Sykesville
The town of Sykesville in Carroll County Maryland may be a small town; however it is rich with history and culture.
Location
According to the textbook, the absolute location of a given area is defined as “the position reckoned by latitude and longitude on the globe and also includes site and situation.” The absolute location of Sykesville is 39.37 11° N, 76.97 25° W. The relative location of the town of Sykesville is situated 21 miles Northwest of Baltimore, 24 miles East from Fredrick, and 53 miles North of Washington D.C. Distance Decay is important when defining an area or a region and the actual definition of Distance Decay is “the tapering off of a process, pattern, or event over a distance” (textbook). In terms of Space-Time Compression, Sykesville is 14 miles away from Ellicott City, 74 miles away from Harrisburg, and 503 miles from Knoxville. More specifically, Route 32 connects Sykesville to all the major towns within Carroll County and Route 70 connects Sykesville to other parts of Maryland. Despite the technological advancements of cars, planes and trains; the distance always stays the same when it comes to Sykesville. Sykesville was named after its founder, James Sykes. After buying 1000 acres of land from his friend, George Patterson, owner of the Springfield estates, Sykes started to …show more content…
An example of this would be the innovation of the B & O Railroad station in Main Street Sykesville in to a restaurant in 1997. The purpose of the restaurant was to bring back income to the town after the devastating natural disasters that had occurred years before and devastated the town. The use of more cars as a means of transportation let the Railroad station to be obsolete. The railroad itself is currently in operation; however there was no longer a need for an actual station to be present in
The town of Sykesville in Carroll County Maryland may be a small town; however it is rich with history and culture.
Location
According to the textbook, the absolute location of a given area is defined as “the position reckoned by latitude and longitude on the globe and also includes site and situation.” The absolute location of Sykesville is 39.37 11° N, 76.97 25° W. The relative location of the town of Sykesville is situated 21 miles Northwest of Baltimore, 24 miles East from Fredrick, and 53 miles North of Washington D.C. Distance Decay is important when defining an area or a region and the actual definition of Distance Decay is “the tapering off of a process, pattern, or event over a distance” (textbook). In terms of Space-Time Compression, Sykesville is 14 miles away from Ellicott City, 74 miles away from Harrisburg, and 503 miles from Knoxville. More specifically, Route 32 connects Sykesville to all the major towns within Carroll County and Route 70 connects Sykesville to other parts of Maryland. Despite the technological advancements of cars, planes and trains; the distance always stays the same when it comes to Sykesville. Sykesville was named after its founder, James Sykes. After buying 1000 acres of land from his friend, George Patterson, owner of the Springfield estates, Sykes started to …show more content…
An example of this would be the innovation of the B & O Railroad station in Main Street Sykesville in to a restaurant in 1997. The purpose of the restaurant was to bring back income to the town after the devastating natural disasters that had occurred years before and devastated the town. The use of more cars as a means of transportation let the Railroad station to be obsolete. The railroad itself is currently in operation; however there was no longer a need for an actual station to be present in