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  Calvert County, Maryland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Calvert County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland.
Calvert County is governed by county commissioners, the traditional form of county government in Maryland.
In the county the population is spread out with 29.60% under the age of 18, 6.40% from 18 to 24, 31.70% from 25 to 44, 23.40% from 45 to 64, and 8.90% who are 65 years of age or older.
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 Calvert County, Maryland - Our Community, Personal Injury Attorneys, Chesapeake Bay, Prince Frederick
Calvert County is a peninsula with approximately 220 square miles of land, standing nine miles wide at its widest point.
Calvert County, MD has a top-notch public school system to offer its residents, with twelve elementary schools, six middle schools and four high schools.
Calvert County, though the smallest county in Southern Maryland, is by far one of the most unique and promising places to raise a family, advance a career, visit for a day, or to build a company for the future.
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 Calvert County, Maryland History
Calvert County's first residents were an Algonquin tribe known as the Patuxent Indians, who built their villages along the Patuxent river.
Calvert County as well as Charles and St. Mary's was the settlement of choice for Catholics.
Calvert County itself was established in 1654 by Cecelius Calvert, second Lord Baltimore.
www.rootsweb.com /~mdcalver/history.html   (701 words)

  
 Calvert County - Kids Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Calvert County, one of the older political sub- divisions of the state, was first settled about 1642.
Calvert County, once called Patuxent County (1634-1654), takes its name from the family name of Lord Baltimore.
Calvert Cliffs, along with the Chesapeake Bay, were first described by Captain John Smith.
www.mdkidspage.org /counties/cv.htm   (79 words)

  
 Sherpa Guides | Chesapeake Bay | Southern Maryland | Calvert County
Situated on a peninsula on the western shore of southern Calvert County, the town of Solomons has quaint harbors where colorful yachts bobbing in their slips become subject matter on many a roll of film.
Calvert County has public beaches on the Chesapeake Bay at the communities of (south to north) Breezy Point, Chesapeake Beach and North Beach.
Most motels and inns in Calvert County are located in the vicinity of Solomons in the southern part of the county.
www.sherpaguides.com /chesapeake_bay/southern_maryland/calvert_county.html   (6514 words)

  
 Calvert Cliffs State Park
The cliffs which dominate the shoreline of the Chesapeake Bay for thirty miles in Calvert County, were formed over 15 million years ago when all of Southern Maryland was covered by a warm, shallow sea.
Calvert Cliffs State Park is operated and maintained jointly by the "Friends of Calvert Cliffs State Park" and the State Forest and Park Service.
Calvert Cliffs is part of the Southern Maryland Recreational Complex.
www.dnr.state.md.us /publiclands/southern/calvertcliffs.html   (709 words)

  
 Calvert County, Maryland Directory - 1878   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
CALVERT COUNTY lies on the Western shore of Chesapeake Bay, and is one of the smallest counties, being in length about 32 miles, with an average width of about 7 miles, having an area of 235 square miles.
This county is a peninsula, and bounded by the Bay on the East, the Patuxent River on the West, and on the North by Anne Arundel County.
The county seat, is 5 miles from Leach's Wharf on the Patuxent River, the shipping point, and 20 from Brandywine on B. The situation is in the centre of the peninsula, midway between the Patuxent River and the Bay.
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 Calvert County Maryland Real Estate
Calvert County is a boaters paradise; cradled on one side by the Patuxent River and on the other by the Chesapeake Bay.
Calvert County is located just 45 minutes South of Washington, D.C., 40 minutes south of Annapolis, 40 minutes east of Northern Virginia and one hour from Baltimore.
The county is still rural even though it is the fastest growing county in the state.
www.relocate-america.com /states/MD/cities/calvert_cty.htm   (689 words)

  
 Biographies - Text
SMITH, Clement was Deputy Commissary of Calvert County, 1777.
SOMERVELL, Alexander, (1734-83), served in the militia; was active in committees and represented Calvert County in the Convention at Annapolis, 1776.
On June 18, 1810, he was married to Margaret, daughter of Major Walter Smith, U.S.A., a planter of Calvert county, Md., and his wife lived with him on the frontier where the army was engaged in defending the settlers against the Shawnee Indians.
www.joeydragon.com /calvert%20county/Biotext2.htm   (2541 words)

