Colora is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in western

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, United States, near Conowingo and

Port Deposit Port Deposit is a town in Cecil County, Maryland, United States. It is located on the east bank of the Susquehanna River near its discharge into the Chesapeake Bay. The population was 653 at the 2010 census. Geography Port Deposit is located ...

. The ZIP Code of this area is 21917, and has some historic houses and some new structures, including several development neighborhoods. It is also home to an apple orchard named "Colora Orchards" and to the school called

West Nottingham Academy West Nottingham Academy is an independent co-ed school serves both boarding and day students in grades 9-12. It was founded in 1744 by the Presbyterianism, Presbyterian preacher Samuel Finley, who later became President of Princeton University, ...

, from which former NBA player Josh Boone graduated in 2002. The school also educated famous contemporary artist

Eric Fischl Eric Fischl (born March 9, 1948) is an American painter, sculptor, printmaker, draughtsman and educator. He is known for his paintings depicting American suburbia from the 1970s and 1980s. Life Fischl was born in New York City and grew up on s ...

. Colora is the location of

Colora Meetinghouse The Colora Meetinghouse is a historic Friends (or Quaker) meeting house located at Colora, Cecil County, Maryland, United States. The meeting house was built in 1841 as part of a larger dispute known as the "great separation." The original me ...

, listed on the

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in 1977. The West Nottingham Academy Historic District was listed in 1990.

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