Maryland State Guide

Capital: Annapolis

April 28, 1788 (7th state)

Maryland State Map: Guide and Information Resources One of the original 13 states to join the Union on April 28, 1788, Maryland is in the middle of the Eastern Seaboard. It's believed that Lord Baltimore, who received a charter for the land in 1632, named the state after Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of King Charles I. The Mason and Dixon line was drawn in the 1760s to settle a dispute between the Penn and Calvert families. In addition to marking the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland, it is the traditional boundary between the North and the South. During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln placed Maryland under military control. Maryland is known as the "Free State"; its flower is the black-eyed susan; and its capital is Annapolis, home of the US Naval Academy.

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Largest City- Baltimore
Area - 12,407 square miles [Maryland is the 42nd biggest state in the USA]
Population - 5,296,486 (as of 2000) [Maryland is the 19th most populous state in the USA]
Major Industries - farming (corn, soybeans, tobacco, poultry and dairy products), mining (coal), steel products, communications equipment, fishing (crabs and oysters), government services
Major Rivers - Potomac River, Patapsco River, Patuxent River, Susquehanna River
Major Lakes - Lake Oakland, Deep Creek Lake, Prettyboy Reservoir, Loch Raven Reservoir
Highest Point - Backbone Mountain - 3,360 feet (1,024 m) above sea level
Bordering States - Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia [and Washington, District of Columbia]
Bordering Bodies of Water - Chesapeake Bay, Atlantic Ocean

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