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Adamstown MD - Annapolis MD - Baltimore MD - Beltsville MD - Bethesda MD - Boonsboro MD - Bowie MD - Braddock Heights MD - Brunswick MD - Chevy Chase MD - Clarksburg MD - Clear Spring MD - College Park MD - Columbia MD - Ellicott MD - Fort Washington MD - Frederick MD - Funkstown MD - Gaithersburg MD - Germantown MD - Hagerstown MD - Ijamsville MD - Jefferson MD - Kensington MD - Laurel MD - Libertytown MD - Maugansville MD - Middletown MD - Monrovia MD - Myersville MD - New Market MD - Olney MD - Owings MD - Potomac MD - Rockville MD - Silver Spring MD - Towson MD - Urbana MD - Walkersville MD - Westminster MD - Wheaton MD

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About Maryland

The Maryland colony, founded in 1634, was named for the wife of English King Charles I, Queen Henrietta Maria. Colonial Maryland drew many settlers and, as its economy prospered, so did its social, political, and cultural life. Maryland entered the Union on April 28, 1788, as the 7th of the original 13 states.

Maryland is bordered by Pennsylvania on the north, Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Virginia on the south, and West Virginia on the southwest and west. Washington, D.C., the national capital, is an enclave along the Virginia border. The Potomac River forms most of Maryland’s western boundary and Chesapeake Bay deeply indents the eastern part of the state. During the first half of the 20th century the economic development of Maryland was marked by a shift in emphasis from farming to manufacturing. The state is now primarily an industrial state. Despite this shift, agriculture is still carried on throughout most of the state.

Annapolis is the state capital, and began its existence as a settlement called Providence. Exiled Puritans, escaping Virginia under the guidance of William Stone, settled on the north shore of the Severn River. The city became, briefly, the capital of the United States in 1783, and in 1786, the Annapolis Convention met. Today, Annapolis retains some of the historical architecture of colonial times, and visitors to Annapolis walk on streets named for figures of the 18th and 19th Century.

Baltimore is the largest city in Maryland. The city has over 600,000 residents, but when it is counted as a part of the larger Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area, there are around 8.1 million people living close to Baltimore. The city began as a port town, and during the War of 1812, the British referred to the town as a ‘nest of pirates.’ The battle there, which was of epic proportions, inspired Francis Scott Key to write the Star Spangled Banner. Residents who ran out of bullets to fire at the British forces took to throwing pots, pans and anything else they could find at the soldiers.

Maryland was a slave state, but never seceded from the Union, though there was strong Pro-Southern sentiment. April 19th, 1861, Union soldiers were traveling through Baltimore on their way to the frontlines further south. The streets erupted in violence as civilians threw stones and bricks at the soldiers.

Maryland has no official nickname. However, the most commonly accepted name, and also one of the oldest, is the Old Line State. This nickname honors the memory of Maryland’s regiments of the line, which fought with distinction in the American Revolution.

Although the majority of the state’s voters were registered as Democrats, the state nonetheless put Republicans in office in the 1960s and 1970s. Maryland politics was broad based. In the late 1970s, the Maryland congressional delegation had a higher proportion of women than that of any other state, and the legislature had one of the highest ratios of black and female membership in the nation.

Those interested in learning more about Maryland, including how to become a notary public in the state, should visit Become A Notary Public