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100 MARYLAND MANUAL.
ORIGIN OF THE NAMES OF COUNTIES, WITH DATE OF FORMATIOM
AND AREA—Concluded.
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Counties.
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Origin of Name.
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Date of
Form'tion
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Area in
Sq. M.
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Pr. George's1 .....
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After Prince George of Den-
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mark.......................
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1695
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486
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Queen' Anne's2...
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After Queen Anne of England.
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1706
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352
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Worcester3 .......
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After the Earl of Worcester...
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1742
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475
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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,
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sister of the last Lord Bal-
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timore.......................
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1773
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320
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Harford8.........
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After Henry Harford, last
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proprietary ................
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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 .....
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After General Montgomery....
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1776
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490
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Allegany9.........
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From Oolikhanna; i. e., beau-
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tiful stream...................
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1789
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442
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Carroll10.........
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After Charles Carroll of Car-
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rollton.....................
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1836
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437
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Howard11 ........
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After Col. John Eager How-
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ard, 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
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mekee, building; i, e., re-
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ferring to Indian town on
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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 Council In 1672 (Arohiv. 5:56 and 108). The order of October 22,
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 Dur-
ham 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 6, 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 1839, "Howard District of Anne Arundel
County" was erected. The administration was provided for by Chs. 55, 60,
98 and 125 of Acts of 1839.
12Erected by Article 13, Section 2, Constitution of 1867.
13Erected by Act of 1872, Ch. 212.
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