Welcome to Sykesville, a town that is anchored by its train station. Located right along the Patapsco river, in the various parts of the 1800’s, it was your typical Maryland town; with a river, a mill, and a railroad station. The name Sykesville, comes from the man, James Sykes, who bought the property from the Patterson family. Sykes built a hotel and renovated a mill on the Howard county side of the Patapsco, but the railroad station is on the opposite side of the river, in Carroll County.
The confederates, ran through town and destroyed the bridge that linked the two sides of the river. After that point, the town’s growth came on the side of the river with the railroad station.
The station, which since the 1880’s brought Sykesville it’s commerce and served to anchor the community, is now a restaraunt. I haven’t been yet, but I will be there soon.
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