Place details
Place nameMaryland
Other namesMD
CountryUnited States
Latitude49
Longitude-76.833
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Occupied by roving hunters by ca. 8000 BC, later was home to agrarian cultures; Algonquian-speakers, at war with Iroquois to N, lived here when Europeans settled in 17th cen.; fought in Revolution; state had split loyalties in Civil War.