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Place Name
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Frederick County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Frederick
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Population
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150,208 (1990)
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Location
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Maryland, United States, North America
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Latitude
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39°28'N
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Longitude
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77°24'W
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Frederick
, county (
667 sq mi/1,728 sq km; 1990 pop.
150,208), N Md.;  Frederick; 39°28'N 77°24'W. Bounded N by
Pa. line, SW by the Potomac (Va. state line), NE by Monocacy R.; also
drained by Catoctin Creek. The largest co. in Md., it was named either
for Prince Frederick, son of George I or Frederick Calvert, the 6th
Lord Baltimore, and settled primarily by Irish and Germans. Rolling
piedmont area, with extreme W in the Blue Ridge (locally called South
and Catoctin mts.) and Middletown Valley. Rich agr. area (wheat, corn,
hay, dairy prods., fruit; poultry, livestock). Diversified industries,
especially at Frederick. Mt. resorts; black-bass and trout fishing.
Includes Sugar Loaf Mt., part of the abandoned Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal, Gambrill State Park (W). and parts of Catoctin Recreational
Demonstration Area, and Gathland and Washington Monument state parks.
Formed 1748.
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