Turner's Station

Dundalk, Maryland
Census-designated place
The Dundalk Shopping Center, in May 2006.
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Location in the U.S. state of Maryland
Coordinates: 39°15′57″N 76°30′19″W / 39.26583°N 76.50528°W / 39.26583; -76.50528Coordinates: 39°15′57″N 76°30′19″W / 39.26583°N 76.50528°W / 39.26583; -76.50528
Country	United States
State	Maryland
County	Baltimore
Founded	1856
Area
• Total	45.0 km2 (17.4 sq mi)
• Land	33.8 km2 (13.1 sq mi)
• Water	11.2 km2 (4.3 sq mi)
Elevation	5 m (16 ft)
Population (2010)
• Total	63,597
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	21222
Area code(s)	410 and 443
FIPS code	24-23975
GNIS feature ID	0590117

Dundalk ( /ˈdʌndɔːk/ DUN-dawk or /ˈdʌndɒk/ DUN-dok) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The population was 63,597 at the 2010 census. In 1960 and 1970, Dundalk was the largest unincorporated community in Maryland. It was named after the town of Dundalk, Ireland. Dundalk is considered one of the first inner-ring suburbs of Baltimore.

The area now known as Dundalk was first explored by John Smith in 1608. Up until this time, the area was occupied by the tribes of the Susquehannock Indians.

In 1856 Henry McShane, an immigrant from Ireland, established the McShane Bell Foundry on the banks of the Patapsco River in the then far southeastern outskirts of Baltimore. The foundry later relocated to the Patterson Park area of Baltimore until a fire during the 1940s caused it to move to 201 East Federal Street. In addition to bronze bells, the foundry once manufactured cast iron pipes and furnace fittings. When asked by the Baltimore and Sparrows Point Railroad for a name of a depot for the foundry, which was on their rail line, McShane wrote Dundalk, after the town of his birth, Dundalk, Ireland. In 1977 the foundry moved to its current location in Glen Burnie.