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Allegany | Anne Arundel | Baltimore | Baltimore City | Calvert | Caroline | Carroll | Cecil | Charles | Dorchester | Frederick | Garrett | Harford |

Howard | Kent | Montgomery | Patuxent | Prince George's | Queen Anne's | St Mary's | Somerset | Talbot | Washington | Wicomico | Worcester

Gone Counties:
Charles County was created 3 Oct 1650 and discontinued 28 Sep 1653. Part of area incorporated into Calvert County. A new Charles County was created 13 Apr 1658.
Present area of Howard county was originally part of Anne Arundel county. 1698 attached to Baltimore County. 1727 returned to Anne Arundel. 1838 created as Howard County. Constitutional Convention of 1850 recognized it as new county. Many records afrom 1830s and 1840s exist.
Most of present area of Cecil County was attached to Kent county until 1659 then attached to Baltimore then created in 1674.
Worcester (old) County was established 22 Oct 1669, laid claim to much of Delaware. By 1750 the Lords Proprietary abandoned the idea of the county. No courthouse, perhaps no government and no records existed. Later another Worcester County was formed in 1742, having no or at least very little relation to the OLD one.
Patuxent County created 3 Oct 1650 and renamed Worcester (old) 22 Oct 1669.

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  1. Allegany - 25 Dec 1789 from Washington. Part taken for Garrett 1872
    | A-Z | Updated 31 Aug 2008 | 508 records, counting
  2. Anne Arundel - 9 Apr 1650 from Colonial Lands. Parts taken for Howard 1851, Harford 1773.
  3. Baltimore - 12 Jan 1659 from Colonial Lands. Parts taken for Baltimore City 1851, Carroll 1837, Cecil 1674, Harford 1773, Howard 1851.
  4. Baltimore City - 13 May 1851 from Baltimore County. Functional as an independent city as early as 1729.
  5. Calvert - 30 Jul 1650 from old Charles County
  6. Caroline - 15 June 1773 from Dorchester & Queen Anne's.
  7. Carroll - 19 Jan 1837 from Baltimore & Frederick
  8. Cecil - 6 Jun 1674 from Baltimore
  9. Charles - 3 Oct 1650 from Colonial Lands. Parts taken for Calvert 1654, Prince George's 1695.
  10. Dorchester - 27 May 1668 from Colonial Lands. Part taken for Caroline 1773.
  11. Frederick - 10 June 1748 from Prince George's. Parts taken for Carroll 1837, Montgomery 1776, Washington 1776.
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  12. Garrett - 4 Nov 1872 from Allegany.
  13. Harford - 17 Dec 1773 from Baltimore.
  14. Howard - 13 May 1851 from Baltimore & Anne Arundel
  15. Kent - 30 Dec 1637 from Colonial Lands. Part taken for Talbot 1661
  16. Montgomery - 6 Sep 1776 from Frederick.
  17. Prince George's - 3 Oct 1695 from Charles & Calvert. Part taken for Frederick 1748.
  18. Queen Anne's - 9 Apr 1706 from Talbot. Part taken for Caroline 1773.
  19. St. Mary's - 24 Jan 1637 from Colonial Lands.
  20. Somerset - 22 Aug 1666 from Colonial Lands. Parts taken for Wicomico 1867, Worcester 1742.
  21. Talbot - 19 Feb 1661 from Kent. Part taken for Queen Anne's 1706.
  22. Washington - 6 Sep 1776 from Frederick.
  23. Wicomico - 17 Aug 1867 from Somerset & Worcester.
  24. Worcester - 22 Oct 1842 from Somerset as. Part taken for Wicomico 1867.

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