Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
1854 - Ann Arundel

Ann Arundel, a county in the central part of Maryland, on the West shore of Chesapeake bay, about 5 miles S. from Baltimore, has an area of 430 square miles. The Patapsco river forms its boundary on the N. and N. E.F the Patuxent on the S. W., and the eastern part is traversed by South and Severn rivers. The surface varies from undulating to hilly ; the soil is generally fertile. Wheat, Indian corn, oats, tobacco, hay, and butter are the staples. In 1850 it produced 925,448 bushels of corn, (more than any other county of the state excepting Prince George;) 360,923 of wheat; 147,263 of oats ; 4,523,340 pounds of tobacco, (more than any other county excepting Queen Anne,) and 170,600 pounds of butter. It contained in that year 2 cotton factories, 3 iron furnaces, and 2 paper mills. There were 82 churches and 3 newspaper establishments; 1283 pupils attending public schools, and 270 attending academies and other schools. The principal rocks are red sandstone, gneiss, and serpentine ; copper and iron are found. The county is intersected by the Baltimore and Anapolis Branch railroad. Ann Arundel is the third county in the state with respect to population, and is important as containing Annapolis, the capital of Maryland. Population, 32,398, of whom 21,144 were free, and 11,249 slaves.

A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.

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