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We’ve included here a brief history of Cecil County, MD.

A Brief History of Cecil County, Maryland

 

Cecil County Includes one of the oldest settlements, perhaps the very oldest, made with in the present limits of Maryland, although no habitation now marks the site. It appears probable that as early as 1627-28 the followers of William Claiborne established a trading post on Palmer's Island ( now known as Garrett Island) at the mouth of the Susquehanna River. No further settlements were made in the county until after the treat was concluded with the Susquehanna Indians in 1652. The more settled conditions resulting from this treaty caused a movement of population toward the head of the bay from the settled portions of Maryland and the Delaware River.

In 1658 the first settlement was made on Carpenter's Point near the mouth of Prinicipio Creek. Shortly thereafter Augustine Herman located the Bohemia Manor and soon the estuaries of the Elk and Sassafras river were dotted with numerous plantations. By 1647 the population was sufficient to warrant the cutting off of the portion of Baltimore County east of the Chesapeake Bay into a new county named in honor of the aged Proprietor, Cecil, Lord Baltimore.

One the 6th of June 1674 a proclamation was issued by Charles Calvert, over his title Captain-General of Maryland, erecting the new county. It was directed to Nathaniel Stiles, who was named High Sheriff of Cecil County. This proclamation was followed by a second one July 19th of the same year modifying the boundaries first assigned because they were found to overlap most of Kent County. The usual method of erecting the counties was by Act of the Assembly, and the Governor's proclamation creating Cecil County is the only instance of its kind to be found.

The prime mover in establishing the new county was Augustine Herman, who had not only named but also indicated the bounds of Cecil County in his map of 1670. It was the tenth in order of formation of Maryland counties. It has an area of 386 square miles, a considerable part of which is intersected by the waters of the Bohemia, Elk, and North East rivers.

This information was taken from the very first bulletin, October 25, 1955, of the Historical Society. You can read about this and more like it when you come in to visit us.