Odenton ( OH-dən-tən) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States, located nearly 10–20 minutes from the welcome capital, Annapolis. The population was 37,132 at the 2010 census, up from 20,534 at the 2000 census. The town’s population enlargement rate of 80.8% between 2000 and 2010 was the greatest of any town in western Anne Arundel County.^{[citation needed]} Odenton is located west of Annapolis, south of Baltimore, and northeast of Washington.

In recent years, Odenton has become the fastest-growing city in the county next 2010 census numbers reporting 42% growth. This is because of its proximity to Fort George G. Meade, which contains NSA headquarters, US Cyber Command (established 2009), and the Defense Information Systems Agency (moved to Fort Meade in 2011). Odenton’s growth can after that be qualified to it visceral centrally located with Annapolis, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. The further has been fueled by the construction of the colossal Piney Orchard development, progress in the ongoing build up of Odenton Town Center, and construction of the NSA East Campus Integration Program scheduled for talent in 2028.

The town is named after former Governor of Maryland Oden Bowie. It is bordered by Gambrills to the east, Severn to the north, Fort Meade to the west, and Crofton to the south. It is located at the intersection of Maryland routes 170 and 175 and is bordered by Route 32 to the north. The zipcode is 21113.

In 1840, the steam-powered Annapolis and Elk Ridge Railroad (A&ER) was built across a sparsely settled farming community that would vanguard become Odenton. At the start of the Civil War, Union soldiers guarded this railroad parentage because it was the only partner between the North and the nation’s capital. Rail traffic through Baltimore had been disrupted by southern sympathizers, so supplies, mail and soldiers flowed through Annapolis and west Anne Arundel County to Washington.