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Monrovia, Maryland
Monrovia is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Frederick County, in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 2,702. Etymology Though a post office was established in Monrovia on January 15, 1833, it is not known that the town was named Monrovia in the 1830s. In the 1820s, the town was known as "Hall Towne," likely after Nicholas Hall, a founder of New Market. When the name Monrovia was applied to the town is unknown, however why it was named such was either after the U.S. President James Monroe, or perhaps for an event described by Reverend Herbert Austin Cooper in 1997: The California Gold Rush of 1848 played a part in that. Two men from this area went to California in search of gold. Unsuccessful there, they then heard of new gold discoveries in Monrovia, Liberia (West Africa). So they went there and worked in the Monrovia mines. In Liberia, one of the two men died. After the man died, they put his body in a fish ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Census-designated Place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such as self-governing city (United States), cities, town (United States), towns, and village (United States), villages, for the purposes of gathering and correlating statistical data. CDPs are populated areas that generally include one officially designated but currently unincorporated area, unincorporated community, for which the CDP is named, plus surrounding inhabited countryside of varying dimensions and, occasionally, other, smaller unincorporated communities as well. CDPs include small rural communities, Edge city, edge cities, colonia (United States), colonias located along the Mexico–United States border, and unincorporated resort and retirement community, retirement communities and their environs. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urbana High School (Maryland)
Urbana High School is a secondary public school in Ijamsville, Maryland, United States. It serves grades 9-12 and is a part of the Frederick County Public Schools. History Urbana High School was founded in 1995 and has grown rapidly. Demographics The demographic breakdown of the 1,907 students enrolled in 2020-2021 was: *Male - 50.3% *Female - 49.7% *Native American/Alaskan Native - 0.3% *Asian - 16.8% *Black/African American - 9.1% *Hispanic/Latino - 11% *White - 63% *Multiracial - <1% 9.8% of the students were eligible for free or reduced lunch. Academics In 2021, Urbana High School was ranked 8th in Maryland and 375th nationally by U.S. News & World Report. The school has an Honors Program, an Advanced Placement Program, as well as an International Baccalaureate Diploma Program. In both 2018 and 2019, Urbana was recognized as a Maryland Blue Ribbon School and as a National Blue Ribbon School respectively for ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boonsboro, Maryland
Boonsboro is a town in Washington County, Maryland, United States, located at the foot of South Mountain. It nearly borders Frederick County and is proximate to the Antietam National Battlefield. The population was 3,779 at the 2020 census. History Local lore asserts Boonsboro was founded by George Boone, a cousin of Daniel Boone, and was originally named "Margaretsville" after his wife, Margaret. The town was incorporated as Boonesborough in 1831. Local newspapers and villagers preferred the name Boonsboro. The former name was used on some documents as late as 1903. Boonsboro was a key town during the American Civil War. Two battles were fought in its present borders. The town was also used to keep wounded soldiers after the Battle of Antietam in September 1862. Southeast of the town was the site of the Battle of South Mountain. Boonsboro lies on what used to be the National Road. Today it is known as either the Old National Pike or Alt-U.S. 40. In Boonsboro, it is M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MotorWeek
''MotorWeek'' is an American television news magazine program that focuses on the automotive industry. The program is produced by Maryland Public Television for PBS, and airs on MAVTV. As of September 2023, ''MotorWeek'' is underwritten by Tire Rack, an online tire retailer, and the Auto Value/Bumper To Bumper auto parts distribution network. ''MotorWeek'' premiered on 15 October 1981 and has been hosted by John Davis since its inception; Davis also created the series for what was then the Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting and serves at its executive producer. From its inception until 1987, the program’s main segments emanated from Studio A at Maryland Public Television in Owings Mills, Maryland. Since 1987, all taping of the main segments have been done outdoors in various locales. From 1988 to 1993, the program carried the year to its title, becoming ''MotorWeek ‘XX'', coinciding its seasons with the North American new car model year. Originally airing new, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drag Racing
Drag racing is a type of motor racing in which automobiles or motorcycles compete, usually two at a time, to be first to cross a set finish line. The race follows a short, straight course from a standing start over a measured distance, most commonly , with a shorter, distance becoming increasingly popular, as it has become the standard for Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars, where some major bracket races and other sanctioning bodies have adopted it as the standard. The is also popular in some circles. Electronic timing and speed sensing systems have been used to record race results since the 1960s. The history of automobiles and motorcycles being used for drag racing is nearly as long as the history of motorized vehicles themselves, and has taken the form of both illegal street racing and as a regulated motorsport. History Drag racing started in the 1940s. World War II veterans were prominently involved, and some early drag races were done at decommissioned airc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Monocacy
