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[color photo, Carroll County Historic Courthouse Courthouse Square, Westminster, Maryland] Carroll County has eight municipalities: Hampstead, Manchester, Mount Airy, New Windsor, Sykesville, Taneytown, Union Bridge, and Westminster.


Carroll County Historic Courthouse, Courthouse Square, Westminster, Maryland, January 2002. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

[photo, Town Hall (Town House), 7547 Main St., Sykesville, Maryland] The oldest municipality in Carroll County is Westminster, the county seat, incorporated in 1818. Later, Manchester began its own government in 1833, followed by Taneytown (1836), New Windsor (1843), Union Bridge (1872), Hampstead (1888), Mount Airy (1894), and Sykesville (1904).

Town Hall (Town House), 7547 Main St., Sykesville, Maryland, June 2019. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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