center
line and the center line of Sharon Road, curving to the south until
it intersects the middle of the western branch of South Stirrup Run
east of the old bed of the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad, thence
in a southwesterly direction following the meanderings of the middle
of the western branch of South Stirrup Run to a point due north of
the point where the center line of West Jarrettsville Road intersects
the projected center line of High Point Road, thence by a straight
line due south to that point, thence in a southerly direction binding
the projected center line and the center line of High Point Road to
its intersection with the projected center line of Pleasantville Road,
thence in a southwesterly direction binding the projected center line
and center line of Pleasantville Road until it intersects the boundary
between Harford and Baltimore Counties in the middle of Little Gunpowder
Falls, thence following the meanderings of the middle of Little Gunpowder
Falls, the said boundary, downstream to the beginning.
D.
Fourth District. The Fourth or Marshall's Election
District consists of that part of Harford County within the following
bounds: Beginning at the intersection of the center line of Pleasantville
Road and the middle of Little Gunpowder Falls in the boundary between
Harford and Baltimore Counties, thence in a generally northerly direction
following the lines of the Third Election District to a point in the
middle of Deer Creek where it is intersected by the projected center
line of Sharon Road, thence following the meanderings of the middle
of Deer Creek upstream until it intersects the center line of Rocks
Road (Maryland Route 24), thence in a northerly direction binding
the center line of Rocks Road (Maryland Route 24) until it intersects
the southern boundary lines of York County and the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, thence in a westerly direction binding said boundary
lines (and the southern boundary lines, successively, of Fawn Grove
Boro, Fawn Township and Hopewell Township) until the Pennsylvania
line intersects the boundary line between Baltimore and Harford Counties,
thence in a southerly direction binding that boundary first by a straight
line and then along the meanderings of the middle of Little Gunpowder
Falls downstream to the beginning.
E.
Fifth District. The Fifth or Dublin Election District
consists of that part of Harford County within the following bounds:
Beginning in the boundary line between Harford and Cecil Counties
in the middle of the Susquehanna River at a point due east of the
middle of the mouth of Deer Creek, and thence in a generally westerly
direction following the boundaries of the Second, Third and Fourth
Districts along the middle of Deer Creek and of Rocks Road (Maryland
Route 24) to a point in the coextensive boundary lines of Fawn Grove
Borough, of York County and of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, where
they are intersected by the center line of Rocks Road (Maryland Route
24), thence in an easterly direction binding the Pennsylvania boundary
(at the same time also binding the boundaries of York County, its
boroughs of Fawn Grove and Delta and its Townships of Fawn and Peach
Bottom and, in the Susquehanna River, of Lancaster County and its
Township of Fulton) until that boundary intersects the boundary between
Harford and Cecil Counties in the middle of the Susquehanna River,
and thence in a southeasterly direction, binding the Harford-Cecil
boundary in the middle of the Susquehanna River, to the beginning.
F.
Sixth District. The Sixth or Havre de Grace Election
District consists of that part of Harford County within the following
bounds: Beginning for the same at that point in the Susquehanna River
where the boundary between Cecil and Harford Counties is intersected
by the center line of Interstate Highway No. 95, also known as the
"Northeastern Expressway" and as the "John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway,"
and running thence in a southwesterly line along the center line of
Kennedy Highway until it intersects the center line of Robin Hood
Road, a county road, and thence following the center line of Robin
Hood Road in a southerly direction until it intersects the northwesterly
right-of-way line of the Pulaski Highway, thence running in a southwesterly
direction along the right-of-way line of the Pulaski Highway to the
center line of Swan Creek, thence along the center line of Swan Creek
to a point at its mouth equidistant from the shorelines at Swan Creek
Point and Plum Point and thence by a straight line having a bearing
of north 45° 00' 00" east until it intersects the boundary line
of Cecil and Harford Counties in the head of the Chesapeake Bay, thence
with the boundary between Cecil and Harford Counties in a northwesterly
direction in the Chesapeake Bay and in the Susquehanna River to the
place of beginning.