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98 unusual facts about Maryland


Anne Arundel Medical Center

In addition to a 57-acre Annapolis campus, AAMC has outpatient pavilions in Bowie, Kent Island, Odenton and Waugh Chapel.

Arundel Mills

Arundel Mills is a mall located in Hanover, Maryland (south of Baltimore, near BWI Airport) and is owned by Simon Property Group.

Avondale, Maryland

In the 1930s, development spread west from Hyattsville, Mount Rainier, and Brentwood, and subdivisions such as Queens Chapel Manor, Castle Manor, Avondale, and Green Meadows appeared.

Baltimore Highlands

Baltimore Highlands, Maryland, a census-designated place in southern Baltimore County

Baltimore municipal strike of 1974

The city itself, losing many tax-paying residents to the suburbs, was already suffering from budget shortfalls and beginning to shift toward privatization of services.

Benjamin Chew

Chew wed Mary Galloway (1729–1755), his mother's niece, on June 13, 1747, at West River, Maryland.

Berwyn Heights, Maryland

Berwyn Heights is served by Berwyn Heights Elementary, Greenbelt Middle School (Greenbelt), and Parkdale High School (Riverdale Park).

Boyds Bears

They began making and selling stuffed bears, and the bears became known as "Boyds Bears" for the town of Boyds, Maryland, where they lived and operated their business.

BreakAway Games

BreakAway Games is a video game developer based in Hunt Valley, Maryland, United States, established in 1998.

Brice Goldsborough

Frederick Post; Frederick, Maryland; December 28, 1927; "Hope Dwindling in Plane Search"

Broad Creek, Prince George's County, Maryland

The area was settled by Europeans in the 1660s and the town was created in 1706 when the colonial Maryland Legislature authorized surveying and laying out the towns of Queen Anne Town, Nottingham, Mill Town, Piscataway, Aire (also known as Broad Creek) and Upper Marlboro (then known as Marlborough Town).

Brook furniture rental

In 2006, Brook Furniture Rental added a new distribution center and showroom in Lanham, Maryland.

Burkittsville Historic District

The Burkittsville Historic District comprises the small town of Burkittsville, Maryland.

Camden Yards Sports Complex

The Camden Yards Sports Complex is located in Baltimore, Maryland.

Chesapeake Ranch Estates-Drum Point, Maryland

For the 2010 census the area was split into the CDPs of Chesapeake Ranch Estates and Drum Point.

Children's Theatre in the Woods

In 1989, Theatre in the Woods inspired a similar production at Black Hill Regional Park in nearby Boyds, Maryland.

Claude Allen

Allen was apprehended by Germantown Target store loss prevention manager Pete Schomburg on January 2, 2006.

College Park, Maryland

The following is a list of historic sites in College Park identified by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission.

Communication Moon Relay

The finished system used two sets of transmitters at Annapolis, Maryland and the Opana Radar Site in Hawaii and two sets of receivers at Cheltenham, Maryland and Wahiawa, Hawaii.

Conococheague

Wilson-Conococheague, Maryland, a combination of the communities of Wilson and Conococheague

Creagerstown Park

Creagerstown Park is a park located outside of Creagerstown, Maryland.

CSX Transportation

Another style of unit train is a local trash train, D765, runs between Derwood and Dickerson, both in Maryland.

Cynthia Voigt

After divorcing in 1972, she taught high school English in Glen Burnie, Maryland.

David Taylor Model Basin

The new navy modeling facility — named for David Taylor — was built in 1939 in today's community of Carderock just west of Bethesda, Maryland in Montgomery County.

Dixon S. Miles

Miles died the next day and is buried in St. James Episcopal Church Cemetery in Monkton, Maryland.

Dowell, Maryland

While many people consider Dowell to be a part of Solomons, Maryland, it maintains its own separate zip code, 20629.

Dowell is a small, rural unincorporated community in Calvert County, Maryland located immediately north of Solomons, Maryland.

Drummond, Maryland

Drummond, Maryland is a village and special taxing district in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Edward Phelps

Edward Phelps (1861-1931), businessman, mayor, politician; former mayor of Laurel, Maryland from 1895–1902

Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Maryland and Washington, D.C.

The flooding destroyed or damaged over 100 homes, vehicles, and boats, and also destroyed the Romancoke pier, one of the pre-Bay Bridge ferry landings which was still in use as a fishing pier at the time.

Floods in the United States: 2001–present

Flood damage was sustained in a swath from southern New York to the mouth, located at Havre de Grace in northern Maryland.

