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Friendship Park offers hiking and nature walks. Western Regional Park offers a large children's playground and several sports fields. The Willow Springs Golf Course is an 18-hole, executive, links-style golf course also in West Friendship.
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Friendship residents commute to work in the Baltimore-Washington corridor. More than half (54%) of families have three or more vehicles. The mean commute is 30–34 minutes. 88% of residents drive to work, and 34.7% of residents work within
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1530:Dorseyville
1504:Clarksville
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1360:Scaggsville
1282:County seat
1017:January 12,
945: /
473:Attractions
395:, and 0.3%
274:in western
261:410/443/667
164:Established
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1747:Categories
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1626:Maple Lawn
1591:High Ridge
1509:Cooksville
1441:Wilde Lake
1436:River Hill
1431:Owen Brown
1421:Long Reach
984:References
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930:39°18′09″N
411:(14%) and
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316:Sykesville
185:Population
1709:Footnotes
1683:Woodstock
1657:Snelltown
1616:Jonestown
1540:Elysville
1489:Botterill
1334:Ilchester
1206:WFVFD.ORG
1174:March 24,
917:Source:
442:Education
350:Baltimore
257:Area code
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75:39°18.9′N
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1667:Waterloo
1596:Hopewell
1570:Guilford
1560:Glenwood
1545:Florence
1499:Clarkson
1479:Atholton
1469:Alberton
1382:Villages
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1314:Elkridge
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843:Average
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1565:Gordon
1535:Elioak
1524:Dorsey
1519:Dayton
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1355:Savage
1345:Lisbon
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