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Fairbank; post village in Talbot County.

Fairhaven; post village in Anne Arundel County.

Fairhill; post village in Cecil County.

Fairland; post village in Montgomery County.

Fairlee; creek, a small stream in Kent County flowing into Chesapeake Bay.

Fairlee; post village in Kent County.

Fairmont; post village in Somerset County.

Fair Sweep; village in Garrett County.

Fairview; point in Harford County, projecting into Bush River.

Fairview; post village in Washington County on the Western Maryland Railroad.

Fairview; village in Talbot County.

Falling; small branch of Deer Creek in Harford County.

Fallston; post village in Harford County on the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad.

Far; creek, a small tributary of Honga River in Dorchester County.

Farhole; creek, a small tributary of Tred Avon River in Talbot County.

Farm; creek, a small stream in Dorchester County flowing into Fishing Bay.

Farming-ton; landing on Piscataway Creek in Prince George County.

Farmington; post village in Cecil County.

Fassett; point in Dorchester County, projecting into Sinepuxent Bay.

Faulkner; post village in Charles County.

Fearer; post village in Garrett County.

Federal; hill in Allegany County. Height, 2,106 feet.

Federal Hill; village in Harford County.

Federalsburg; village in Caroline County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad. Population, 539.

Federal Spring; small branch of Western Branch in Prince George County.

Feik; run, a small branch of Bear Creek in Garrett County.

Fenwick; creek, a small tributary of Wicomico River in Charles County.

Ferry; landing on Patuxent River in Prince George County.

Ferry; neck, a strip of land between Tred Avon River and Broad Creek in Talbot County.

Ferry; point in Baltimore County, projecting into Patapsco River.

Ferry; point in Anne Arundel County, projecting into Curtis Bay.

Ferry; point of Anne Arundel County, projecting into South River.

Fifteenmile; creek, a tributary of Potomac River in Allegany County.

Finksburg; post village in Carroll County on the Western Maryland Railroad.

Finzel; post village in Garrett County.

First Mine; branch, a small tributary of Gunpowder Falls in Baltimore County.

Fishing; bay, an arm of Chesapeake Bay in Dorchester County.

Fishing; creek, a small stream flowing into Chesapeake Bay in Calvert County.

Fishing; creek, a small tributary of Honga River in Dorchester County.

Fishing; creek, a small tributary of Manokin River in Somerset County.

Fishing; island, a bit of elevated dry land in sea marshes of Somerset County.

Fishing; point in Somerset County, projecting into Manokin River.

Fishing; point in Anne Arundel County, projecting into Curtis Bay.

Fishing; point, the western extremity of Elliott Island in Dorchester County, projecting into Fishing Bay.

Fishing; point in St. Mary County, projecting into Patuxent River.

Fishing; point on Smith Island in Somerset County, projecting into Chesapeake Bay.

Fishing Creek; post village in Dorchester County.

Five Forks; village in Baltimore County.

Five Points; village in Wicomico County.

Flat; creek, a small branch of Middle Creek in Frederick County.

Flatcap; point in Somerset County, projecting into Big Annemessex River.

Flatland; cove, a small inlet near mouth of Big Annemessex River in Somerset County.

Flintstone; post village in Allegany County.

Flintville; post village in Harford County.

Flood; creek, a small branch of Potomac River in St. Mary County.

Florence; post village in Howard County.

Fog; point on Smith Island in Somerset County, projecting into Chesapeake Bay.

Fog Point; cove, a small inlet of Hedge Straits on Smith Island in Somerset County.

Folly; small branch of Western Branch in Prince George County.

Folly; run, a small tributary of North Branch of Potomac River in Garrett County.

Fooks; pond in Wicomico County drained by Tonytank Creek, a tributary of Wicomico River.

Fooks School; village in Wicomico County.

Ford; point in Harford County, projecting into Chesapeake Bay.

Fords; landing on Elk River in Cecil County.

Fords; wharf on Muddy Creek in Somerset County.

Ford Store; post village in Queen Anne County.

Foreman; landing on Wye River in Queen Anne County.

Forest Glen; post village in Montgomery County on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

Foresthill; post village in Harford County.

Forestville; village in Prince George County.

Fork; creek, a small tributary of Savage River in Garrett County.

Fork; post village in Baltimore County.