Fort Ellsworth

Over the seven weeks that followed the occupation of northern Virginia, forts were constructed along the banks of the Potomac River and at the approaches to each of the three major bridges (Chain Bridge, Long Bridge, and Aqueduct Bridge) connecting Virginia to Washington and Georgetown.

Fred Brocklander

Brocklander died in Severn, Maryland, on August 13, 2009, at age 69 following a stroke.

Front Runner

The sailboat was produced in three different places: Gloucester, Virginia, Irvington, Virginia, and Hollywood, Maryland.

Garrison Forest School

Garrison Forest School (GFS) is a college preparatory school, in Owings Mills, Maryland, near Baltimore, with a nationally distinctive educational model.

Garry Shider

On June 16, 2010, Shider died from complications of his cancer at his home in Greater Upper Marlboro, Maryland.

Gary S. Lachman

While in DC, Lachman developed Lake Arbor, Maryland, one of the first large-scale master planned communities in the Washington, D.C. suburbs.

Geography of Washington, D.C.

Washington is surrounded by the states of Virginia (on its southwest side) and Maryland (on its southeast, northeast, and northwest sides); it interrupts those states' common border, which is the south shore of the Potomac River both upstream and downstream from the District.

George E. M. Kelly

The flying section, now led by Capt. Beck and including the repaired S.C. No. 2, was shipped to College Park, Maryland in June–July 1911 where the Army opened its own Flying School in June.

Gerri Whittington

After Whittington signed the blackboard as "Jerri Whittington," she told host John Daly that she was from West River, Maryland.

Gio Batta Gori

Gio Batta Gori is an epidemiologist and fellow with the Health Policy Center in Bethesda, Maryland where he specializes in risk assessment and scientific research.

Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge

It passes over Town Creek first, then crosses over the unincorporated community of Spencers Wharf on a viaduct.

Green Spring, West Virginia

Green Spring is the site of a one-lane low water toll bridge that connects Green Spring Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 1) to Maryland Route 51 in Oldtown, Allegany County, Maryland.

Greenbranch Publishing

Greenbranch Publishing is a privately held firm founded in 1998 and headquartered in Phoenix, Maryland.

Greg Fahy

He was also Head of the Tissue Cryopreservation Section of the Transfusion and Cryopreservation Research Program of the U.S. Naval Medical Research Institute in Bethesda, Maryland where he spearheaded the original concept of ice blocking agents.

Greg Justice

Justice grew up in Ferndale, Maryland and attended Andover High School in nearby Linthicum.

Harry Crandall

At the height of his career, Crandall owned eighteen theaters in Washington D.C., Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Harry L. Norris

Mr. Norris lived with his wife and 3 children for many years on Leeds Avenue in Arbutus, Maryland, a short walk from the railroad tracks.

Henry Darwin Rogers

After attending William and Mary, Henry worked at a school in Windsor, Maryland which he administered with his brother William Barton Rogers.

Henry Wells Tracy

He studied law, engaged in mercantile pursuits and as a road contractor in Standing Stone, Pennsylvania, Havre de Grace, Maryland, and Towanda, Pennsylvania.

History of violence against LGBT people in the United States

May 29, 2008 – Eighteen-year-old Steven Parrish, a member of the 92 Family Swans subgroup of the Bloods, was murdered by Steven T. Hollis III and Juan L. Flythe on orders from gang leader Timothy Rawlings Jr., in Baltimore County, Maryland after they found "gay messages" on his cell phone.

Horatio Luro

Taylor hired Luro to run his Windfields Farm, a large breeding and racing operation with two farms in Ontario and another in Chesapeake City, Maryland.

Hugg-Thomas Wildlife Management Area

Hugg-Thomas Wildlife Management Area is a Wildlife Management Area in Howard County, Maryland, south of the town of Sykesville.

Indian Will

Indian Will was a well-known Native American who lived in a former settlement of the Shawnee Indians at the site of prevent day Cumberland, Maryland in the 18th century.

James J. Archer

Archer was born at Stafford, near Havre de Grace, Maryland, to John and Ann Stump Archer, a wealthy military family.

Joe Maese

Following his professional football career, Joe was employed as a firefighter in Howard County, Maryland Howard County, Maryland.

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

It is located along Eastern Avenue near Bayview Boulevard, east of the outer city neighborhoods of Highlandtown and Greektown and west of the Baltimore County large suburban area of Essex and Middle River and northwest of the large suburban area of Dundalk.

