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Information Updated: Jun 29, 2009 |
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Formed from: portions of Washington County. Established: xx-xxx-1789 |
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County Seat: Cumberland, Maryland County history - Allegany County is named from the Oolikhann [Indian word], meaning beautiful stream |  |
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Information Updated: Jun 12, 2009 |
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Formed from: portions of Indian lands [an original County] Established: xx-xxx-1700 |
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County Seat: Annapolis, Maryland County history - Anne Arundel County is named in honor of Anne Arundel, the daughter of Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour, members of the ancient family of Arundells in Cornwall, England. |  |
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- The Maryland State House is the oldest state capitol still in continuous legislative use. Construction of the State House, which was designed by Joseph Horatio Anderson, was begun in 1772, delayed by the outbreak of the American Revolution, and completed in 1779. — courtesy HometownAnnapolis.com. |  |
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Information Updated: Nov 10, 2009 |
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Formed from: portions of unorganized territory. Established: xx-xxx-1659 |
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County Seat: Towson, Maryland County history - Baltimore County is named in honor of Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, first proprietor of the Maryland colony. |  |
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Information Updated: Nov 11, 2009 |
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Formed from: portions of Baltimore County. (Founded in 1729. Detached in 1851 from Baltimore County). Established: xx-xxx-1729 |
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County Seat: Baltimore, Maryland County history - Baltimore (City) is named in honor of Lord Baltimore in the Irish House of Lords, the founding proprietor of the Maryland Colony. Baltimore himself took his title from a place in Bornacoola parish, County Leitrim and County Longford, Ireland. Baltimore is an anglicized form of the Irish Baile an T" Mh Æir, meaning "Town of the Big House", not to be confused with Baltimore, County Cork, the Irish name of which is Dxn na S!"ad. |  Courthouse |
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Information Updated: Nov 11, 2009 |
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Formed from: portions of Patuxent County from unorganized territory. Renamed Calvert County in 1658. Established: xx-xxx-1654 |
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County Seat: Prince Frederick, Maryland County history - Calvert County is named in honor of the Calvert family; prior to 1658 it was called Patuxent County, after the Patuxent Indians, a branch of the Algonquians. |  |
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Information Updated: Jun 29, 2009 |
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Formed from: portions of Dorchester and Queen Anne Counties. Established: xx-xxx-1773 |
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County Seat: Denton, Maryland County history - Caroline County is named in honor of Lady Caroline Eden, wife of Maryland's last colonial governor, Robert Eden. |  |
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Information Updated: Nov 11, 2009 |
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Formed from: portions of Baltimore and Frederick Counties. Established: xx-xxx-1837 |
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County Seat: Westminster, Maryland County history - Carroll County is named in honor of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, a representative to the Continental Congress and signatory of the Declaration of Independence. |  |
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Information Updated: Nov 30, 2009 |
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Formed from: portions of Baltimore and Kent Counties. Established: xx-xxx-1674 |
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County Seat: Elkton, Maryland County history - Cecil County is named in honor of an Anglicized form of the first name of Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore. |  |
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Information Updated: Jun 29, 2009 |
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Formed from: portions of original territory lands 1658. Established: xx-xxx-1692 |
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County Seat: La Plata, Maryland County history - Charles County is named in honor of Charles Calvert, 3rd Lord Baltimore. From 1700 to 1653 there was an earlier Charles County, sometimes referred to in historic documents as Old Charles County. |  |
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Information Updated: Nov 11, 2009 |
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Formed from: portions of unorganized territory, 1668. Established: xx-xxx-1669 |
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County Seat: Cambridge, Maryland County history - Dorchester County is named in honor of Dorchester in Dorset, England; the Earl of Dorset, was a family friend of the Calverts (the founding family of the Maryland colony). |  |
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Information Updated: Jun 29, 2009 |
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Formed from: portions of Prince George and Baltimore Counties. Established: xx-xxx-1748 |
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County Seat: Frederick, Maryland County history - Frederick County is named in honor of Frederick Calvert (1731-1771), sixth and last Lord Baltimore, who was the Proprietor of Maryland from 1751 until his death in 1771 at Naples, Italy. |  |
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Information Updated: Nov 11, 2009 |
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Formed from: portions of Allegany County. Established: xx-xxx-1872 |
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County Seat: Oakland, Maryland County history - Garrett County is named in honor of John Work Garrett (1820 1884), president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from 1858 until his death in 1884. |  |
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