explosive development, as Towson State Teachers College morphed into Towson State College, and St. Joseph Hospital and Greater Baltimore Medical Center consumed vast remaining tracts to the north, all relicts of surrounding rural life and artifacts of the railroad had vanished from Rodgers Forge by 1970. In 2009, the entire neighborhood of Rodgers Forge was listed in National Register of Historic Places due to "its unique status as a well-preserved example of early to mid-20th Century community design and architecture." According to the official citation: Today, about 4,000 people live in Rodgers Forge, which is now considered among the Baltimore area's "most sought after locations for families." Notable people Charles Adam Fecher, author and editor who is best known for his works about Jacques Maritain and H.L. Mencken; longtime Rodgers Forge resident Charles Eberhart, Director of Neuropathology and Ophthalmic Pathology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Fitzgerald, American novelist couple who resided in Rodgers Forge during 1932-1933 William J. Frank, member of the Maryland House of Delegates Mary Claire Helldorfer (Elizabeth Chandler), author of New York Times Best Seller Kissed by an Angel Ralph H. Hruban, professor of pathology and oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; a world-renowned expert in the field of pancreatic cancer pathology David H. Hubel, winner of 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries on information processing in the visual system; resident of Rodgers Forge in 1950s Kevin O'Malley, children's book writer Eric D. Goodman, fiction writer and long-term Rodgers Forge resident who actually set scenes from some of his books in the Forge. Michael Phelps, American competition swimmer and the most decorated Olympian of all time Bayard Turnbull, architect - who lived at La Paix, a Rodgers Forge estate Johnny Unitas, football player; owner of former Golden Arm restaurant in Rodgers Forge Henry N. Wagner, one of the pioneering researchers in nuclear medicine Schools Baltimore County Public Schools Rodgers Forge Elementary School Dumbarton Middle School Students in Rodgers Forge are also zoned for nearby Towson High School. Private Schools Dumbarton House, home of the Baltimore Actors Theatre Conservatory St. Pius X Catholic School Major Roads There are several state roads and other major thoroughfares that run through the Rodgers Forge area. These include: Charles Street Bellona Avenue Stevenson Lane York Road See also Stoneleigh-Rodgers Forge, Maryland, a former Census-designated place enumerated in 1960. External links