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Maryland Counties
There is 24 counties and county-equivalents in Maryland. Though an independent city
rather than a county, the City of Baltimore is considered the equal of a county. Many of the counties in
Maryland were named for relatives of the Barons Baltimore who were the proprietors of the Maryland colony from
its founding in 1634 through 1771. The Barons Baltimore were Catholic, and George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore,
originally intended that the colony be a haven for English Catholics, though for the majority of its history
Maryland has had a majority of Protestants |
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Maryland Counties
Maryland (/ˈmɛrələnd/ ) is a state located in the Mid Atlantic
region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia to the south and west,
Pennsylvania to the north, and Delaware to the east.
This is a list of the twenty-four counties and county-equivalents in the
US state of Maryland. Though an independent city rather than a county, the City of Baltimore is considered the equal
of a county for most purposes and is a county-equivalent. Many of the counties in Maryland were named for relatives
of the Barons Baltimore who were the proprietors of the Maryland colony from its founding in 1634 through 1771. The
Barons Baltimore were Catholic, and George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, originally intended that the colony be a
haven for English Catholics, though for the majority of its history Maryland has had a majority of Protestants.
The last new county formation in Maryland occurred when Garrett County was formed in 1872 from portions of Allegany
County. However, there have been numerous border changes since that time, most recently when portions of the city of
Takoma Park that had previously been part of Prince George's County were absorbed into Montgomery County in 1997
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
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