Daniels, Maryland

Daniels, Maryland
The Saint Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Church, one of the few structures left in the town

Daniels is a ghost town straddling the Patapsco River east of and north of Old Ellicott City in Baltimore County and Howard County, Maryland, United States. It is the location of the Daniels Mill, a site listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is the home town of former Howard County Executive and State Senator James N. Robey. A postal office operated in the community from 1 March 1943 to 31 August 1971.

The original settlement that would become the town of Daniels formed in 1810 when the family of Thomas Ely came to the area and built a textile mill. The community around the mill was known as Elysville. In 1853 the town was purchased by the family of James S. Gary and renamed to Alberton in honor of James's son Albert. The factory remained with the Gary family until 1940 when the Daniels Company bought the town and changed its name to Daniels. By the late 1960s, approximately 90 families lived in Daniels. In 1968, the town's owner, the C.R. Daniels Company, gave notice to the remaining residents that it would close all housing within a few years. In June 1972, tropical storm Agnes rolled through the Patapsco River Valley and destroyed most of the remaining empty buildings in Daniels.

An abandoned car

The Saint Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Church

The Pentecostal Holiness Church

Coordinates: 39°19′00″N 76°48′59″W / 39.31667°N 76.81639°W / 39.31667; -76.81639