Ellicott City Wedding

Ellicott City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Howard County, Maryland, United States. The population was 56,397 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Howard CountyGR6. Founded in 1772, the town features a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station Museum (with a station built in 1831), as well as a downtown historic district that is a popular destination among antiques shoppers. As of the 2000 Census, Ellicott City surpassed Towson as the largest unincorporated county seat in the United States.

In July 2005, CNN/Money and Money magazine ranked Ellicott City 20th on its list of the 100 Best Places to Live in the United States. In July 2006, CNN/Money and Money magazine ranked Ellicott City/Columbia 4th on its list of the 100 Best Places to Live in the United States.

In 1772, three Quaker brothers from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, chose the picturesque wilderness up river from Elk Ridge Landing (known today as Elkridge, Maryland) to establish a flour mill. John, Andrew and Joseph Ellicott founded Ellicott's Mills which became one of the largest milling and manufacturing towns in the East.