Jose Bibiano

Bibiano grew up in Riverdale, Maryland and attended Parkdale High School, playing on their varsity soccer team for several seasons.

Joseph Seiss

Seiss was born in Graceham, Frederick County, Maryland, to an agricultural family; his interest in religious studies reportedly began in childhood.

Kept and Dreamless

Shown at AFI's Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland on September 24, 2005, this post-modern film explores mother-daughter relationships and the struggles of a 10-year old child to raise her cocaine-addicted mother.

Kevin Plank

His mother, Jayne (née Harper), is a former mayor of Kensington, Maryland who went on to direct the Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs at the United States Department of State under President Ronald Reagan.

Knott Arena

Knott Arena is a multi-purpose sports arena at Mount Saint Mary's University, in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

Landover, Maryland

Located at the Capital Beltway and Landover Road, the mall neighbored the towns of Palmer Park, Ardmore, Glenarden, and Largo.

Maryland World War I Service Medal

The Maryland World War I Service Medal was authorized for issue to citizens of the state of Maryland who volunteered for and served in either the Army or Navy of the U.S. during World War I.

Mason-Dixon Trail

The trail then follows the west bank of the Susquehanna south, first to Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, and then to Havre de Grace, Maryland.

Metro Maryland Youth For Christ

Metro Maryland Youth For Christ is a religious organization for young people in Maryland, United States.

Metropolitan Branch Trail

In the same year, a half mile of trail was built in Takoma Park, Maryland from the District line to Montgomery College.

Montgomery College

Montgomery College (M.C.) is a public, open access community college located in Montgomery County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C..

Mountain Lake Park Historic District

Mountain Lake Park Historic District is a national historic district in Mountain Lake Park, Garrett County, Maryland.

Mountain Subdivision

The Mountain Subdivision's summit is at Altamont, Maryland, at the west end of the Seventeen Mile Grade; the grade's east end is at Piedmont, West Virginia.

Neal Olkewicz

Since retirement, he has owned a vending business in Rockville, Maryland called Olkewicz Vending serving the Washington metropolitan area.

Northeast Branch Anacostia River

Portions of the Paint Branch and Little Paint Branch tributaries also drain the Cloverly, Colesville, Fairland, White Oak and Hillandale communities in Montgomery County.

Parr's Ridge

Communities along Parr's Ridge include, from south to north, Damascus, Mount Airy (where Interstate 70 crosses the ridge), Westminster, Cranberry, Manchester, and Lineboro.

Peppermill Village, Maryland

Because it is not formally incorporated, it has no official boundaries, but the United States Census Bureau has defined a census-designated place (CDP) consisting of Peppermill Village and the adjacent community of Carmody Hills, for statistical purposes.

Philip Richard Fendall I

Born on November 24, 1734 in Charles County, Maryland, Philip Richard Fendall had a profound influence on the socioeconomic and political structure of Alexandria, Virginia society.

Priconodon

Its remains have been found in the Aptian-Albian age Lower Cretaceous Arundel Formation of Muirkirk, Prince George's County, Maryland.

Rachel Carson Greenway

The Rachel Carson Conservation Park is a 650-acres park located near Laytonsville, in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Railroad electrification in the United States

The PPL-owned Safe Harbor Dam, located near the Exelon-owned Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant between Conowingo, Maryland and York, Pennsylvania, supplies the power for all post-1925 electrical expansion projects, while Exelon supplies the pre-1925 electrification areas through the existing Philadelphia, Ardmore, and Chester substations.

Ralph Borsodi

Mildred Loomis, his most devoted student, continued the work of the School of Living into the 1970s when it was headquartered at Heathcote Community in Freeland, Maryland.

Raquel C. Bono

In September 1999, she was assigned as the director of Restorative Care at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, followed by assignment to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery from September 2001 to December 2002 as the medical corps career planning officer for the Chief of the Medical Corps.

Roger Leonard

Roger Leonard (born July 21, 1953) was a professional boxer from Palmer Park, Maryland.

Russell P. Hartle

In 1950, Hartle made an unsuccessful run as a Democrat to become Congressman for the 6th Congressional District of Maryland.

SeaPerch

Currently, 112 schools in seven states are participating across the United States in Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Connecticut.

Siggie Nordstrom

She returned to the city and held several large parties, but her mobility limited her increasingly and in 1980 she moved in with "adopted" nephew, David McJonathan-Swarm and his family, in Jefferson, Maryland.

