{"id":44,"date":"2021-06-28T18:46:22","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T18:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uscountycourthouses.org\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2026-06-29T14:01:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T19:01:56","slug":"maryland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uscountycourthouses.org\/?page_id=44","title":{"rendered":"Maryland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Entered Union April 28, 1788 (7<sup>th<\/sup> state)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"504\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uscountycourthouses.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Maryland-Annapolis.png?resize=640%2C504&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49140\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uscountycourthouses.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Maryland-Annapolis.png?w=1127&amp;ssl=1 1127w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uscountycourthouses.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Maryland-Annapolis.png?resize=300%2C236&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uscountycourthouses.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Maryland-Annapolis.png?resize=1024%2C807&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uscountycourthouses.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Maryland-Annapolis.png?resize=768%2C605&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Maryland (6,177,253), Annapolis (40,807), Baltimore (585,693)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The red brick capitol was originally completed in 1797 using the designs of Joseph Horatio Anderson.&nbsp; It is located on Capitol Circle at Bladen Street.&nbsp; United States Highway 50 is 10 blocks northwest of the capitol.&nbsp; The Capitol is designed in Georgian style.&nbsp; The only major supporting structure is the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals building in Annapolis.&nbsp; The state was officially created as the 7<sup>th<\/sup> state on April 28, 1788 from Native American lands and the Province of Maryland.&nbsp; Annapolis has been the capital since 1694.&nbsp; The state\u2019s name comes from the Queen Mary wife of King Charles I of England.&nbsp; Annapolis is named for Lady Anne Arundel wife of Lord Baltimore Second, \u201cAnne city.\u201d&nbsp; Baltimore is named for Lord Baltimore Second.&nbsp; Hoye Crest in Garrett County is the highest point and the lowest point is sea level at the Atlantic Ocean.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maryland government, in the Executive, consists of a Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Treasurer, and Comptroller.&nbsp; There are 47 Senators and 141 Representatives in the Legislative.&nbsp; Seven Court of Appeals Justices serve Maryland in the Judicial, there is no Supreme Court.&nbsp; Maryland is located in the east central part of the United States.&nbsp; The geographic center is in Prince Georges County 13 miles northwest of Davidsonville.&nbsp; The state is surrounded clockwise by Pennsylvania, Delaware, the Atlantic Ocean, Virginia, and West Virginia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The area is 12406 square miles.&nbsp; It is 42<sup>nd<\/sup> largest state in the country.&nbsp; It is the 18<sup>th<\/sup> most populated state in the country.&nbsp; It has a density of 497.9 persons per square mile making it 5<sup>th<\/sup> in the country.&nbsp; Its major rivers are the Pocomoke, the Nanticoke, the Choptank, the Susquehanna, the Patuxent, and the Potomac.&nbsp; Annapolis is located in the southern half of the state.&nbsp; Baltimore is in the northeast quarter of the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow 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States<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"504\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uscountycourthouses.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Maryland-Annapolis.png?resize=640%2C504&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49140\" style=\"width:334px;height:254px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uscountycourthouses.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Maryland-Annapolis.png?w=1127&amp;ssl=1 1127w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uscountycourthouses.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Maryland-Annapolis.png?resize=300%2C236&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uscountycourthouses.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Maryland-Annapolis.png?resize=1024%2C807&amp;ssl=1 1024w, 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660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uscountycourthouses.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Supreme-Court-and-Appeals-Annapolis.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Supreme Court and Court of Appeals &#8211; Annapolis (Courthouses.co)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uscountycourthouses.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/State-Map-21.gif?resize=640%2C315&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3274\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Counties<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Click here to link to the Maryland county\/independent city slideshow<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uscountycourthouses.org\/?page_id=16239\">SLIDE SHOW<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><u>Click below to link to a Maryland county\/independent city page<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uscountycourthouses.org\/?page_id=16041\">ALLEGANY<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uscountycourthouses.org\/?page_id=16048\">ANNE ARUNDEL<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uscountycourthouses.org\/?page_id=16057\">BALTIMORE<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uscountycourthouses.org\/?page_id=16066\">BALTIMORE CITY<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uscountycourthouses.org\/?page_id=16075\">CALVERT<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uscountycourthouses.org\/?page_id=16083\">CAROLINE<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uscountycourthouses.org\/?page_id=16091\">CARROLL<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uscountycourthouses.org\/?page_id=16101\">CECIL<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uscountycourthouses.org\/?page_id=16109\">CHARLES<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uscountycourthouses.org\/?page_id=16115\">DORCHESTER<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uscountycourthouses.org\/?page_id=16124\">FREDERICK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uscountycourthouses.org\/?page_id=16134\">GARRETT<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uscountycourthouses.org\/?page_id=16141\">HARFORD<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uscountycourthouses.org\/?page_id=16149\">HOWARD<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a 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