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> United States > Maryland > MD Counties > Caroline
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| Website | https://www.carolinemd.org/ |
| Established | January 01, 1773 |
| Disbanded | Still Active |
| Last Modified | RP February 01, 2023 01:13pm |
| Description | Caroline County was created in 1773 from Dorchester and Queen Anne's counties (Chapter 10, Acts of 1773). Lady Caroline Eden gave her name to the county. She was the wife of Maryland's last colonial governor, Robert Eden (1741-1784); the daughter of Charles Calvert, Fifth Lord Baltimore; and the sister of Frederick Calvert, Sixth Lord Baltimore. |
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November 11, 1880 -
CAROLINE gained part of town of Federalsburg from DORCHESTER, placing the entire town in CAROLINE.
(Md. Laws 1880, ch. 208, sec. 1/pp. 332-334; Md. Gov.)
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March 15, 1774 -
November 11, 1880
CAROLINE created from DORCHESTER and QUEEN ANNES.
(Archives of Md., 64:209)
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