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Washington County

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County Courthouse

County Courthouse Annex
100 W Washington St
Hagerstown, MD 21740-4727
Phone: (301)791-3090
Website: http://www.washco-md.net

BRIEF HISTORY

     Washington County is a city in Northwestern Maryland, United States.  It is the county seat of Washington County, and, by many definitions, the largest city in a religion known as Western Maryland.  Hagerstown ranks as Maryland's sixth largest city.
     In 1739, Jonathan Hager, a German immigrant from Pennsylvania and a volunteer Captain of Scouts, purchased 200 acres (81 ha) of land in the Great Appalachian Valley between the Blue Ridge and Allegheny Mountains in Maryland and called it Hager’s Fancy. In 1762, Hager officially founded the town of Elizabethtown which he named after his wife, Elizabeth Kershner. Fourteen years later, Jonathan Hager became known as the "Father of Washington County" after his efforts helped Hagerstown become the county seat of newly created Washington County which Hager also helped create from neighboring Frederick County, Maryland. The City Council changed the community's name to Hagerstown in 1813 because the name had gained popular usage, and in the following year, the Maryland State Legislature officially endorsed the changing of the town’s name
 

City:
Hagerstown

Townships:

* Boonsboro
* Clear Spring
* Funkstown
* Hancock
* Keedysville
* Sharpsburg
* Smithburg
* Williamsport

Other Towns:
* Big Pool
* Leitersburg
* Pen Mar

County Seat: Hagerstown
Year Organized: 1776
Square Miles: 457.78

ADJACENT COUNTIES:
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