Maryland History and State Facts

Maryland is bounded by on the North by Pennsylvania, on the East by Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean, on the South by the District of Columbia, and  on the South and West by Virginia and West Virginia. 

In 1632, the Charter for Maryland was granted to George Calvert, the first Lord Baltimore.  Maryland was named in honor of Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I.   George Calvert died before the charter was completed, but his son, Cecilius Calvert, the Second Lord Baltimore developed the colony.
  

• First settled by the English in 1634 at St. Mary's who arrived on the Ark and the Dove.

• One of the original 13 colonies.

• Became the 7th state on April 28, 1788.

• Capital is Annapolis

• 1790 Population 319,728.

• 1890 Population 1,042,390.
    

Maryland Genealogy on GeneaSearch:

Maryland State Officials in 1899

Maryland Government Officers in 1903