Dundalk, Maryland

USA / Maryland / Dundalk /
 unincorporated area / community, draw only border, CDP - Census Designated Place
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www.greaterdundalkalliance.org/

Founded 1894. Approximately 200 yards northwest of the southwest corner of Dundalk Ave and Dunhill Rd, an iron foundry, owned by William McShane, was built in 1894. When asked to give a name to the railroad depot serving his new foundry, he chose “Dundalk” in honor of the birthplace of his father, Henry McShane, born in Dundalk, Ireland. The two seaport communities of Dundalk, one in Ireland and one in Maryland, have many other similarities.

www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=2126
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dundalk,_Maryland
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Coordinates:   39°15'37"N   76°29'14"W

Comments

  • Made a change to reflect that the tag is area wide and not on top of where the marker is, which is not in the center of town. Also the foundry that is referred to is the McShane Bell Foundry, http://www.mcshanebell.com/, one of the few and one of the oldest bell foundries in the United States, though it is no longer located in Dundalk, they are now housed in Glen Burnie.
  • My town!
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