Maryland Counties

County	County Seat	Created	Formed From	Named For	Host		Mailing List
Allegany	Cumberland	1789	Washington County	From the Lenape Indian word oolikhanna, which means "beautiful stream"	ADOPTABLE		Mailing List
Anne Arundel	Annapolis	1650	St Mary's	Anne Arundell was the maiden name of the wife of Cęcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore. Between 1654 and 1658 it was known as Providence County by Puritan settlers	ADOPTABLE		Mailing List
Baltimore City	Baltimore	1851	Baltimore County	Cęcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, first proprietor of the Maryland colony	ADOPTABLE		Mailing List
Baltimore County	Towson	1659	Unorganized	Cęcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, first proprietor of the Maryland colony	ADOPTABLE		Mailing List
Calvert	Prince Frederick	1658	Patuxent	The Calvert Family	ADOPTABLE		Mailing List
Caroline	Denton	1773	Dorchester and Queen Anne's	Lady Caroline Eden, daughter of Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore	ADOPTABLE		Mailing List
Carroll	Westminster	1837	Baltimore and Frederick	Charles Carroll of Carrollton, a representative to the Continental Congress and signatory of the Declaration of Independence	ADOPTABLE		Mailing List
Cecil	Elkton	1672	Baltimore and Kent	Cecil is an Anglicized form of the first name of Cęcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore	ADOPTABLE		Mailing List
Charles	LaPlata	1658	Unorganized	Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, second proprietor of the Maryland colony	ADOPTABLE		Mailing List
Dorchester	Cambridge	1668	Unorganized	Dorchester in Dorset, England; the Earl of Dorset was a friend of the Calvert family	ADOPTABLE		Mailing List
Frederick	Frederick	1748	Prince George's	Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore, final proprietor of the Maryland colony	ADOPTABLE		Mailing List
Garrett	Oakland	1872	Allegany	John Work Garrett, president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad	ADOPTABLE		Mailing List
Harford	Bel Air	1773	Baltimore	Henry Harford, illegitimate son of Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore	ADOPTABLE		Mailing List
Howard	Ellicott City	1851	Anne Arundel and Baltimore	John Eager Howard, an American Revolutionary War officer and governor of Maryland	ADOPTABLE		Mailing List
Kent	Chestertown	1642	Unorganized	Kent County, England	ADOPTABLE		Mailing List
Montgomery	Rockville	1776	Frederick	Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War general	ADOPTABLE		Mailing List
Patuxent	Defunct	1654	Unorganized	Patuxent Tribe, a branch of Algonquins	Renamed Calvert County	Defunct
Potomac	Defunct	1654	St Mary's		Renamed St Mary's County	Defunct
Prince George's	Upper Marlboro	1696	Calvert and Charles	Prince George of Denmark, husband to Queen Anne I of Great Britain	ADOPTABLE		Mailing List
Providence	Defunct	1654	Anne Arundel	Called such by the Quakers	Renamed Anne Arundel	Defunct
Queen Anne's	Centreville	1706	Talbot	Anne I, Queen of Great Brittain	ADOPTABLE		Mailing List
St Mary's	Leonardtown	1637	Unorganized	Virgin Mary	ADOPTABLE		Mailing List
Somerset	Princess Anne	1666	Unorganized	Mary, Lady Somerset, sister-in-law of Cęcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore	ADOPTABLE		Mailing List
Talbot	Easton	1662	Kent	Grace, Lady Talbot, sister of Cęcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore	ADOPTABLE		Mailing List
Washington	Hagerstown	1776	Frederick	George Washington	ADOPTABLE		Mailing List
Wicomico	Salisbury	1867	Somerset and Worcester	The Wicomico River; in Lenape, wicko mekee indicated "a place where houses are built," possibly in reference to a settlement	ADOPTABLE		Mailing List
Worcester	Snow Hill	1742	Somerset	Mary Arundell, the wife of Sir John Somerset, son of the 1st Marquess of Worcester, and sister of Anne Arundell, wife of Cęcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore	ADOPTABLE		Mailing List

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