Hereford Zone, Maryland

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The Hereford Zone is an area in Northern Baltimore County, Maryland, United States, constituting 20% of all of the land in Baltimore County. It includes Parkton, Monkton, Freeland, Sparks, Hampstead, Jacksonville, Upperco, and Glyndon.

It is by far the most sparsely populated area in Baltimore County. Strict zoning laws prohibit any planned communities from developing, with large single-family housing lots and agricultural activity predominating.

Because of its higher elevation, the climate of The Hereford Zone is slightly different from that of the rest of the county^{[citation needed]}. It is not unusual in the winter for schools in the surrounding areas to be 2 hours late, while the Hereford Zone is closed due to inclement weather.

Hereford High School has the only agriscience program in the county and the school's mascot is the Bull. The women's teams are called "Lady Bulls".

In the Hereford Zone Prettyboy Reservoir covers an area of 206.5 sq/Km behind the scenic Prettyboy Dam on the Gunpowder River.

The Hereford High School varsity football team (The "Bulls") is well known throughout the state of Maryland. The Bulls have won 3 state titles in the last 9 seasons (1997, 2001, 2002). Much of this success is attributed to coach Steve Turnbaugh who turned around a formerly downtrodden Hereford football program. The Bulls are known for being a smash-mouth, blue-collared, and disciplined team year in and year out.^{[citation needed]}

The Hereford Ladies Faire and Chamber Choir are also known as one of the best award-winning choirs in the county, consistantly recieving 1's in adjudications year after year.