Elkton, Maryland (Hayward)
Gazetteer/Almanac
Elkton, Md., c. h. Cecil co. Situated at the junction of the two main branches of Elk River, at the head of tide water. On the railroad, 44 miles from Philadelphia.
John Hayward, Gazetteer of the United States of America.... (Philadelphia: James L. Gihon, 1854), 363.