Atholton, Maryland

Atholton is an unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland, United States.

[3][4] In 1845, Nicolas Worthington freed seventeen of his slaves, and gave them 150 acres (61 ha) of the "Athol enlarged" land which was then called "Freetown".

[5][6] Atholton was situated one mile north of Simpsonville without well-defined boundaries.

[7] In 1962, Edward G Pickett and Walter Shank built the Atholton Village Shopping Center, which was one of the first commercial properties taken over by Columbia Research & Development (Rouse) in 1965.

[8] The same year the historic Volkmann home burned down by arson shortly after being purchased for the Holiday Hills Development.