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104 MARYLAND MANUAL.
ORIGIN OF THE NAMES OF COUNTIES, WITH DATE OF FORMATION
AND AREA—Concluded.
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Counties.
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Origin of Name.
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Date of
Formation
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Area in
Sq. Miles.
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Pr. George's1 ....
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After Prince George of Denmark.
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1695
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486
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Queen Anne's2 .
Worcester3........
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After Queen Anne of England....
After the Earl of Worcester........
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1706
1742
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37
48
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Frederick4........
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After Frederick; heir apparent....
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1748
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662
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Caroline5 ...........
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After Lady Caroline Calvert, sis-
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ter of the last,Lord Baltimore...
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1773
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320
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Harford6............
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After Henry Harford, last pro-
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prietary .................................
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1773
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388
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Washington7 ....
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After General Washington...........
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1776
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458
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Montgomery8....
Allegany9 .........
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After General Montgomery.........
From Oolikhanna; i. e., beautiful
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1776
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49°
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stream .....................................
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1789
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442
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Carroll10............
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After Charles Carroll of Carroll-
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1836
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437
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Howard11 ..........
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After Col. John Eager Howard,
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the elder.....................................
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1851
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365
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Wicomico12.......
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After the river of that name,
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from wicko, house, and mekee,
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building; i. e., referring to In-
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dian town on the banks............
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1867
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365
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Garrett13...........
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After John W. Garrett................
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1872
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660
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1Erected by Act of 1695, ch. 13.
2Erected by Act of 1706, ch. 3.
3Erected by Act of 1742, ch. 14. An earlier Worcester was erected by order in Coun-
cil in 1672, (Archiv. 5:56 and 106). The order of October 22d, 1669, erected the territory
which is now comprised in the State of Delaware into a county by the name of Durham
and another unnamed. Neither .Durham nor Worcester were ever represented in the
Assembly.
4Erected by Act of 1748, ch.15.
5Erected by Act of 1773, November session, ch. 6.
6Erected by Act of 1773, November session, ch. 10.
7-8Erected by resolution of Constitutional Convention September 6th, 1776.
9Erected by Act of 1789, ch. 29.
10Erected by Acts of 1836, ch. 19-
11Erected by Article 8, Constitution of 1851. By ch. 22 of the Acts of 1838, confirmed
by ch. 49 of 1339, "Howard District of Anne Arundel County" was erected. The admin-
istration was provided for by chs 55, 60, 98 and 125 of Acts of 1839.
12Erected by Article 13, Section 2, Constitution of 1887.
13Erected by Act of 1878, ch. 212.
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