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1893 Map of Frederick

Name: 1893 Topographic Map of Frederick
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1893
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1893

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Sugar Loaf Mtn. rises as a prominent landmark in this late 19th-century landscape, overlooking a network of trade and transit that defined central Maryland. The Potomac River serves as the southern artery, shadowed by the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and dotted with historic crossings like Nolands Ferry and Edwards Ferry. This era shows the dominance of the Baltimore & Ohio R. R., which links agricultural hubs such as Buckeystown and Adamstown to larger centers like Frederick and Rockville.

Beyond the rails, the map detail captures the transition from heavy river industry, noted by Greenfield Mills and a Furnace near the mountain, to the scattered rural settlements of Montgomery and Frederick counties. Small communities like Beallsville and Dawsonville are connected by a web of country roads, while the complex drainage of the Patuxent River and Seneca Creek highlights the area's natural topography before modern development.