Description
Located along Curtis Bay on the west side of the Patapsco River, 7.2 km (4.5 mi) southeast of downtown Baltimore.
History
This Baltimore neighborhood was likely named for Captain Edmund Curtis who controlled the shipping industry in the area in the middle to late 1600s. This area, combined with that of nearby Brooklyn, was reportedly the location of the 19th century settlement of Freetown, the Nation's first settlement of free African Americans. (US-T121)