Herald Harbor is a small community of 2,313 in Crownsville, Maryland.
Located 5 miles West of Annapolis, on the Severn River, Herald Harbor offers the best of waterfront living. With 2 peninsulas, a community beach, and a marina, water sports including fishing and boating are very popular activities.
The population of Herald Harbor is approximately 2,313. The approximate number of families is 941. The amount of land area in Herald Harbor is 3.952 sq. kilometers. The amount of surface water is 1.612 sq kilometers. The distance from Herald Harbor to Washington DC is 26 miles. The distance to the Maryland state capital is 6 miles. (as the crow flies)
Herald Harbor is positioned 39.05 degrees north of the equator and 76.57 degrees west of the prime meridian.
Herald Harbor is located up-river from the Naval Academy between Sherwood Forest and Arden-on-the Severn in Crownsville, Maryland, Anne Arundel County, approximately 10 miles north of Annapolis, on the beautiful Severn River. Prior to the founding of Herald Harbor, this land was a plantation of peach and apple orchards and farmland.
Herald Harbor was started in May 1924 by a Washington D.C. newspaper, The Washington Herald. The tract of land purchased by The Herald, back in the 1800's, was known as the original Marsh plantation…Henry E. Hall, an entrepreneur purchased 551 acres, recorded in a land deed in 1886, from Eleanor V. Marsh, widow of "Colonel" Marsh. His costs were less than a dollar an acre.
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