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104 MARYLAND MANUAL. ORIGIN OF THE NAMES OF COUNTIES, WITH DATE OF FORMATION
AND AREA—Concluded.
Counties. Origin of Name. Date of
Formation		 Area in
Sq. Miles.
Pr. George's....
Queen Anne's..
Worcester.......
Frederick........
Caroline..........		 After Prince George of Denmark.
After Queen Anne of England....
After the Earl of Worcester........
After Frederick, heir apparent....
After Lady Caroline Calvert, sis-		 1695
1706
1742
1748		 486
352
475
662
ter of the last Lord Baltimore... 1773 320
Harford»............ After Henry Harford, last pro-
prietary ................................. 1773 388
Washington' ....
Montgomery"....
Allegany'.........		 After General Washington..........
After General Montgomery.........
From Oolikhanna; . ..beautiful		 1776
1776		 458
490
stream.................................... 1789 442
CarrolV"............ After Charles Carroll of Carroll-
ton......................................... 1836 437
Howard.".......... After Col. John Eager Howard,
the elder................................. 1851 S
JJ
Wicomico"....... After the river of that name,
from wicko, house, and mekee,
building; i. e., referring to In-
dian town on the banks............ 1867 365
Garrett"........... After John W. Garrett............... 1872 660
1 Erected by Act of 1695, ch. 13.
2 Erected by Act of 1706, ch. 3. 3 Erected by Act of 1742, ch. 14. An earlier Worcester was erected by order in Coun-
cil In 1672, (Archiv. 5;56 and 108). The order of October 22d, 1688, 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. 4 Erected by Act of 1748, ch. 15.
5 Erected by Act of 1773, November session, ch. 6.
6 Erected by Act of 1773, November session, ch. 10
7-8 Erected by resolution of Constitutional Convention September 6th, 1776.
9 Erected by Act of 1789, ch. 29.
10 Erected by Acts of 1838, ch. 19. 11 Erected by Article 8, Constitution of 1851. By ch. 22 of the Acts of 1838, confirmed
by ch.49ofl839, "Howard District of Anne Arundel County'' was erected. The admin-
istration was provided for by Chs. 65, 60, 98 and 126 of Acts of 1839. 12 Erected by Article 13, Section 2, Constitution of 1687.
13 Erected by Act of 1873, ch. 212.

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