Harford County is a county located in the northeastern region of the U.S. state of Maryland. As of 2004, the population is 233,340. Its county seat is Bel Air. This county is part of the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area.
History
Harford County was formed in 1773 by the splitting of Baltimore County. It contains Tudor Hall, birthplace of John Wilkes Booth who assassinated Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Harford County also hosted the signers of the Bush Declaration, a precursor document to the American Revolution.
The county was named for Henry Harford (ca. 1759-1834), illegitimate son of Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore. Harford was the last Proprietary Governor of Maryland, but did not inherit his father's title because of his illegitimacy.
Havre de Grace, an incorporated city in Harford County, was once under consideration to be the capital of the United States rather than Washington, D.C.. It was favored for its location at the top of the Chesapeake Bay. This location would facilitate trade while being secure in time of war. Today, the waterways around Havre de Grace have been silted, one of the primary environmental issues of Harford County.
Cities and towns
This county contains the following incorporated municipalities:
* two cities:
1. Aberdeen (incorporated 1892)
2. Havre de Grace (incorporated 1785)
* one town:
1. Bel Air (incorporated 1872)
Unincorporated areas are also considered as towns by many people and listed in many collections of towns, but they lack local government. Various organizations, such as the United States Census Bureau, the United States Postal Service, and local chambers of commerce, define the communities they wish to recognize differently, and since they are not incorporated, their boundaries have no official status outside the organizations in question. The Census Bureau recognizes the following census-designated places in the county:
* Aberdeen Proving Ground
* Bel Air North
* Bel Air South
* Edgewood
* Fallston
* Jarrettsville
* Joppatowne
* Perryman
* Pleasant Hills
* Riverside
Other unincorporated areas include:
1. Abingdon
2. Cardiff
3. Gunpowder
4. Belcamp
5. Castleton
6. Churchville
7. Darlington
8. Dublin
9. Forest Hill
10. Joppa
11. Norrisville
12. Pylesville
13. Street
14. Whiteford
15. White Hill
Click here to link to Harford County government.
"The true rule, in determining to embrace or reject anything, is not whether it have any evil in it, but whether it have more of evil than of good. There are few things wholly evil or wholly good. Almost everything, especially of government policy, is an inseparable compound of the two, so that our best judgment of the preponderance between them is continually demanded." - Abraham Lincoln
Sunday, 15 July 2007
Harford County, Maryland, USA
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