Sonny Dallas

Survived by two daughters, Deborah Marko of North Braddock, Pennsylvania, and Elizabeth Dallas of New York; a son, Robert Dallas of Frederick, Maryland.

Stephen A. Lesser

Lesser was born in Bethesda, Maryland, the son of Virginia Hirst Lesser, a painter and teacher of art and piano, and Dr. Alexander Lesser, a Hofstra University professor of Anthropology.

Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra

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

Suzanne Malveaux

Her family lived in New Orleans and later Howard County, Maryland, and she attended Centennial High School in Ellicott City, Maryland.

The Members Club at Four Streams

The Members Club at Four Streams is a private golf club located in Beallsville, Maryland.

Tommy Carcetti

Carcetti is idealistic and ambitious, and has the backing of the local Democrats in Maryland's 1st congressional district as well as Baltimore Police major Stan Valchek.

Touch of Grey

First performed as an encore on September 15, 1982 at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland, it was finally released on In the Dark in 1987.

Upper Marlboro

Greater Upper Marlboro, Maryland, a mailing address and former census-designated place surrounding the incorporated town

Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Trail

Here, the 33kV line enters the substation and is replaced by a much larger BG&E transmission line; the line runs parallel to the trail all the way to Bowie.

West Manheim Township, York County, Pennsylvania

The township occupies the southwestern corner of York County, with Adams County to the west and Carroll County, Maryland, to the south.

WGU-20

Operating 24 hours a day on a longwave frequency of 179 kHz from Chase, Maryland, WGU-20's programming consisted of pre-recorded announcements and time checks.

Wild Bill Hagy

Hagy grew up in Sparrows Point, Maryland and drove an ambulance, an ice cream truck, and eventually a cab until he retired in 2004.

William H. Clagett

Born in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, Clagett moved to Keokuk, Iowa with his father in 1850 where he attended the public schools as a child.

Worcester County District Courthouses

The District Court of Maryland for Worcester County Ocean City Courthouse is located at 6505 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, Maryland, just two blocks from the beach.


1976 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

Maryland scoring – Frank Urso 2, John Lamon 2, Ed Mullen 2, Barry Mitchell, Lance Kohler, Bert Caswell, Bert Olsen, Jim Burnett, Greg Rumpf, Terry Kimball

Adrienne A. Jones

Adrienne A. Jones (born November 20, 1954) is the current Speaker Pro Tem of the Maryland House of Delegates, the first African-American female to serve in that position in Maryland.

Aeras

Aeras has approximately 160 employees, with offices in Rockville, Maryland; Cape Town, South Africa; and Beijing, China.

Baltimore Convention Center

Irene E. Van Sant, then-manager of the Convention Center Hotel Project for the Baltimore Development Corporation, Baltimore's former Mayor Sheila Dixon, and Governor of Maryland Martin O'Malley—feel that a hotel adjacent to the Convention Center will make it a more appealing site for conventions.

Benning Bridge

In 1791, the state of Maryland (in which then controlled the area which would later become the District of Columbia) issued a charter to Benjamin Stoddert, Thomas Law, and John Templeman to build a bridge across the Anacostia River.

Bernard Baker

Bernard N. Baker (1854–1918), shipping magnate from Baltimore, Maryland

Betty Gillies

One of the outstanding ferry missions accomplished by the original Squadron at Wilmington came in April 1943, when four PT-26s were delivered from Hagerstown, Maryland, to DeWinton, Alberta, Canada, a distance of more than 2,500 miles.

CMTA

Central Maryland Transportation Alliance, a coalition of Baltimore area business, civic and nonprofit leaders intent on improving travel efficiency within Central Maryland.

Crab cake

Maryland Crab Cakes are the national food of The Preakness Stakes, the second jewel of the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, a horse race that is run on the third Saturday of May each year.

Cumberland Subdivision

At its east end, the Cumberland Subdivision becomes the Metropolitan Subdivision; at its west end (at Mexico, Maryland) it becomes the Cumberland Terminal Subdivision.

David Burton

David Burton (lawyer), professor at University of Maryland and partner of The Argus Group, see Americans For Fair Taxation

Donald C. Backer

Backer then took post-doctoral positions first at NRAO in Charlottesville, Virginia (1971–1973), and then at NASA/GSFC in Greenbelt, Maryland (1973–1975).

Eugene J. Martin

As a child, Eugene ran away on several occasions, was placed in reform school at six years of age, and eventually spent the remainder of his childhood on a farm in Clarksburg, Maryland where his foster parents were Franie and Madessa Snowdon.

