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Joppa was Maryland's most important commercial center in colonial times, with tobacco being the primary commodity crop and export. Long before Baltimore was established, this was one of the busiest ports in the western hemisphere. For many years Joppa reigned the mistress of the Chesapeake bay. Within its borders were the county court-house ...
Joppa (/ ˈ dʒ ɒ p ə / JOP-ə) is a former colonial town and current planning region of Harford County, Maryland, United States.Joppa was founded as a British settlement on the Gunpowder River in 1707 and designated as the third county seat of Baltimore County in 1712.
Havre de Grace, a city incorporated in 1785 within Harford County, was once under consideration to be the capital of the United States rather than Washington, D.C. [3]: 250 It was favored for its strategic location at the top of the Chesapeake Bay; this location would facilitate trade while being secure in time of war. [4]
Map of the United States with Maryland highlighted. Maryland is a state located in the Southern United States. [1] As of the 2020 United States census, Maryland is the 18th-most populous state with 6,177,224 inhabitants and the ninth-smallest by land area, spanning 9,707.24 square miles (25,141.6 km 2) of land. [2]
Whitaker's Mill Historic District is a national historic district near Joppa, Harford County, Maryland, United States.It includes three early- to mid-19th-century buildings: the 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story rubble stone Whitaker's Mill built in 1851, the 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story rubble stone miller's house, and the log-and-frame Magness House, begun about 1800 as the miller's house for the first mill on the site.
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
Arlington (Major airport: Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Recognized as a "central city" by the U.S. Census Bureau) Suburbs with 10,000 to 100,000 inhabitants [ edit ]
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.