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Hunt Valley is an Unincorporated Community located in Baltimore County, Maryland just north of the Baltimore, Maryland metro area, on Highway 145 off I-83 , by Loch Raven Reservoir . Located at a Latitude of 39.5° North and Longitude 76.7° West . Hunt Valley is the home of Firaxis Games , BreakAway Games , Sinclair Broadcast Group , McCormick & Company , AAI Corporation , Dumbar , TESSCO Technologies, and KCI Technologies, Inc. It was the former home of Noxell Corporation , makers of Noxzema , before Noxell was acquired by Procter And Gamble in the early 1990s . It was also the former home of PHH ,which now resides in Sparks, Maryland which is a few miles to the north of Hunt Valley. MicroProse , a leading Video Game Developer from the 1980s , was originally based in Hunt Valley. The Hunt Valley Inn is the most popular hotel in Maryland for Science Fiction Conventions and hosts Balticon , Shore Leave , Farpoint , Horrorfind and other theme-related conventions. Hunt Valley is served by the Cockeysville, Maryland post office, and also is home to a satellite campus of the Community College Of Baltimore County . Many Baltimore County residents declaim that Hunt Valley doesn't actually exist—it is often grumbled that "Hunt Valley" is a fanciful name cooked up by real estate developers during the development of the area in the '70s and '80s ; that is, "Hunt Valley" is more of a name brand than an actual place. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION Hunt Valley is well known in the Baltimore area as a result of its public transportation. It is the northern terminus of the Light Rail line, and is also served by the Route 9 bus. Only one-half of light rail trains operate to the Hunt Valley terminus, with the remainder only running as far as Timonium . The frequency of service is only 20 minutes during rush hour, and 30 minutes midday and on weekends. Route 9 operates at similar frequencies at most times. |
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