The Battle of Monocacy (also known as Monocacy Junction) was fought on July 9, 1864, about from Frederick, Maryland, as part of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 during the American Civil War. Confederate States Army, Confederate forces under Lieutenant General (United States), Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early defeated Union Army, Union forces under Major general (United States), Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace. The battle was part of Early's raid through the Shenandoah Valley and into Maryland in an attempt to divert Union forces from their siege of General (CSA), Gen. Robert E. Lee's army at Petersburg, Virginia. The battle was the northernmost Confederate victory of the war. Afterward, the Union troops retreated to Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, and the Confederates continued toward Washington County, D.C., Washington. But because the battle had delayed Early's march for a day, Union reinforcements had time to get to the Union capital before the Confederates. Early launched an attack on Washington ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of America, Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by U.S. state, states that had Secession in the United States, seceded from the Union. The Origins of the American Civil War, central conflict leading to war was a dispute over whether Slavery in the United States, slavery should be permitted to expand into the western territories, leading to more slave states, or be prohibited from doing so, which many believed would place slavery on a course of ultimate extinction. Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War, Decades of controversy over slavery came to a head when Abraham Lincoln, who opposed slavery's expansion, won the 1860 presidential election. Seven Southern slave states responded to Lincoln's victory by seceding f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltimore And Ohio Railroad
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was the oldest railroads in North America, oldest railroad in the United States and the first steam engine, steam-operated common carrier. Construction of the line began in 1828, and it operated as B&O from 1830 until 1987, when it was merged into the Chessie System. Its lines are today controlled by CSX Transportation. Founded to serve merchants from Baltimore who wanted to do business with settlers crossing the Appalachian Mountains, the railroad competed with several existing and proposed Central Avenue (Albany, New York), turnpikes and canals, including the Erie Canal, Erie and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. The railroad began operation in 1830 on a 13-mile line between Baltimore and Ellicott City, Maryland, Elliot's Mill in Maryland. Horse-drawn cars were replaced by steam locomotives the following year. Over the following decades, construction continued westward. During the American Civil War, the railroad sustained much damage but proved cru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryland Route 355
Maryland Route 355 (MD 355) is a north–south road in western central Maryland in the United States. The southern terminus of the route is in Bethesda, Maryland, Bethesda in Montgomery County, Maryland, Montgomery County, where Wisconsin Avenue meets the county's border with Washington, D.C. The northern terminus is just north of a bridge over Interstate 70 in Maryland, Interstate 70 (I-70)/U.S. Route 40 in Maryland, U.S. Route 40 (US 40) in the city of Frederick, Maryland, Frederick in Frederick County, Maryland, Frederick County, where the road continues north as Market Street through Frederick toward Maryland Route 26, MD 26. MD 355 serves as a major thoroughfare through Frederick and Montgomery counties, passing through Bethesda, Rockville, Maryland, Rockville, Gaithersburg, Maryland, Gaithersburg, Germantown, Maryland, Germantown, Clarksburg, Maryland, Clarksburg, Hyattstown, Maryland, Hyattstown, Urbana, Maryland, Urbana, and Frede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyattstown, Maryland
Hyattstown is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It is located on Maryland Route 355 in upper Montgomery County, not far from the border with Frederick County, Maryland, Frederick County. Established in 1798 by founder Jesse Hyatt, the town featured the Hyattstown Inn, a one-room school-house, a butcher, a blacksmith, and other commercial venues. These historical commercial buildings are now private homes. Quarries nearby supplied slate for roofing the old United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.Maryland Writer's Project, Works Project Administration. ''Maryland: A Guide to the Old Line State''. Oxford University Press. August 1940. p. 511. Hyattstown was the location of an 1862 United States Civil War, Civil War artillery, artillery battle between General Nathaniel Prentice Banks' troops and General Stonewall Jackson's troops. Hyattstown Christian Church, a Disciples of Christ congreg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 70 In Maryland
Interstate 70 (I-70) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that runs from Cove Fort, Utah, to Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Maryland, Woodlawn just outside of Baltimore, Maryland. In Maryland, the Interstate Highway runs from the Pennsylvania state line in Hancock, Maryland, Hancock east to the Interstate's eastern terminus at its junction with Interstate 695 (Maryland), I-695. I-70 is the primary east–west Interstate in Maryland; the Interstate Highway connects Baltimore—and Washington, D.C., via Interstate 270 (Maryland), I-270—with Western Maryland. The Interstate serves Frederick, Maryland, Frederick and Hagerstown, Maryland, Hagerstown directly and provides access to Cumberland, Maryland, Cumberland via its junction with Interstate 68 in Maryland, I-68 at Hancock. I-70 concurrency (road), runs concurrently with its predecessor highway, U.S. Route 40 in Maryland, U.S. Route 40 (US 40), from Hancock to Indian Springs, Maryland, Indian Springs in Washi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryland Route 27
Maryland Route 27 (MD 27) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as Ridge Road, the highway runs from Maryland Route 355, MD 355 in Germantown, Maryland, Germantown north to Maryland Route 30, MD 30 in Manchester, Maryland, Manchester. MD 27 follows a ridge that separates several drainage basin, watersheds in northern Montgomery County, Maryland, Montgomery County and Carroll County, Maryland, Carroll County. The highway connects Germantown and Manchester with Damascus, Maryland, Damascus in far northern Montgomery County; Westminster, Maryland, Westminster, the county seat of Carroll County; and Mount Airy, Maryland, Mount Airy, which lies at the junction of Carroll, Frederick County, Maryland, Frederick, Howard County, Maryland, Howard, and Montgomery counties and where MD 27 intersects Interstate 70 in Maryland, Interstate 70 (I-70)/U.S. Route 40 in Maryland, U.S. Route 40 (US 40). MD 27 follows what was originally MD 29 and part of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
