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Within Maryland the county is the default unit of local government. Under Maryland law, counties exercise powers reserved in most other states at the municipal or state levels. [ 4 ] Many of the state's most populous and economically important communities, such as Bethesda , Silver Spring , Columbia , and Towson are unincorporated and receive ...
New Kent County was established in 1654 from York County, Virginia. Kent County, England: 26,134: 210 sq mi (544 km 2) Northampton County: 131: Eastville: 1634: Original county of the Colony under England, initially named Accomac Shire. In 1642, it was renamed Northampton County. However, in 1663, Northampton County was divided into two counties.
Gaithersburg (/ ˈ ɡ eɪ θ ər z b ɜːr ɡ / ⓘ GAY-thərz-burg) is a city in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.At the time of the 2020 United States census, Gaithersburg had a population of 69,657, making it the third-largest incorporated city and the ninth-most populous community in the state. [10]
The Washington metropolitan area, also referred to as the D.C. area, Greater Washington, the National Capital Region, or locally as the DMV (short for District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia), is the metropolitan area comprising Washington, D.C., the federal capital of the United States, and its surroundings.
The western part of Maryland (including the present Allegany County) was originally part of Prince George's County when Maryland was formed in 1696. [6] This county included six current counties, and by repeated splitting, new ones were generated: Frederick from Prince George's in 1748; [7] and Montgomery and Washington from Frederick in 1776.
Carroll County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 172,891. [1] Its county seat is Westminster. [2] The county is part of the Central Maryland region of the state. Carroll County is included in the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area.
Virginia's independent cities were classified by the Virginia General Assembly in 1871 as cities of the first class and cities of the second class. [6] The Virginia Constitution of 1902 defined first-class cities as those having a population of 10,000 or more based upon the last census enumeration, while second-class cities were those that had ...
Broadneck is the site of Anne Arundel County's first European settlement in 1649. The first settlers were Puritans from Virginia who were invited by Maryland's proprietary ruler, Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore , to settle on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay. [ 1 ]