  
 Calvert County One of Many Battlegrounds for Wal-Mart Expansion
Calvert County Maryland, once home to farmers and fishermen, is a rapidly growing area just outside of the nation's capitol.
Wal-Mart plans to build on a site in the town of Dunkirk, in Calvert County, which is in the eastern state of Maryland.
As for Calvert County, the opposition has won the battle to limit the size of the Wal-Mart store on the lot.
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 So Maryland, So Good
Maryland, So Good is designed to support the local community and agricultural traditions, and promote the economic development of Southern Maryland.
Maryland, So Good logo is a value-added campaign and ensures the freshest quality and best quality products that are locally grown.
Cultural heritage trails including agritourism farms, gardens, heritage sites, restaurants featuring Southern Maryland local products are also featured, as is a Kid s Cook program, designed to educate children and their families in a fun and interactive way that benefits farmers, watermen, foresters and agricultural business in the Chesapeake Bay region.
www.somarylandsogood.com   (192 words)

  
 Old Roses in Calvert County, Maryland - by Mrs. Frederick L. Keays, 1932 American Rose Annual   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
During our searchings through old gardens in our part of Calvert County for old roses to grow on our place, Lillie, this cook's daughter, who is now our cook on the farm, showed us the way to the old plantation to see if we could get something from the original rose.
We noted a few facts not touched upon in the above description; An occasional flowering branch was found quite devoid of prickles; the unpaired leaflet was generally a bit longer than the paired; a few bracts were foliaceous, perhaps the result of rich feeding; the pedicels frequently were subarticulate or jointed.
Judging from the present contents of some very old gardens, rose-growing was quite extensive in Calvert County, Maryland, during the Colonial and early Federal periods, when Gallica, Centifolia, Alba, Moss, Damascena, and the Briers were the popular forms of garden roses.
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 Calvert County Prince Frederick, Maryland (Counties)
The county seat of Calvert County, Maryland, is Prince Frederick.
The county population on July 1, 1999, was 73,748, an increase of 22,376 over the 1990 census.
Solomons is located in Calvert County at the tip of Hwy 4, across the Patuxent River from...
www.ohwy.com /md/y/y24009.htm   (130 words)

  
 1689 Calvert County, Maryland Protestant Petition
In Calvert County, however, local officials refused to comply with unauthorized (by either the King or his Lordship) orders from Rev. Col.
Mary's County, was granted to Richard SMITH (Jr.), the land having formerly been part of the tract, Edloe, surveyed on 2 Mar 1648 for Joseph EDLOE and described as "on Pattuxent River near the mouth." On 7 Jul 1710, SMITH transferred ownership to his step-son, John ROUSBY, Esquire.
Mary's County, in 1668, thus the brother or nephew of Eleanor NUTHALL, w/o Thomas SPRIGG of Calvert County.
www.combs-families.org /combs/records/md/calvert/1689.htm   (1277 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Roger Brooke Taney
Returning to his father's home in Calvert County to practice his profession, he shortly afterwards was elected to the House of Delegates, being then scarcely twenty-three years of age and the youngest member of the Assembly.
At the March term, 1819, of the Frederick County Court, he successfully defended Jacob Gruber, a Methodist minister, who was indicted for inciting slaves to the disturbance of the peace of the state.
Judge Gabriel Duvall of Maryland, an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, resigned in 1835, and President Jackson nominated Taney in his stead, but the nomination was not brought up in the Senate until the end of the session, and was then indefinitely postponed, which amounted to a rejection.
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 Old Roses in Calvert County, Maryland by Mrs. Keays, 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
HE photographs facing pages 104 and 105 are front and back views of a few of the rare old roses we have been able to identify in the country round about our Maryland farm.
Before the war, the cook took a cutting from this rose and grew it near her cabin door.
During our searchings through old gardens in our part of Calvert County for old roses to grow on our place, Lillie, this cook's daughter, who is now our cook on the farm, showed us the way to the old plantation to see if we could get something
w3.goodnews.net /~kkrugh/books/keays/annuals/1932/1932annual-keays1.htm   (645 words)

