County |
County Seat |
Created |
Formed From |
Named For |
Host |
County Map |
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 |