Headnote

CALVERT COUNTY, situated in the south part of Maryland, between Patuxent river and Chesapeake bay. Area, 264 square miles. Seat of justice, Prince Frederick. Pop. in 1840, 9,229; in 1850, 9,646. (Fanning's, 1853)

Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Maryland

Calvert County, Maryland (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
CALVERT COUNTY, situated in the south part of Maryland, between Patuxent river and Chesapeake bay. Area, 264 square miles. Seat of justice, Prince Frederick. Pop. in 1840, 9,229; in 1850, 9,646.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 64.
Date Type
Roger Brooke Taney is born in Calvert County, Maryland Personal
Birthplace of
Name Type
Sunderland, MD City or Town
Date Title
New York Herald, "A Nest of Runaway Slaves Captured by Pennsylvanians," August 11, 1850
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