Headnote
PRINCE GOERGE'S COUNTY, situated on the southwesterly boundary of Maryland, with Potomac river on the southwest, and the Patuxent on the east.  Area, 575 square miles.  Face of the country, uneven; soil of middling quality.  Seat of justice, Upper Mariborough.  Pop. 1810, 20,569; in 1820, 20,216; in 1830, 20,473; in 1840, 19539; in 1850, 21,550. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Maryland

Prince George's County, Maryland (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
PRINCE GOERGE'S COUNTY, situated on the southwesterly boundary of Maryland, with Potomac river on the southwest, and the Patuxent on the east.  Area, 575 square miles.  Face of the country, uneven; soil of middling quality.  Seat of justice, Upper Mariborough.  Pop. 1810, 20,569; in 1820, 20,216; in 1830, 20,473; in 1840, 19539; in 1850, 21,550.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 301.
Date Type
Maryland slaveholders meet President Lincoln to complain about non-enforcement of Fugitive Slave Act Lawmaking/Litigating
Birthplace of
Name Type
Bladensburgh, MD City or Town
Forestville, MD City or Town
Mitchellville, MD City or Town
Riversdale Park, MD Location or Site
Surrattsville, MD City or Town
Date Title
New York Herald, "A Nest of Runaway Slaves Captured by Pennsylvanians," August 11, 1850
New York Times, “The Slave Troubles,” December 30, 1856
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