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About one half of the county's farm land was converted to non-farm ownership by the 1960s. [2]: 12 The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission noted a loss of 18,768 acres (75.95 km 2) acres of farm land over an 8-year period in the 1970s, an average of 2,346 acres/year. [2]: 14
The first documented Africans were brought to Maryland in 1642, as 13 slaves at St. Mary's City, the first English settlement in the Province. [1] Slave labor made possible the export-driven plantation economy. The English observer William Strickland wrote of agriculture in Virginia and Maryland in the 1790s:
The most recent county formation in Maryland occurred in 1872 when Garrett County was split from Allegany County. [2] However, there have been numerous changes to county borders since that time, most recently when portions of the city of Takoma Park that had previously been part of Prince George's County were absorbed into Montgomery County in 1997.
According to fresh projections from the U.S. Department of Agriculture this month, net farm income is expected to decline 4.1% for 2024 after falling 19.4% in 2023 from the record highs reached in ...
Clark's Elioak Farm is a historic farm and petting zoo located along Maryland Route 108 in Howard County, Maryland, covering 540 acres. All of the acreage is part of county or state farmland protection programs, barring use of the property for non-farm development.
The Dasher Farm is a historic farm located in Columbia, Howard County, Maryland, now part of the Rouse Company land development. Hammond Dorsey operated Elkhorn plantation on the site. He split the property among his heirs into 90-acre parcels, one of which was purchased by Maureen and Dora Dasher in 1919 creating the Dasher Farm. M.E. Dasher ...
This article lists the census-designated places (CDPs) in the state of Maryland, their population, and the county(ies) they reside in. The only county which doesn't contain a CDP is Cecil County . Census-designated places
The once large Markell dairy farm, with its lane to the Ballenger Creek ford of the Monocacy River, served as the primary approach route to the battlefield by Confederate troops during the July 9, 1864 Battle of Monocacy during the American Civil War. [2] The George Markell Farmstead was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in ...