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Information Updated: Nov 13, 2009 |
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Formed from: portions of Baltimore County. Established: xx-xxx-1773 |
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County Seat: Bel Air, Maryland County history - Harford County is named in honor of Henry Harford, illegitimate son of Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore. |  |
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Information Updated: Nov 10, 2009 |
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Formed from: portions of Anne Arundel and Baltimore Counties 1838. Established: xx-xxx-1851 |
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County Seat: Ellicott City, Maryland County history - Howard County is named in honor of John Eager Howard, an officer in the American Revolutionary War and Governor of Maryland. |  |
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Information Updated: Nov 10, 2009 |
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Formed from: portions of unorganized territory [original County]. Established: xx-xxx-1642 |
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County Seat: Chester Town, Maryland County history - Kent County is named in honor of the county of the same name in England. |  |
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Information Updated: Nov 10, 2009 |
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Formed from: portions of Frederick County. Established: xx-xxx-1776 |
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County Seat: Rockville, Maryland County history - Montgomery County is named in honor of Revolutionary War general, Richard Montgomery. |  |
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Information Updated: Nov 18, 2009 |
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Formed from: portions of Calvert and Charles Counties. Established: xx-xxx-1696 |
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County Seat: Upper Marlboro, Maryland County history - Prince George's County is named in honor of Prince George of Denmark, husband to Queen Anne I of Great Britain. |  |
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Information Updated: Nov 12, 2009 |
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Formed from: portions of Talbot County. Established: xx-xxx-1706 |
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County Seat: Centreville, Maryland County history - Queen Anne's County is named in honor of Anne I, Queen of Great Britain, who reigned when the county was established. |  |
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Information Updated: Nov 12, 2009 |
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Formed from: portions of unorganized territory. The county was named Potomac County between 1654 and 1658. Established: xx-xxx-1637 |
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County Seat: Leonardtown, Maryland County history - Saint Mary's County is named in honor of The Virgin Mary, first county named in a colony intended to be a haven for Catholics. St. Mary's County is where Francis Scott Key, the author of a poem which became The Star Spangled Banner grew up. |  |
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Information Updated: Nov 12, 2009 |
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Formed from: portions of unorganized territory. Established: xx-xxx-1666 |
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County Seat: Princess Anne, Maryland County history - Somerset County is named in honor of Lady Mary Somerset, daughter of Thomas Arundell of Wardour, and wife of Sir John Somerset. Lady Somerset was the sister of Lady Anne Arundell, who was the wife of Cecilius Calvert, Second Lord Baltimore. |  |
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Information Updated: Nov 30, 2009 |
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Formed from: portions of Kent County. Established: xx-xxx-1662 |
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County Seat: Easton, Maryland County history - Talbot County is named in honor of Grace, The Lady Talbot, the wife of Sir Robert Talbot, an Irish statesman, and the sister of Cęcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore. |  |
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Information Updated: Nov 13, 2009 |
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Formed from: portions of Frederick County. Established: 01-Oct-1776 |
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County Seat: Hagerstown, Maryland County history - Washington County is named in honor of General George Washington, who later became First President of the United States (1789-1797). |  |
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Information Updated: Nov 13, 2009 |
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Formed from: portions of Somerset and Worcester Counties. Established: xx-xxx-1867 |
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County Seat: Salisbury, Maryland County history - Wicomico County is named after the Wicomico River; in Lenape, wicko mekee indicated "a place where houses are built," possibly in reference to a settlement. |  |
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Information Updated: Jun 29, 2009 |
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Formed from: portions of Somerset County. Established: 10-Dec-1742 |
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County Seat: Snow Hill, Maryland County history - Worcester County is named in honor of the wife of Sir John Somerset, son of the 1st Marquess of Worcester, who was Mary Arundel, sister of Anne Arundel, wife of Ccilius Calvert, the 2nd Baron Baltimore. |  |
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