Flag of Maryland

Starting with the 2009 season, the Baltimore Orioles baseball club has added a patch to the left arm of their uniforms that features a round version of the Maryland flag.

Flag of the United States Navy

The flag was officially authorized by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on April 24, 1959 and was formally introduced to the public on April 30, 1959 at a ceremony at Naval Support Facility Carderock in Maryland .

Frederick William Lord

He was a professor of mathematics in Washington College (in Chestertown, Maryland) for two years and was in charge of an academy at Baltimore for three years.

Harding Nana

Nana signed with Virginia Tech out of Notre Dame Prep in Kensington, Maryland.

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park is a Maryland state park dedicated to the life and work of abolitionist and Underground Railroad activist Harriet Tubman.

Isaac McKim

McKim was elected as a Democrat to the Seventeenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Samuel Smith.

James Baker House

James B. Baker House, Aberdeen, Maryland, listed on the NRHP in Maryland

James Hubbard

James W. Hubbard (born 1948), American politician in the Maryland House of Delegates

Kirsty McCabe

McCabe studied Geophysics at the University of Edinburgh, graduating with a first class honours degree before going on to spend three months as an intern at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, where she used satellite magnetic data to interpret the underlying crustal structure of parts of Australasia.

Laurel Airport

Suburban Airport, an airport serving Laurel, Maryland, United States (FAA: W18)

Little Egg Harbor Township School District

On November 4, 2004, at around 9pm, an F-16 Fighting Falcon jet from the 113th Wing of the District of Columbia Air National Guard, based at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on a training mission at the Fort Dix United States Army installation in Warren Grove was climbing upward at 8,000 feet.

MDTA

The Maryland Transportation Authority, the agency that operates toll facilities in Maryland

Mennen

At Harpers Ferry National Historical Park is a giant advertisement painted on the rock face of Maryland Heights.

Mikulski

Barbara Mikulski, a Democratic senator representing the State of Maryland, United States

Nancy Jacobs

During the 2007 session of the Maryland General Assembly, Senator Jacobs sponsored Maryland's version of Jessica's Law.

National Capital Parks-East

National Capital Parks-East (NCPE) is an administrative grouping of a number of National Park Service sites generally east of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., but also nearby in Maryland.

Patricia Hughes

:For the former First Lady of Maryland, see Patricia Donoho Hughes

Retrocession

District of Columbia retrocession, the retrocession to Virginia and, potentially, to Maryland of the land ceded to create the District of Columbia

Salisbury Police

Salisbury Police Department, a nationally accredited full-service agency serving Salisbury, Maryland.

Semmes

Benedict Joseph Semmes (1789–1863), American politician and Maryland State Senator

St. John's Cemetery

St. John's Cemetery, Frederick, Maryland, a Roman Catholic cemetery located in Frederick, Maryland

Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act

The Act was introduced in the House of Representatives on June 17, 2009, by Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Maryland) and has been cosponsored by 169 of the 257 House Democrats.

Stream Energy

Stream Energy is an American retail electricity and natural gas firm active in the Texas, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Georgia and New York deregulated energy markets and headquartered within the Infomart building in Dallas.

Tawanna P. Gaines

Gaines has been a member of House of Delegates since December 21, 2001 when she was appointed by Governor Parris Glendening to fill the vacancy of Richard Palumbo who himself been appointed judge to the District Court of Maryland for Prince Georges County.

The Band That Wouldn't Die

The band played on the steps of the Maryland State House while the legislature was in session one evening, causing a crowd to gather, including then-Governor William Donald Schaefer, who had been pushing hard for a team and a football stadium.

Titles of Nobility Amendment

There is speculation that the Congress proposed the amendment in response to the 1803 marriage of Napoleon Bonaparte's younger brother, Jerome, and Betsy Patterson of Baltimore, Maryland, who gave birth to a boy for whom she wanted aristocratic recognition from France.

USAMU

United States Army Medical Unit (1956-69), a now defunct medical research unit for biodefense at Fort Detrick, Maryland.

Volker Ignaz Schmidt

Since 1995 he has studied composition privately with Franklin Cox (University of Maryland, USA), Bernd Asmus (Freiburg, Germany), Jan Kopp (Stuttgart, Germany) and John Palmer (composer) (University of Hertfordshire, England).

WJW

Washington Jewish Week, a weekly newspaper headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, United States

WTOP

WBQH 1050, a radio station licensed to Silver Spring, Maryland, United States that held the call sign WTOP during 2010