Queen Anne's County, Maryland (Centreville, Maryland)
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In 1631 William Claiborne established the first settlement in Maryland. A fort and trading post on Kent Island, the westernmost part of Queen Anne's County. On April 18, 1706, during the reign of Queen Anne, the County received its name from the Colonial House of Delegates to which it sent its first delegate on September 12, 1708.
The county seat, first located in Queenstown, was moved to Centreville circa 1784.
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The county seat, first located in Queenstown, was moved to Centreville circa 1784.
www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=3104
www.qac.org/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Anne's_County,_Maryland
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 39°2'55"N 76°3'49"W
- Dorchester County, Maryland 50 km
- Accomack County, Virginia 114 km
- Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 152 km
- Dare County, North Carolina 314 km
- Centre County, Pennsylvania 315 km
- Suffolk County, New York 331 km
- Hyde County, North Carolina 376 km
- Craven County, North Carolina 423 km
- Carteret County, North Carolina 438 km
- Columbus County, North Carolina 574 km
- Hunters Oak Golf Club 12 km
- Tuckahoe State Park 14 km
- Eastern Neck Island National Wildlife Refuge 14 km
- Grasonville, Maryland 15 km
- Kent Narrows, Maryland 17 km
- Chester, Maryland 20 km
- Wye Island 20 km
- Cordova, Maryland 21 km
- Allen-Harim Foods Cordova 21 km
- Kent Island 25 km