Washington County, MD

WASHINGTON COUNTY, situated on the north boundary of Maryland, with Potomac river on the southwest. Area, 440 square miles. Face of the country broken and mountainous; soil, where alluvial, fertile. Seat of justice, Hagerstown. Pop. in 1810, 18,730; in 1820, 23,075; in 1830, 25,268; in 1840, 28,850; in 1850, 30,848. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Maryland

Washington County, Maryland (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
WASHINGTON COUNTY, situated on the north boundary of Maryland, with Potomac river on the southwest.  Area, 440 square miles.  Face of the country broken and mountainous; soil, where alluvial, fertile.  Seat of justice, Hagerstown.  Pop. in 1810, 18,730; in 1820, 23,075; in 1830, 25,268; in 1840, 28,850; in 1850, 30,848.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 376.
Date Type
Battle of Antietam Battles/Soldiers
Confederate artillery shells Hancock, Maryland, firing across the Potomac from Morgan County, Virginia Battles/Soldiers
- Union forces pursue Lee's into Maryland and Stuart's covering Confederates clash with Union cavalry Battles/Soldiers
Birthplace of
Name Type
Boonsboro, MD City or Town
Hagerstown, MD City or Town
Hancock, MD City or Town
Kennedy Farm, Washington County, MD Location or Site
Sharpsburg, MD City or Town
Williamsport, MD City or Town
Date Title
Joseph C. Bustill to William Still, April 28, 1856
New York Times, “A Fugitive Slave Case in Washington,” June 25, 1859
New York Herald, “The Slave Population in the Vicinity of the Outbreak,” October 23, 1859
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