Crofton was developed as a private gated community in 1964, Crofton's builders named it after a small town in England whose name had the right ring. Several years later a group of residents established the Crofton Civic Association to promote civic awareness in the new community and to protect what had drawn them there in the first place.
Designated by CNNMoney.com as the 72nd best place to live in the country the suburban community of over 21,000 located just outside of Annapolis is just a 30-minute drive from Baltimore and Washington D.C.. The town is centered around a scenic 3.5 mile road that encloses the Crofton Country Club. Walkers, joggers and cyclists use paths on the route. The town has four elementary schools, one middle school within it’s boundaries and shares two of Anne Arundel Counties best high schools.
Crofton also has four nursery schools, six churches, and an 18 hole Championship Golf Course. The CSCBD provides police protection in addition to that provided by the county, maintenance of public areas and recreational facilities, and other services the community may propose, subject to the County Council's approval.
Since the first Levitt-built homes appeared in
Crofton many other builders have constructed both higher and lower priced homes. However, the sense of community continues and property values remain solid and affordable to most income levels. The other key factor remains location near Annapolis, Baltimore and Washington DC you are close to the Chesapeake Bay, major airports, train stations and many cultural events. Crofton is a great place to live.
If you’re relocating to the Washington-Baltimore area from another part of the country, you may notice that some sections of Crofton are eerily similar to other neighborhoods in Maryland. In fact Crofton may resemble a place you previously lived in New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Delaware, or Pennsylvania. It’s no coincidence – hundreds of communities, with many of the same home designs and floor-plans, were built by Levitt and Sons over many decades and around the world. During 2008, it has become the 40th anniversary of the first Levitt homes in Crofton that were constructed over the course of about five years.
All Levitt-built detached homes in
Crofton were constructed on a slab, but some of their townhomes do have basements, depending on the topography of the site. Other standard features of Levitt
homes in Crofton (and even homes built ten years earlier in neighboring Bowie) include the following: tile squares in every room of the house, except bathrooms which had ceramic tiles; speckled spray paint on all the walls and doors; metal closet doors and hollow-core interior doors throughout; and sliding glass doors to the back yard. Many of these standard features have been updated and upgraded over the years, and bear little or no resemblance today to homes occupied by the first Levitt homeowners.
Levitt-built detached homes which originally sold in Crofton in the $20-30,000 range now often sell for more than $400,000, while townhomes which sold new in the $20,000’s now sell for nearly $300,000.