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90 MARYLAND MANUAL. ORIGIN OF THE NAMES OF COUNTIES, WITH DATE OF FORMATION
AND AREA—Concluded.
Counties. Origin of Name. Date of
Form 'tion		 Area in
Sq. M.
Pr. George 's 1 .. .. After Prince George of Den-
mark ....,.,, .. ...... 1695 486
Queen Anne's 2. . .
Worcester 3.......
Frederick 4.......
Caroline 5........		 After Queen Anne of England
After the Earl of Worcester.
After Frederick, heir apparent
After Lady Caroline Calvert,
sister of the last Lord Bal-		 1706
1742
1748		 352
475
662
timore .................. 1773 320
Harford 6........ After Henry Harford, last
proprietary .............. 1773 388
Washington 7.....
Montgomery 8....
Allegany 9.......		 After General Washington..
After General Montgomery.
From Oolikhanna; i. e., beau-		 1776
1776		 458
490
tiful stream . 1789 442
Carroll 10........ After Charles Carroll of Car-
rollton .................. 1836 437
Howard 11...... After Col. John Eager How-
ard, the elder............ 1851 365
Wicomico 12...... After the river of that name,
from wicko, house, and
mekee, building; i. e., re-
ferring to Indian town on
the banks . 1867 365
Garrett 13......... After John W. Garrett. ..... 1872 660
1 Erected by Act of 1695, Ch, 18.
2 Erected by Act of 1706, Ch. 3. 3 Erected by Act of 1742, Ch. 14. An earlier Worcester was erected by
order in Council in 1672 (Archiv. 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. 7-8 Erected by resolution of Constitutional Convention, September 6, 1776.
9Erected by Act of 1789, Ch. 29.
10Erected by Act 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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