List Of Maryland State Historical Markers In Somerset County
This is a list of the Maryland state historical markers in Somerset County. This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Somerset County, Maryland by the Maryland Historical Trust (MHT). The locations of the historical markers, as well as the latitude and longitude coordinates as provided by the MHT's database, are included below. There are currently 26 historical markers located in Somerset County. References {{reflist Somerset County ...
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Somerset County, Maryland
Somerset County is the southernmost county in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,620, making it the second-least populous county in Maryland. The county seat is Princess Anne. The county was named for Mary, Lady Somerset, the wife of Sir John Somerset and daughter of Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour (c. 1560–1639). She was also the sister of Anne Calvert, Baroness Baltimore (1615–1649), who later lent her name to Anne Arundel County, which was erected in 1650 as the Province of Maryland's third county. Somerset County is located on the state's Eastern Shore. It is included in the Salisbury, MD- DE Metropolitan Statistical Area. The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is located in Princess Anne. History Initial settlements Somerset County was settled and established by English colonists in part due to a response to the Province/Dominion of Virginia passing a law in 1659/1660 requiring Quakers in the colony to convert ...
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