Fork of Owens; creek, a small tributary of Monocacy River in Frederick County.

Formans; branch, a small tributary of Chester River in Queen Anne County.

Fort; hill, in Allegany County. Height, 1,621 feet.

Fort; point in St. Mary County, projecting into St. Mary River.

Fort Foote; fort in Prince George County on Potomac River.

Fort Frederick; fort in Washington County.

Fort McHenry; fort on Potapsco River within chartered limits of Baltimore city.

Fort Pendleton; fort in Garrett County.

Fort Republic; village in Calvert County.

Fort Washington; post village in Prince George County on Potomac River.

Foster; branch, a small tributary of Bush River in Harford County.

Fountain Green; post village in Harford County.

Fourmile; mountain ridge separating Muddick Run and Savage River in Garrett County.

Fourth. Mine; branch, a small tributary of Gunpowder Falls in Baltimore County.

Fowblesburg; post village in Baltimore County on the Western Maryland Railroad.

Fowling; creek, a small tributary of Choptank River in Caroline County.

Fowling; Creek; post village in Caroline County.

Fox; run, a small branch of Cherry Run in Garrett County.

Foys; hill in Cecil County. Height, 300 feet.

Frankford; village in Wicomico County.

Franklin; branch, a small tributary of Pocomoke River in Worcester County.

Franklin; point in Anne Arundel County, projecting into Chesapeake Bay.

Franklin; village in Allegany County on the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad.

Franklin; village in Baltimore County.

Franklinville; post village in Baltimore County.

Frazier; post village in Calvert County.

Frederick; city, county seat of Frederick County on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Population, 9,296.

Frederick County, bounded on the north by Pennsylvania, on the east by Carroll County, southeast by Montgomery County, west by Blue Ridge Mountains, and south by Potomac River. The surface is undulating, partly mountainous; the Catoctin Mountains dividing the county into two broad valleys, that to the westward being drained by Catoctin River and its branches and the one eastward by Monocacy River, both rivers flowing into Potomac River. The area of the county is 662 square miles, nearly three-fourths of which, or 308,041 acres, being under cultivation in 1900. The population for the same year was! 51,920. The county seat and principal city is Frederick, a town of about 9,300 inhabitants. It also contains Brunswick, a town of about 2,500 inhabitants. The average magnetic declination in the county in 1900 was 5° 10' west. The annual rainfall commonly ranges between 45 and 50 inches and the mean annual temperature between 50° and 55°.

Frederick Junction; station in Frederick County on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

Fredericktown; village in Cecil County.

Freedom; village in Carroll County.

Freeland; post village in Baltimore County on the Northern Central Railway.

Freeman; creek, a small tributary of Sassafras River in Kent County.

Freetown; village in Somerset County.

Frenchtown; village in Cecil County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad.

Friendly; post village in Prince George County.

Friendship; post village in Anne Arundel County.

Friendship; suburb of Baltimore City within its chartered limits.

Friendship; village in St. Mary County.

Friendship; station in Worcester County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad.

Friendsville; post village in Garrett County on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

Frog; hollow in Collier Mountain in Allegany County.

Frog; point in Dorchester County, projecting into Nanticoke River.

Frogeye; village in Somerset County.

Frogtown; village in Harford County.

Front Wye; river on boundary between Queen Anne and Talbot counties, a tributary of Wye River. Frost; village in Anne Arundel County.

Frostburg; town in Allegany County on the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad. Population, 5,274.

Frosts; village in Allegany County on the West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railroad.

Frozen Camp; run, a small branch of Cherry Run in Garrett County.

Fruitland; post village in Wicomico County on the New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad.

Fryers; wharf on Sassafras River in Kent County.

Fryingpan; cove, a small inlet of Chester River in Kent County.

Fulford; post village in Harford County.

Fullerton, post village in Baltimore County.

Fulton; post village in Howard County.

Funkstown; town in Washington County. Population, 559.

Furnace; creek, a small tributary of Chesapeake Bay.

Furnace; creek, a small branch of Curtis Creek in Anne Arundel County.

Furnace; creek, a small tributary of Potomac River in Frederick County.

Furnace; village in Harford County.

Furnace; village in Worcester County.

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Source: Gazetteer of Maryland, by Henry Gannett, Washington, Government Printing Office, 1904.