Finksburg is an unincorporated community in Carroll County, Maryland, United States. It is the location of the National Security Agency's EKMS Central Facility. Finksburg is located at the intersection of Maryland Route 91 and Maryland Route 140, on the border of Carroll and Baltimore counties. It is an unincorporated area about one mile northwest of the Liberty Reservoir and six miles southeast of Westminster, Maryland.
Finksburg is named after Adam Fink, owner of a local tavern and toll road in the early 19th century.
The Greater Baltimore Hindu-Jain Temple is located in Finksburg.
Actor Fred Gwynne is interred here at the Sandymount United Methodist Church's graveyard, but his grave is unmarked.
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The town is host to Finksburg Plaza, a local shopping center, as well as a few restaurants and gas stations. A library was recently opened. The town is home to Roaring Run Park, home of the Finksburg Baseball Program.
The Finksburg community is protected by it's own residents who volunteer their time at the Reese & Community Volunteer Fire Company. Incorporated April 7, 1948, life member Berlin F. "Jake" Caple is the last living charter member. The fire company is a 100% volunteer operation on the fire suppression side. The EMS services are manned 24/7 by paid full-time and part-time Paramedics and EMTs. Also, firefighters from the nearby small town of Gamber sometimes come to assist in the event of a fire.
In order to get around Finksburg, you need a car. You can easily rent one in the nearby towns of Owings Mills or Westminster. The only official lodging is the Scenic View motel, a simple motel with about a dozen rooms about half a mile north of the town center.
Finksburg is filled with natural beauty. Some of the woodlands in this area of Northern Maryland are fabulous for hiking and exploring. With no official natural parks in this area though, it's good to come if you know a local.
Traveling to/from Finksburg is easy via Maryland's route 140 which links Baltimore County to Finksburg and further north to Westminster and then Pennsylvania. The BWI airport in Baltimore County has flights from most US cities and few European ones as well. It's just a 45 minute drive from Finksburg.
The locals are friendly, yet it's important to watch your valuables because there is a considerable amount of petty crime in Finksburg.
Timeline information taken from, unless otherwise noted: Warner, Nancy, Ralph Levering and Margaret Taylor Woltz. Carroll County Maryland: A History 1837-1976. Carroll County Bicentennial Committee, 1976.
Cold Saturday was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1] Taylor-Manning-Leppo House was listed in 2009.[1]
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