  
 Maryland County Histories Bibliography - Maryland Department - Enoch Pratt Free Library - Baltimore, Maryland
The Eastern Shore of Maryland: an Annotated Bibliography.
Steffen, Charles G. From Gentlemen to Townsmen: the Gentry of Baltimore County, Maryland 1660-1776.
Warfield, J.D. Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland.
www.epfl.net /slrc/md/histbibl.html   (650 words)

  
 Kaine Homes - Building new homes and new communities in Calvert County Maryland.
With a national award winning land preservation program that limits residential sprawl, and a school system that ranks second in Maryland, Calvert County is an ideal location to build your family's new estate home.
Known as the jewel of southern Maryland, Calvert County offers miles and miles of waterfront recreation, attractive tax rates, and easy commutes to Annapolis, Washington, Baltimore, and PAX Naval Air Station.
Come visit the Kaine Model Home and witness the beauty and potential of Calvert County as the location of your new home.
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 Calvert County, Maryland (U.S.)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The flag of Calvert County was designed by Mrs.
It was first hoisted on May 21, 1966 in St. Leonard, Maryland, and officially adopted by county resolution on June 7, 1966.
The colors are yellow (not gold) and fl for the Calvert arms (yellow being the county color prescribed by the colonial legislature in 1694) representing the Calvert Arms and a green tobacco leaf that represents the county's growth (note: tobacco was considered the currency in Maryland during the colonial era).
www.hampshireflag.co.uk /world-flags/allflags/us-md-cv.html   (143 words)

  
 Maryland Resources: Calvert County
The mission of the Calvert County Health Department is to ensure the availability of basic public health services in the areas of personal health, mental health, and environmental health.
This page from the Maryland Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics provides links to resources in Calvert County, including government, education, family services, social services, hospitals, and others.
This site provides information on Calvert Hospice Care programs as well as contact information for the Hospice Care Resource Room, where medical professionals, clergy, students and teachers, and members of the community can research issues of death, dying, grief and patient care.
www.parishnursing.umaryland.edu /mdresources/county/calvert.asp   (365 words)

  
 Digital Calvert County Map, Maps of Calvert County County, Maryland.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Our map of Calvert County is fully editable, logically layered (View Layer Directory), and royalty free.
Every county map is available, but we may not yet have your county of interest completed.
Individual County Overview™ vector graphics are priced by population, with prices ranging from $275 to $425 per county.
www.creativeforceinc.com /county_maps/county_maps.asp?ID=2193   (229 words)

  
 Maps and Facts About Real Estate in Calvert County, Maryland
Water Front Properties in Calvert County is on the Chesapeake Bay on the east and the Patuxent River on the west.
Calvert County home sites along the waterfront on the Chesapeake Bay offers water access and waterfront properties, communities of small lots and what were once summer homes but now offer year round residences to families with homes in Chesapeake Beach, North Beach, Port Republic, Saint Leonard and Solomons.
A very special community in Calvert County is the Chesapeake Ranch Estates located in Lusby, on the Chesapeake Bay about 6 miles north of Solomons.
www.realestatemapsmdva.com /calvert.shtml   (421 words)

  
 Calvert County Maryland
To read about this county, locate its communities along with online maps and what it has to offer be sure to click on the "Location/Description/Maps" link on the left.
On our Maryland Colleges and Universities page we not only give you a complete listing of colleges, universities and technical schools in the state but also offer several schools where you can request free information...
Maryland Visitors Network does not administer nor can we add or delete hotels here.
marylandvisitorsnetwork.com /calvert   (204 words)

  
 Business Wire: BTG Opens New Office in Calvert County, Maryland. @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Officials expected to join in the opening ceremonies include Maryland Senator Thomas Miller, Jr., President of the Maryland Senate; State Senator Thomas Middleton; State Delegates George Owings and John Bohannan, Jr.; and the Mayor of North Beach, Dr. Mark Frazer.
A study by the Calvert County Department of Economic Development showed that 60% of Calvert County workers commute to jobs outside the county.
Bill Battaglia, Director of BTG's Calvert County Operations, said the company conducted a comprehensive search for a suitable site and found that North Beach was an ideal location.
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 Southern Maryland Real Estate Realtor. Calvert, St. Mary's, Anne Arundel, Charles & Beaches.
Calvert, St. Mary's, Anne Arundel, Charles & Beaches.
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