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Maryland
entered
Statehood 28 Apr 1788 as the 7th State
| Several states seceded right after the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860. Maryland was one of three "slave states" that did not secede. The other two states that did not secede were Delaware & Kentucky. While Kentucky declared itself neutral in the conflict, Maryland & Delaware were garrisoned by Union forces throughout the war to prevent their secession. |
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Maryland
Counties
by: Timeline | Alphabetical | State Facts | Notes
| Maryland Counties | Year | Formed From - |
| 1600's | ||
| St. Mary's | 1637 |
Original county. Included both sides of the Chesapeake Bay. Name changed to Potomac County in 1654. Name changed back to St. Mary's County in 1658. |
| Kent | 1642 | Original county. Formed from St. Mary's County, east of the Chesapeake Bay. |
| Anne Arundel | 1650 | Original county. Formed from St. Mary's County |
| (Old) Charles | 1650 | St. Mary's County. Extinguished 1654 when Patuxent County was formed |
| Patuxent | 1654 | Original county. Formed from St. Mary's & (Old) Charles Counties. Extinguished in 1658 when name changed to Calvert County. |
| Potomac | 1654 | extinguished 1658 when name changed back 1658 to St. Mary's County |
| Providence | 1654 | renamed from Anne Arundel County extinguished 1658 when it was renamed Anne Arundel |
| Charles | 1658 | Original county. Formed from Potomac County |
| Baltimore | 1659 | Original county. Formed from Anne Arundel & Kent Counties |
| Talbot | 1662 | Kent County |
| Somerset | 1666 | Original County. Extended to the Atlantic Ocean |
| Dorchester | 1668 | Original County |
| Durham | 1669 | and an unnamed county formed from Somerset. Now part of the state of Delaware. |
| Unnamed | 1669 | along with Durham County formed from Somerset County. Now part of the state of Delaware. |
| Worcester | 1672 | Durham County & the unnamed county. Now part of the state of Delaware. |
| Cecil | 1674 | Kent County |
| Colonies of MD & DE | 1685 | A royal decision was made to divide the peninsula between the colonies of Maryland & Delaware. The boundary was not firmly established. This effectively wiped out Worcester County, giving Durham County and the unnamed county to the colony of Delaware. |
| Prince George's | 1695 | Charles & Calvert Counties |
| 1700's | ||
| Queen Anne's | 1706 | Talbot, Kent & Dorchester Counties. Organized in 1707. |
| Worcester | 1742 | Somerset County |
| Frederick | 1748 | Prince George's County. Gained territory from Baltimore County in 1750. |
| Caroline | 1773 | Dorchester & Queen Anne's County |
| Harford | 1773 | Baltimore County |
| Montgomery | 1776 | Frederick County |
| Washington | 1776 | Frederick County |
| Allegany | 1789 | Washington County |
| 1800's | ||
| Carroll | 1837 | Baltimore & Frederick counties |
| Baltimore City | 1851 | founded in 1729 and made an independent city from Baltimore County in 1851 |
| Howard | 1851 | Baltimore & Anne Arundel Counties |
| Wicomico | 1867 | Somerset & Worcester Counties |
| Garrett | 1872 | Allegany County |
Maryland Counties - Alphabetical
| Maryland Counties | Year | Formed From - |
| Allegany | 1789 |
Washington County |
| Anne Arundel | 1650 |
Original county. Formed from St. Mary's County |
| Baltimore | 1659 |
Original county. Formed from Anne Arundel & Kent Counties |
| Baltimore (city) | 1851 |
founded in 1729 and made an independent city from Baltimore County in 1851 |
| Caroline | 1773 |
Dorchester & Queen Anne's County |
| Carroll | 1837 |
Baltimore & Frederick counties |
| Cecil | 1674 |
Kent County |
| (Old) Charles | 1650 | St. Mary's County. Extinguished 1654 when Patuxent County was formed. |
| Charles | 1658 |
Original county. Formed from Potomac County |
| Colonies of MD & DE | 1685 | A royal decision was made to divide the peninsula between the colonies of Maryland & Delaware. The boundary was not firmly established. This effectively wiped out Worcester County, giving Durham County and the unnamed county to the colony of Delaware. |
| Dorchester | 1668 |
Original county |
| Durham | 1669 | and an unnamed county formed from Somerset. Now part of the state of Delaware. |
| Frederick | 1748 |
Prince George's County. Gained territory from Baltimore County in 1750. |
| Garrett | 1872 |
Allegany County |
| Harford | 1773 |
Baltimore County |
| Howard | 1851 |
Baltimore & Anne Arundel Counties |
| Kent | 1642 |
Original county. Formed from St. Mary's County, east of the Chesapeake Bay. |
| Montgomery | 1776 |
Frederick County |
| Patuxent | 1654 | Original county. Formed from St. Mary's & (Old) Charles Counties. Extinguished in 1658 when name changed to Calvert County. |
| Potomac | 1654 | extinguished 1658 when name changed back 1658 to St. Mary's County |
| Prince George's | 1695 |
Charles & Calvert Counties |
| Providence | 1654 | renamed from Anne Arundel County extinguished 1658 when it was renamed Anne Arundel |
| Queen Anne's | 1706 |
Talbot, Kent & Dorchester Counties. Organized in 1707. |
| St. Mary's | 1637 |
Original county. Included both sides of the Chesapeake Bay. Name changed to Potomac County in 1654. Name changed back to St. Mary's County in 1658. |
| Somerset | 1666 |
Original county. Extended to the Atlantic Ocean |
| Talbot | 1662 |
Kent County |
| Unnamed | 1669 | along with Durham County formed from Somerset County. Now part of the state of Delaware. |
| Washington | 1776 |
Frederick County |
| Wicomico | 1867 |
Somerset & Worcester Counties |
| Worcester | 1742 |
Somerset County |
| Worcester | 1672 |
Durham County & the unnamed county. Now part of the state of Delaware. |
| NOTES: |
| Maryland has twenty-three counties and the city of Baltimore, which is not under county jurisdiction. At the courthouses are recorded transfers of land, estates, and other records. While some records are available in the counties, most original and/or microfilm copies of land, estate, vital, and court records have been transferred to the Maryland State Archives. As new county records are created they will continue to be filmed and sent to the state archives. |
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