Frederick County, Maryland is located in the western part of the State of Maryland. It was named for Frederick Calvert, the sixth and last Lord Baltimore. The county seat is Frederick.
Geography
Frederick County includes twelve municipalities:
- 9 Towns:
- Emmitsburg (incorporated 1824)
- Thurmont (incorporated 1831)
- Middletown (incorporated 1833)
- Woodsboro (incorporated 1836)
- New Market (incorporated 1878)
- Walkersville (incorporated 1892)
- Burkittsville (incorporated 1894)
- Mount Airy (This town is partly in Frederick County and partly in Carroll County, Howard County and Montgomery County.) (incorporated 1894)
- Myersville (incorporated 1904)
- 1 Village:
- Rosemont (incorporated 1953)
Unincorporated areas are also considered as towns by many people, but they lack local government. The United States Census Bureau recognizes the following Census-Designated Places in Frederick County:
- Clover Hill
- Ballenger Creek
- Braddock Heights
- Discovery-Spring Garden
- Green Valley
- Linganore-Bartonsville
Demographics
The population as of the 2000 census was 195,277.
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Law/Government
Frederick County is still governed by county commissioners, the traditional form of county government in Maryland.
County Executive
The county commissioners exercise such executive powers as exist in the government of the county.
History
Frederick County was created in 1748 from parts of Prince George's County and Baltimore County.
In 1776, Frederick County was divided into three parts. The westernmost portion became Washington County, named after George Washington, the easternmost portion became Montgomery County, named after another Revolutionary War general, Richard Montgomery. The central portion remained Frederick County.
In 1837 a part of Frederick County was combined with a part of Baltimore County to form Carroll County.