Cecil County, MD

Headnote

CECIL COUNTY, situated at the northeast corner of Maryland, with Susquehanna river and Chesapeake bay on the west and southwest. Area, 264 square miles. Face of the country generally level; soil varied, with much good land along the streams. Seat of justice, Elkton. Pop. in 1820, 16,048; in 1830, 15,492; in 1840, 17,232; in 1850, 18,939. (Fanning's, 1853)

Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Maryland

Cecil County, Maryland (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
CECIL COUNTY, situated at the northeast corner of Maryland, with Susquehanna river and Chesapeake bay on the west and southwest. Area, 264 square miles. Face of the country generally level; soil varied, with much good land along the streams. Seat of justice, Elkton. Pop. in 1820, 16,048; in 1830, 15,492; in 1840, 17,232; in 1850, 18,939.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 70.
Date Type
David Davis is born in Cecil County, Maryland Personal
Residents in 1860
Birthplace of
Burial Place of
Name Type
Elkton, MD County
North East, MD City or Town
Perryville, MD City or Town
Port Deposit, MD City or Town
Date Title
Thomas W. Smith to Robert Emory, July 16, 1847
New York Herald, "The Fugitive Slave," December 30, 1847
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