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Welcome
to Maryland American History
and Genealogy Project
we are in the process of
building new State and County pages for the states where
the coordinator has moved on to other projects. Anne
Arundel County is looking for a new Coordinator would you
be interested? If so please contact
Webmaster.
Many of the present coordinators are always willing to give help and
suggestions to newcomers, you can learn, I did and that was after 60!!
Read our
About Page and see what our requirements are,
pretty easy!
Court House at
Annapolis
Anne Arundel County was erected in 1650 and has an area
of 400 square miles. It was named after the Lady Anne
Arundel, whom Cecilius Calvert married. It fronts
eastward on the Chesapeake, and within its territory
five rivers are contained, the Severn, most beautiful
sheet of water of its size in the United States; Magothy,
South, Rhode, and West. On the north and northeast is
the Patapsco, and Howard County lies northwest of Anne
Arundel. The Patuxent separates it from Prince George's
on the west, and Calvert is on the south. Annapolis, the
State capital, is also the county seat. In 1694 it
supplanted St. Mary's City as the seat of government in
the colony, and grew to be the "Paris of America," the
abode of wealth, elegance and fashion. In the Senate
chamber of the historic old State House Washington
resigned his commission as Commander-in-Chief, to the
Continental Congress, at the close of the Revolution; on
State House Hill, where Revolutionary troops encamped,
is a historic statue of Baron de Kalb, commander of the
Maryland Line on the gory field of Camden.
Near the State House is the Executive Mansion, and in
the vicinity are numerous specimens of eighteenth
century architecture. The city and county are rich in
historical associations. Eden, the last of the colonial
governors, died in Annapolis, and his grave is on the
Severn. Tombs of the early settlers, bearing still
familiar names, and other traces of the past preserve
county history. The Maryland Gazette, first printed in
1745, is one of the Annapolis newspapers. The United
States Naval Academy is a government reservation
adjoining the city.
The population of Annapolis is 8,525. It was named after
Queen Anne. Agriculture and horticulture are leading
industries of the county, and its manufacturing
interests are numerous, and some of them of great
importance. South Baltimore, in the northern part of the
county, is a manufacturing center, with car works and
other large plants; Brooklyn has various industries;
Annapolis, a port of entry, is a leading center of the
oyster industry. Tobacco, wheat, corn, vegetables and
fruits are grown, and woodland areas have heavy growths
of oak, pine and other trees.
The railroads are the Baltimore and Potomac; Baltimore
and Ohio; Annapolis, Baltimore and Washington; and
Baltimore and Annapolis Short Line. St. John's College,
the alma mater of many distinguished Marylanders, is at
Annapolis.
Anne Arundel institutions have been notable in the
educational annals of Maryland.
Online Here or Other Sites
Maryland
AHGP
Source: History of Maryland, by
L. Magruder Passano, Wm. J.C. Dulany Company, 1901.
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