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Maryland Counties
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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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Howard County, Maryland
Howard County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Ellicott City
Year Organized: 1851
Square Miles: 252 |
Court House: 3430 Courthouse Drive
County Office Building
Ellicott City, MD 21043-4300
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
John Eager Howard, an American Revolutionary War officer and governor of Maryland
Demographics:
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History
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Neighboring Counties:
- North: Carroll County
- Northeast: Baltimore County
- Southeast: Anne Arundel County
- South: Prince George's County
- Southwest: Montgomery County
- Northwest: Frederick County
Cities and Towns:
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- Baltimore |
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- Ellicott City
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- Laurel |
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County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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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,
act locally." |
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