Woodlawn is an unincorporated community of Cecil County, Maryland, situated northeast of Port Deposit.MD Hometown Locator, Woodlawn, Cecil County, Maryland
Geography Woodlawn is situated in the Piedmont Plateau at above sea level, about east of the Susquehanna River and north of the Chesapeake Bay. The land is rich with deposits of clay, sand and gravel.Reports on County Resources: Cecil County, Maryland Geological Survey, 1902, pp 27, 150, Google Books
History Cecil County purchased a 37-acre sand and gravel quarry to serve as a county landfill in 1965. The Woodlawn County Landfill operated until 1981 and was added to the National Priorities List by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in July 1987 after it was discovered that industrial waste was contaminating the local groundwater.Woodlawn Landfill Superfund Site, November 1991 A focused feasibility study was authorized in August 1998.Focused Feasibility Study: Final Cover System, Woodlawn Landfill, Cecil County, Maryland, August 1998
Soil sampling at the Woodlawn Landfill site in March 1997 revealed an adjacent site, subsequently named Woodlawn II and nicknamed Son of Woodlawn, to be polluting a tributary of nearby Basin Run. The 55-acre site has since been remediated and named Woodlawn Wildlife Area. The site is owned and operated by Bridgestone America Holdings.Cecil Birding ClubFacts About Woodlawn II Site, Maryland Department of the Environment, February 2015
Woodlawn is not to be confused with the 305-acre farm known as the Woodlawn estate of William Ward of Cecil County. Part of the tract, located in Earleville, Maryland, was given for the construction of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church.Woodlawn Historical Marker, Historical Marker Database
See also List of Superfund sites in Maryland
External links
Woodlawn Topo Map (Rising Sun Area) Woodlawn Cemetery
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