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  2. Ditto Knolls - Wikipedia

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    Ditto Knolls is a historic home and farm located near Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, United States. It was built about 1790, and is a five-bay, two-story brick house with a two-bay, one-story brick rear wing. It features a one-story entrance porch supported by Doric columns. Also on the property is a large stone bank barn and springhouse

  3. Boundary markers of the original District of Columbia

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    Map of the boundary stones. The District of Columbia (initially, the Territory of Columbia) was originally specified to be a square 100 square miles (260 km 2) in area, with the axes between the corners of the square running north-south and east-west, The square had its southern corner at the southern tip of Jones Point in Alexandria, Virginia, at the confluence of the Potomac River and ...

  4. Choptank people - Wikipedia

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    The name Choptank is thought to be from the Nanticoke word tshapetank: a stream that separates, [9] or place of big current. [10]The Algonquian-speaking Choptank were independent, but they were related in culture and language to the Nanticoke, the larger paramount chiefdom immediately to their south, which was dominant on the Eastern Shore. [11]

  5. List of Maryland state symbols - Wikipedia

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    Named after the Chesapeake Bay, the retriever was developed in the United States to recover waterfowl for hunters. The University of Maryland, Baltimore County's mascot is a retriever. 1964 [9] Fish: Rock fish Morone saxatilis: The rockfish, also called striped bass, is found in abundance in Maryland. 1965 [10] Flower: Black-eyed susan ...

  6. Granite Historic District - Wikipedia

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    Granite Historic District is a national historic district in Granite, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It comprises the focus of a rural quarrying community located in the Patapsco Valley of western Baltimore County, Maryland. It includes two churches, a school, a social hall, former commercial buildings, and houses and outbuildings ...

  7. Linthicum Heights Historic District - Wikipedia

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    Linthicum Heights Historic District is a national historic district at Linthicum Heights, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It consists of a suburban community surrounding the intersection of Camp Meade Road ( MD 170 ) and Maple Road.

  8. Charles Village, Baltimore - Wikipedia

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    City blocks, best railings, and entire homes were up for judging. The contests ended in 2003, but Charles Village homeowners say they are looking for the funding to restart the contest. [ citation needed ] The contests' lasting result is that the neighborhood is now part of iconic Baltimore, with pictures of the "Painted Ladies," as the homes ...

  9. Ruxton-Riderwood, Maryland - Wikipedia

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    Maryland Route 134, better known as Bellona Avenue is the main north-south road running through Ruxton and Riderwood. From the portion of Bellona Avenue through these communities, the track of the Light Rail is visible, though there are no stops. A small number of apartments and historic shopping districts can be found along Bellona Avenue ...