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4 unusual facts about Harford County


APG Federal Credit Union Arena

APG Federal Credit Union Arena, originally known as the Susquehanna Center, is an indoor arena at Harford Community College in Bel Air, Maryland.

Edward Young Higbee

On July 9, 1829 he was ordained a deacon, and at once took charge of the parishes of St. John and St. George in Harford County, Maryland, his ministry being based in Havre de Grace.

Maryland Conservatory of Music

It is currently located in Bel Air, Maryland on the campus of John Carroll High School (though it is not affiliated), and it is a nonprofit organization with the mission of offering quality music training to both children and adults.

Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra

The Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra is based in Harford County, Maryland.


Charles Hopper Gibson

Gibson was born near Centreville, Maryland, and attended the Centreville Academy and the Archer School in Harford County.

David R. Craig

Later on, he was elected Mayor of Havre de Grace in 1985, 1987, 2001 and 2005.He resigned upon swearing in as the Harford County Executive.

Gunpowder River

The headquarters of the Gunpowder Falls State Park is located in Harford County along the bank of the Little Gunpowder Falls, in the historic Jerusalem Mill Village.

Harry Gilmor

After the Battle of Monocacy on July 9, 1864, Colonel Gilmor's command, along with Brig. Gen. Bradley T. Johnson's infantry, made a series of raids around Baltimore going as far east as Magnolia Station in Harford County, Maryland and Fork, Maryland.

William Colgate

Robert Colgate (1758–1826) was an 18th-century English farmer, politician and sympathiser with the American War of Independence and French Revolution, whose republican ideals impelled him to leave their farm in Shoreham, Kent in March 1798 and emigrate to Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States of America, after which the family settled on a farm in Harford County, Maryland.

William Paca

William Paca was born in Abingdon, in what was then Baltimore County (Abingdon was later included in Harford County when that county was formed from Baltimore County in 1773), in the British colony of Maryland.


see also

Maryland Route 136

The junction is near the site of the signing of the Bush Declaration, a 1775 resolution of Harford County citizens that supported the activities leading up to American Revolution.

William S. James

He quickly rose to prominence in the legal community, and served as a trial magistrate in Havre de Grace from 1944 to 1946, a position he left when he won election to the Maryland House of Delegates representing Harford County.